Is it metro or subway in England?

Glasgow, though it is in Britain, uses the word subway, but in the rest of Great Britain subway is an underground passage for pedestrians (to cross under a road or street). In America metro is usually short for metropolitan area (a big city and its area of influence).



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London Underground, also called the Tube, underground railway system that services the London metropolitan area.

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London has a famous underground railway system which we locals call the 'Tube'. This is because many of the tunnels are a round tube shape. Although people call it the 'Underground' or 'Tube', half of the stations are actually above the ground.

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Metro is an abbreviation for the word Metropolitan. When used in conjunction with transportation it can mean anything from a bus line, train system, thoroughfare, subway, etc. It is simply a local preference in vernacular. A subway denotes under such as the NYC subway system or under passes in Los Angeles.

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In America the first metro was built in New York, and it was called SUBWAY because it was built mostly under the streets (sub= under / way= road), since Manhattan street plan is quite a regular grill and it was easy to do so. But most everywhere else they usually call it simply the TRAIN.

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subway, also called underground, tube, or métro, underground railway system used to transport large numbers of passengers within urban and suburban areas.

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The system is operated by a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The subway system is usually just referred to as the trains. Locals say I can take the train to your place to generally mean that they take the subway. The subway is never referred to as the metro, underground, or tube.

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In America the first metro was built in New York, and it was called SUBWAY because it was built mostly under the streets (sub= under / way= road), since Manhattan street plan is quite a regular grill and it was easy to do so.

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There are ticket machines are every Metro station which you can use to: Pay for your ticket using notes as well as coins. Pay for your ticket using a credit or debit card, as well as payWave. Renew your Metro season ticket, or buy a Metro Gold Card.

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There are no driverless trains on London Underground, as there is an occupied cab on all rolling stock fleets.

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Euston is the principal railway station in London that covers the West Coast Mainline route which runs up the west coast of England.

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In Europe, the underground train network is called the metro. This same type of underground system in the United States is called the subway.

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