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.
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The TubeLondon is vastly inter-connected, quite unlike anywhere else in the world, with an expansive, sprawling underground system which, though technically called The London Underground, is locally known as “the tube”.
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.
“Tube” is a proper noun, it is another name for the London Underground.It is not British English for “metro” and “subway”. “Metro” in both British English and American English is a (possibly seperate) railway and train service that runs within a city with frequent trains and a short distance between stops.
In the UK, a 'rake of coaches / carriages' describes a set of passenger coaches pulled by a locomotive. Trains can also be described as a 'formation', particularly when both passenger and freight stock is used.
Speakers of British English also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries. The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London's system is often called the Tube.
“Tube” is a proper noun, it is another name for the London Underground. It is not British English for “metro” and “subway”. “Metro” in both British English and American English is a (possibly seperate) railway and train service that runs within a city with frequent trains and a short distance between stops.
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.