What is the meaning of train metro?

Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be called a subway, tube, or underground.



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

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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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“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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“Pre-pandemic, the Tube required the least subsidy of almost any city. From a day-to-day operations point of view, it was covering its own costs. That is quite unusual for a European or North American metro. “But when the pandemic hit, the percentage increase in subsidy went through the roof.

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The first and oldest extant underground station is Baker Street tube station which opened in 1863. The largest and most complex metro station is the Paris Métro-RER station Châtelet-Les Halles in France, with 20 platforms serving eight (three RER commuter rail and five Métro) lines.

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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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A subway is always a tube, or the underground, or the metro.

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