ElI5: Why do subway trains have a flat front rather than being streamlined?
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In addition to what the other commenters have said, subway trains are generally modular. All the cars are the same design. The front car is whichever car happened to get hooked up in front today; there’s nothing special about it. So if you wanted to streamline the front, you’d have to streamline every car. That would bring up other problems.
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