Stations big enough for museums.
Madrid has the sixth-longest metro system in the world, at 294 kilometers, but on top of that is another 386 kilometers of suburban rail services.
All up, Madrid's railway serves 1.5 billion passengers each year with 21 lines and 396 stations. Impressive, particularly given that Madrid's population is only 6.5 million.
The underground stations are so huge that they can hold public events, such as the three-day fitness festival in May 2011, attracting 2,600 visitors. One station even contains a 200-square-meter archaeological museum.
If only for the fact that Madrid Metro has 1,656 escalators, the most of any system in the world, this city takes third place.
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