Why is it called subway?

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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