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Nobody in London refers to the Underground as the "Metro". It is, of course, The Tube.
by grabcocque 11y ago
Nobody in London refers to the Underground as the "Metro". It is, of course, The Tube.
- dewiz 11y agosome people do. there is also a Metro newspaper free for all commuters
- blowski 11y agoI guess some tourists do, but in my anecdotal experience they are in the vast minority. I can't recall ever having heard someone refer to the Tube as the 'Metro' in 15 years of living in London. I think the name of the Metro newspaper may refer more to 'Metropolitan', as it is published in many different cities throughout the UK. Also, they probably would not have been allowed to publish a newspaper called 'The Tube' because of copyright.
- brent_maxwell 11y agoEven with Londoners, I commonly hear "Metro" used as the generic term for a underground mass transit system, as opposed to "subway".
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- dewiz 11y agoNot sure why downvotes, one cannot disagree? I know people calling it metro, they live in London, that's my experience and a reply to someone saying "nobody in London".
- whoopdedo 11y agoI mentioned it as an outlier. London, Glasgow, Germany, and Sweden were the ones I found that don't call it metro.