What is the deepest railway station in the world?

THE world's deepest metro system is the Pyongyang Metro in North Korea which is 110 meters deep. The tunnel was built as part of an underground military facility. THE world's deepest metro, underground station is the Arsenalna Station on the Kiev Metro in Ukraine, at 107 meters deep.



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The reason the station is so deep is because electric trains cannot climb steep slopes, and Jerusalem is considerably higher than Tel Aviv. So the first part of the journey is mainly through tunnels and a very high bridge around the town of Motza.

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Karskaya railway station, at the end of the extension of the Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line, in Russia, is the most northerly railway station in the world. The line to Karskaya, a town inside the Arctic Circle known for natural gas extraction, was completed by Gasprom in February 2011.

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The deepest station below sea level If you take the average depth below sea level of all the platforms in each Tube station – an important clarification – London Bridge comes out on top (bottom). Its platforms are, on average, 22m below sea level.

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Yitzhak Navon is one of Israel's newest railway stations, and one of the world's deepest at 80 meters below ground.

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THE world's deepest metro, underground station is the Arsenalna Station on the Kiev Metro in Ukraine, at 107 meters deep.

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Tokyo —What's being billed as the world's most advanced train station has opened in the western Japanese city of Osaka.

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Its windowless interiors disguise its place far beneath the Earth's crust. Hampstead Underground Station is the deepest of its stops and takes passengers down a sloping lift to its tracks. The station's entrance resides in the gorgeous village of Hampstead.

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From there it's not far to Georgemas Junction where the train heads north first to Thurso, and then returns east to Wick. Whether you choose to stop at Thurso, the most northerly station in the British Isles, or explore the old herring port of Wick, this is an adventure right to the very northern edges of the mainland.

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The most spectacular railway stations in the UK
  • Corfe Castle Railway Station, Dorset. ...
  • Wemyss Bay Station, Inverclyde. ...
  • Berwyn Station, Denbighshire. ...
  • St Pancras International, London. ...
  • Bristol Temple Meads, Bristol. ...
  • Cromford Station, Derbyshire. ...
  • Dawlish Station, Devon. ...
  • Norwich Station, Norfolk.


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Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, England, is the world's oldest station. It was first used on September 15, 1830 and was finally closed on September 30, 1975. Part of the original station is now a museum.

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Small but perfectly formed is a great description of Damems – the Keighley & Worth Valley and Britain's smallest railway station.

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