A pedestrian tunnel going under a road is known as a subway in the United Kingdom.
A sign in London, warning about the pedestrian tunnel meaning
The word subway has several possible meanings, depending on its context: Image File history File links Subway-tunnel. ... Image File history File links Subway-tunnel. ... Weak Subway sign in London Taken by Elf | Talk 17:08, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC) July 04 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...
Subway may also refer specifically to a tunnel or other underground structure built to carry either rapid transit or light rail vehicles, street tram, or even buses that go underground for part of their route.
Particularly in British English (including Hong Kong), and also older American English, a subway is an underground passageway of any sort including those used to allow pedestrians to cross underneath roads or railway tracks.
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Subway may also refer specifically to a tunnel or other underground structure built to carry either rapid transit or light rail vehicles, street tram, or even buses that go underground for part of their route.
Subway is a multinationalfast foodrestaurant chain of American origin that sells primarily submarine sandwiches (subs, hoagies, blimpies, bombs, grinders, etc.) and salads.
Subway is the name of an acclaimed episode of the American TV series Homicide: Life on the Street that aired in the show's 1997â1998 season.
In London, the Tower Subway provided a crossing under the River Thames using a tiny cable car for the 410 m journey; the line closed in a matter of months and the tunnel was given over to pedestrians, later becoming a utility conduit.
The oldest subway in the Southern Hemisphere opened in 1913 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which is also the oldest one in Latin America and the whole Spanish-speaking world.
The Toronto Subway (1954) used the first aluminum subway car (which was at the time also the longest car in the world), which reduced weight and therefore operating costs.
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