When I think of subway systems, New York, London and Paris immediately come to mind, as do Moscow, and Washington D.C.
I’ve traveled on subways in many cities over the last year including; Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Köln, Brussels, Boston, Prague and Vienna.
How about Lausanne?
In April, Denis McCabe and I briefly visited Lausanne, Switzerland and went for a short spin on the Lausanne Metro.
I’m not a fan of subways with exterior doors.
My primary complaint is that exterior doors make photography difficult. But also these raises the cost of construction, maintenance and operation without providing much benefit to passengers.
Not withstanding, I made this image at the Flon station using my Lumix LX7.
Not all that obscure – Flon down to Ouchy was originally a funicular, then it became a rack railway, and was finally subsumed into the present Metro line. When it was a funicular, it also handled freight down to the lake front at Ouchy. The funicular operation was ultimately linked to the main SBB network by a short adhesion worked line from the upper station. A very fascinating history.