stackyFACTS
Transport

Pyongyang's subway doubles as a nuclear shelter

HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART

Public transit in Pyongyang is built with a heavy dose of sheer paranoia. Their underground rail system is situated over three hundred feet below the surface, making it one of the deepest commuter networks on earth. It was intentionally constructed this way so the entire tunnel system can instantly convert into a massive bomb shelter at the first sign of trouble.

From the Stacky collection1 min read
Pyongyang's subway doubles as a nuclear shelter
STACKY / Transport
Topics in this factsubwayspyongyang metroasia
One discovery leads to another.

Keep exploring facts in this topic.

Transport →
STACKY FOR IPHONE

A bigger world.
One discovery
at a time.

Keep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.

Download on the App Store
ONE MORE DISCOVERY?

Keep exploring

All in this topic →
Several major transit systems across the globe started blasting classical music at their stations. The result was shocking.
Transport

Several major transit systems across the globe started blasting classical music at their stations. The result was shocking.

Several major transit systems across the globe started blasting classical music at their stations. The result was shocking.

Discover more
New York City transit authorities secretly operated an armored money train exclusively designed to quietly collect massive heaps of cash from subway station ticket booths in the…
Transport

New York City transit authorities secretly operated an armored money train exclusively designed to quietly collect massive heaps of cash from subway station ticket booths in the…

New York City transit authorities secretly operated an armored money train exclusively designed to quietly collect massive heaps of cash from subway station…

Discover more
New York City subway system operates twenty-four hours a day and features over six hundred miles of active track, making it one of the most complex public works in the world, as…
Transport

New York City subway system operates twenty-four hours a day and features over six hundred miles of active track, making it one of the most complex public works in the world, as…

New York City subway system operates twenty-four hours a day and features over six hundred miles of active track, making it one of the most complex public…

Discover more
London Underground platforms are infested with a unique species of mosquito that specifically evolved to survive in the dark, subterranean tunnels and feed off the blood of miserable commuters.
Transport

London Underground platforms are infested with a unique species of mosquito that specifically evolved to survive in the dark, subterranean tunnels and feed off the blood of miserable commuters.

London Underground platforms are infested with a unique species of mosquito that specifically evolved to survive in the dark, subterranean tunnels and feed…

Discover more
Parisian transit authorities officially phased out their iconic cardboard metro tickets in recent years, violently dragging the stubbornly nostalgic French public into the…
Transport

Parisian transit authorities officially phased out their iconic cardboard metro tickets in recent years, violently dragging the stubbornly nostalgic French public into the…

Parisian transit authorities officially phased out their iconic cardboard metro tickets in recent years, violently dragging the stubbornly nostalgic French…

Discover more
Why do most major city subway systems force you to sit awkwardly facing total strangers across the aisle?
Transport

Why do most major city subway systems force you to sit awkwardly facing total strangers across the aisle?

Why do most major city subway systems force you to sit awkwardly facing total strangers across the aisle?

Discover more
StackyMore discoveries in the app
Download on the App Store