What do British people call a subway?

A city's underground railway system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in British English and the subway in North American English. Speakers of British English also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries.



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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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The London Underground is often called the Tube because of the shape of the tunnels. The London Underground is one of the oldest metro systems in the world, opening in 1863. When the Central Line Railway opened in 1900, it was called the Twopenny Tube, referencing the price of a ticket.

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

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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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What is an underground train called in the UK? Usually (especially in London) people generally call it “the tube” though there are many specific lines.

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Paris Metro (Metro de Paris) is a rapid transit metro system serving the capital city of Paris within Île-de-France.

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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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They are different names for the same thing (subway, underground public transportation). Subway is the most common term in the U.S., Metro is Paris and Washington, D.C., the tube is London.

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

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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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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. He crossed London by underground.

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Tipping in France is not mandatory. Even though it is always appreciated, it's up to the customers to decide if they want to tip or not. Unlike other countries, the price of the service is included in the total cost of the bill. You will never be asked to tip, but it's common to leave one if the service was good.

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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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