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Subway (rail), underground railway, also known as a metro, underground, U-Bahn
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However, it was not a true subway, as its purpose was simply to reduce the effective grade on the existing railroad line and eliminate the need for horses to provide help for locomotives on the steepest part of the grade.
The oldest subway in the Southern Hemisphere opened in 1913 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which is also the oldest one in Latin America and the whole Spanish-speaking world.
The Toronto Subway (1954) used the first aluminum subway car (which was at the time also the longest car in the world), which reduced weight and therefore operating costs.