What is the difference between the subway and the Metro train?

They are the same: electric multiple-unit rapid transit trains. Metro train can run in subways (tunnels), at grade level, or on elevated trackways—referred to as el's in North America. Metro systems are thus frequently referred to as the subway or the underground, the el, or just the train.



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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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They are the same: electric multiple-unit rapid transit trains. Metro train can run in subways (tunnels), at grade level, or on elevated trackways—referred to as el's in North America. Metro systems are thus frequently referred to as the subway or the underground, the el, or just the train.

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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 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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For New York, I have mostly seen subway, for DC it's metro, for Boston and Pittsburgh it's the T, for Chicago it's the L. In terms of strict dictionary definitions, both terms imply underground trains. Subway is a generic term, but metro is more localized to certain cities.

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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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Did you know that the name “SUBWAY” comes from the word “submarine,” which means underwater vessel? If you observe closely, the sandwiches sold at SUBWAY have a shape similar to a submarine, and the name of the first branch of SUBWAY was “Pete's Submarines,” which had the characteristic shape of the submarine.

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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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Trains are used for intercity or long distance commuting. Metro are a mass rapid transit system inside a city. It can be underground, elevated or at grade, so don't get fooled by an elevated metro, like in Bangkok, Chicago… Or at grade like in London suburb.

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“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.

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This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as metro rails, subways, undergrounds, U-Bahn, or by various acronyms such as MRT. As of 28 August 2023, 195 cities in 62 countries have a metro system.

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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.

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The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890, making it the world's oldest metro system.

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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.

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