Is the UK subway or metro?

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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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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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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Road is the most popular method of transport in the United Kingdom, carrying over 90% of motorised passenger travel and 65% of domestic freight. The major motorways and trunk roads, many of which are dual carriageway, form the trunk network which links all cities and major towns.

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

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The Shanghai Metro is the world's longest metro network at 803 kilometres (499 mi) and has the highest annual ridership at 2.83 billion trips. The New York City Subway has the greatest number of stations with 472.

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In Britain, a comfortable bus that carries passengers on long journeys is called a coach. The coach leaves Cardiff at twenty to eight. In America, a vehicle designed for long journeys is usually called a bus.

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The country's oldest metro system is the city of Chicago's L Train which began operation in 1892. Only four city metro systems in the world provide a twenty four hour service and all of them are located in the U.S.A, they are located in the cities of Chicago, Jersey, New York and Philadelphia. Atlanta, Georgia.

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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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