Is subway and metro the same thing?

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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You can take the metro to the Smithsonian museums. Some speakers of British English also use subway to refer to a British railway system like this, but the London system is usually called the underground or the tube.

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

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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. Subways are usually built under city streets for ease of construction, but they may take shortcuts and sometimes must pass under rivers.

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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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A subway is always a tube, or the underground, or the metro.

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It depends. In Washington DC we call it the metro; in New York City they call it the subway; in Boston they call it the T.

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Yes, each person travelling needs their own Oyster card, Travelcard or contactless payment card. If you are coming to London in a group of 10 or more people who plan to travel around the capital together, you can buy a Group Day Travelcard*.

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London Underground's history dates back to 1863 when the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, opened between Paddington and Farringdon, serving six intermediate stations.

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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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