Servais@dormi.zone to [Locked] YUROP@lemm.ee · 1 year ago[Map] Distribution of metro systems in European countriesdormi.zoneimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up184
arrow-up184image[Map] Distribution of metro systems in European countriesdormi.zoneServais@dormi.zone to [Locked] YUROP@lemm.ee · 1 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareDocSportello@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoDidn’t realize until today that basically every other country apart from Germany uses an “M” as a symbol.
minus-squareguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoUK’s got S, M and the Underground roundel. I think it’s interesting that those three different common terms, subway, metro and underground, used globally, all originate from the London Underground in different ways.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoVery little of the Newcastle Metro is underground. Mostly it’s just the bin in Sunderland and Newcastle itself.
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCzechia just uses a big down vote. Seems like they’re anti transit.
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Didn’t realize until today that basically every other country apart from Germany uses an “M” as a symbol.
UK’s got S, M and the Underground roundel. I think it’s interesting that those three different common terms, subway, metro and underground, used globally, all originate from the London Underground in different ways.
Very little of the Newcastle Metro is underground. Mostly it’s just the bin in Sunderland and Newcastle itself.
Czechia just uses a big down vote. Seems like they’re anti transit.