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Ginevra

Interstate 105, Los Angeles

The Route 91-New Smart Highway, Toll Road in Orange County, California

Ingresso in Chicago

Mosca

In this November 16, 2010 file photo, passengers ride on top of an overcrowded train at a railway station in Dhaka.

Boston

Tokyo

Chicago

• Chicago, skyline

Toronto, Highway 401

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Dacca

Levittown, Pennsylvania.

Paris, Gare du NordBy the number of travelers, at around 190 million per

year, it is the busiest railway station in Europe.

Grand Central Terminal, NYC44 banchine, 67 binari

Grand Central Terminal data

• When it comes to Grand Central, the facts tell why it is truly central: • 750,000 people pass through Grand Central daily and over 1,000,000 people

during the holidays • Metro-North passengers are 55% male and 45% female, the median age is 41. 93%

of Grand Central Terminal commuters are college graduates. • Mean household income for Grand Central Terminal commuters is $95,800; 50% of

household incomes are over $100,000, and 20% are over $200,000. • The captive shopping population of more than 326,000 neighborhood office

workers earn a combined $11.3 billion a year. • An average 7,500 people an hour pass the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt

Avenue, making it one of the busiest intersections in the city. • 21.6 million out-of-town tourists, with a mean income of $62,000, visit Grand

Central each year. • Grand Central is served by Metro-North commuter trains, 31 commuter and 15

city bus routes, 7 subway lines, buses to and from the area's three airports, and two million taxis a year.

• Grand Central Terminal subway station is the busiest stop in the New York City subway system.

Stazione di Roma Termini 150.000.000Stazione di Milano Centrale 116.800.000Stazione di Torino Porta Nuova 70.000.000

Stazione di Firenze Santa Maria Novella 59.000.000Stazione di Bologna Centrale 58.000.000Stazione di Napoli Centrale 50.000.000Stazione di Milano Cadorna 40.100.000Stazione di Venezia Mestre 31.000.000Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia 30.000.000Stazione di Verona Porta Nuova 25.000.000

La rete ferroviaria europea nella metà del XIX secolo

La stazione di Porta Nuova a fine ‘800

Lo “stadium”, curiosa, grande arena sportiva della Torino del primo 900, situato in C.so Vinzaglio, fu poi demolito negli anni ’30, in occasione della costruzione del nuovo stadio Comunale

Lo stadio “Mussolini” (oggi “Olimpico”) appena inaugurato