# Public Transportation Songs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation-songs/500952>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation-songs/500952 "2009-06-25T16:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation-songs/500952/41 "2009-06-26T03:38:07Z")

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[The Wacky World of Rapid Transit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygH9boqc7Fo)

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**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation-songs/500952/42 "2009-06-26T04:54:12Z")

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The Jam – Down in the Tube Station at Midnight.  
Although the narrator in the song doesn`t actually make it onto the subway.

Also, Sleater-Kinney`s `Lightrail Coyote`–although really only the title, not the actual content of the song, except for a brief mention. Apparently based on a real incident?!

[http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0202/articles/020215a.htm](http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0202/articles/020215a.htm)

Although it may be a lie…

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation-songs/500952/43 "2009-06-26T05:22:23Z")

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The Guess Who - [Bus Rider](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySjbdlWJ3Sg).

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