Difference between undergrounds?

Question

What is the difference between a tube, subway or train? I don't get it. Aren't they all some kind of underground? And also can you tell me if I can use a ticket that I bought from a underground to use for all day and travel with the ticket with tubes or subways. Thanks

Answer 1

The word 'tube' is a sort of nickname for the "underground railway", Americans called theirs a subterranean railway - shortened to subway.

They are just different names for the same thing.  

Answer 2

Train is just a generic term for a vehicle that runs on metal rails.

Underground, tube and subway all refer to trains that run in tunnels underneath the ground, but what the trains are actually called depends on the city you're in, NOT the country. In Britain for example, it can be either Underground/Tube, Subway, OR Metro depending on which city you're in.

In London, it's called the Underground or Tube.

In New York City, or in Glasgow (Scotland) it's called the subway. Subway isn't an American word, it just means "subterranean railway" and the Glasgow system is actually older than New York's subway.

(In British cities other than Glasgow, "subway" normally means a pedestrian underpass, rather than a train system.)

In most German cities it's called the U-Bahn.

In many cities worldwide it's called the Metro (some metro systems run underground, but not all of them do).

Answer 3

Metro on the continent(Europe)

Tube/Underground in Britian

Subway in the states

Answer 4

Tube is the English word for a subway (American).

They are underground trains.

A train is any train.

The ticket use depends on where you are and what the ticket is for. There is no general answer to that.

Answer 5

Subway is the American term for what the British call the Tube or the Underground.

If you're referring to London there are also suburban trains operated by Network Rail that start and end at the main terminus stations (Victoria, Waterloo, Paddington, etc). The Tube links these terminals and also interchanges with Network Rail at other places.

In London you can get day zone tickets that cover any kind of public transport - tube, suburban train or bus. Zone 1 covers central London, zone 2 a slightly wider area, and so on.

Answer 6

There appears to be a misunderstanding in previous answers in respect of the word 'tube' when applied to the London Underground. Strictly, 'the tube' refers to the deep underground lines (Bakerloo, Northern, Piccadilly, Central, Victoria and Jubilee lines) where the tunnels are deep underground and have been bored out of the ground, then lined with metal segments and now look like a tube. The trains are smaller than surface trains and are designed to fit neatly into the tunnels. Other lines. the Metropolitan, District, Hammersmith and City, were built by the 'cut and cover' method - a large trench was dug from the surface, then the tunnels covered over. These carry trains of standard size. Both systems form part of the 'Underground'. The word 'subway' is only used in the UK in respect of foot tunnels - thus a person  uses a 'subway' to gain access to 'the tube'. This can be confusing for people from other countries where the word 'subway' is used for the actual railway system. The word 'Metro' is used in Paris and many other cities to describe the underground railway system, derived from the name of Metropolitan Railway in London, the world's first Underground railway.

In London, if you buy a 'travel card' (for whatever period) you can use it on all forms of public transport in the zones for which it is valid.

Answer 7

The TUBE is the term for the deep level Underground railway tunnels in London. They are called Tube lines because they run in iron tubes which line the tunnels bored through the London Clay.

Other Underground lines (such as the Metropolitan, Circle and District lines) are mostly constructed by Cut & Cover. This is where a trench is dug, the railway lines are laid and the trench covered up. Most of the world's metro systems are made like that.

The whole London system is called the Underground even though 66% of it is actually on the surface.

The Main Line is the railway system that is not part of the Underground.

A Subway is a place where one road passes beneath another, or it is a tunnel under a road where pedestrians can cross. It is Not an alternative name for the Underground. You will only cause confusion if you call the Underground railway network a subway, but you may get away with calling it a Metro - just.

A train is the collection of rolling stock that runs on railway lines.

In most places you can get a combination ticket that will allow travel on all the urban railway networks, trams and busses. They have various names (e.g. London = Travelcard; Berlin = Welcome Card).

Answer 8

Tube Underground (Subway  usa)  three words same meaning

Train normally overground linking towns and cities many miles apart

  Subway UK  walkway underground  to cross a busy road junction

  Add to these the EUROSTAR  links UK with Fance and the rest of Euro often called the Tunnel as its built in the sea bed

Answer 9

An Underground train in the UK refers to any London Transport service with the London Area's also known as the 'Tube'

A Subway is a pedestrian underpass.

A Train is a Surface Rail Service which is often referred to as the British Rail Network (even though British Rail closed almost 8 years ago now and has not been running any services for over 12 years)

As for the one day Travelcard ticket, this will allow you access to the Underground, Bus, Tram, Docklands Light Railway, National Rail System WITHIN the zones specified on the ticket and if purchased from outside of the zonal London system a return from starting point to edge of zones ONCE only during that day.

Using a Subway is free of charge as you walk down it.

Good Luck.

Answer 10

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