The New York City Subway System

by Ronald A. Reis

This book provides a history of the New York City Subway system from its beginnings at the start of the 20th century to the present day. From one line in 1904, it now operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with 6,400 cars, 468 stations, 4.5 million daily users and 842 miles of track - a longer distance than New York to Chicago.

136 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

I have been writing professionally for 30 years. I started with college textbooks in my field of electronics. I then moved on to books on careers. For the past ten years I have written non-fiction books for kids and young adults, on subjects as varied as "African Americans and the Civil War" to "Christoper Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids." My newest book, "The US Congress for Kids: Over 200 Years of Lawmaking, Deal-Breaking, and Compromising," to be published by the Chicago Review Press, will be out in November. All the best.