London Underground, also called the Tube, underground railway system that services the London metropolitan area.
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Similar to the New York Subway or the Paris Metro, the London Underground is London's series of (largely) underground trains that run a regular service throughout the city. Since the trains underground run through a series of tunnels, many people (Londoners and visitors alike!)refer to it as the tube.
Since then the Underground network, affectionately nicknamed the Tube by generations of Londoners, has grown to 272 stations and 11 lines stretching deep into the Capital's suburbs and beyond.
The Tube is a slang name for the London Underground, because the tunnels for some of the lines are round tubes running through the ground. The Underground serves 270 stations and over 408 km of track. From 2006 to 2007 over 1 billion passengers used the underground.
Since then the Underground network, affectionately nicknamed the Tube by generations of Londoners, has grown to 272 stations and 11 lines stretching deep into the Capital's suburbs and beyond.
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.
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
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.
In America metro is usually short for metropolitan area (a big city and its area of influence). SUMMARY (simplified) = the tube (or the underground) = the subway / the train.
Since the trains underground run through a series of tunnels, many people (Londoners and visitors alike!)refer to it as the tube. Despite this name, a lot of the London Underground network is above ground when you travel, particularly outside of central London.
The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world. The Metropolitan Railway opened in January 1863 and was an immediate success, though its construction took nearly two years and caused huge disruption in the streets.
Tube trains are trains, the Tube is just the colloquial name for the London Underground train network, where the deep level lines have tunnels which are round like tubes. Not every line goes underground for its whole length however and many stations around the edge of London are surface level.