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Subway trains are often engineered to specification, so if you have a tunnel of a particular size the manufacturer can make a train for it.
The precursor to the modern subway was a strange pneumatic system that would fit in that tunnel as well: http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit
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Subway trains are often engineered to specification, so if you have a tunnel of a particular size the manufacturer can make a train for it.
The precursor to the modern subway was a strange pneumatic system that would fit in that tunnel as well: http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit