Essential subway vocabulary in Spanish
A list of useful Spanish words for traveling on the metro/subway/underground.
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| el metro |  | underground / subway | 
| la estación de metro |  | metro station | 
| el andén |  | platform | 
| el pasillo |  | corridor | 
| las escaleras mecánicas |  | escalator | 
| la línea de metro |  | metro line | 
| la parada |  | stop (station) | 
| el transbordo |  | transfer (to another line) | 
| el trasbordo |  | transfer (to another line) | 
| el tren |  | train | 
| el vagón |  | coach / car (in a train) | 
| el horario de trenes |  | train schedule / timetable | 
| la  megafonía (Spain) |  | loudspeaker / PA system | 
| el altoparlante (LatAm) |  | loudspeaker / PA system | 
| la frecuencia |  | frequency | 
| el billete (Spain) |  | ticket | 
| el boleto (LatAm) |  | ticket | 
| el viaje |  | trip | 
| el billete de solo ida |  | single trip ticket | 
| el billete de ida y vuelta |  | round-trip ticket/ a return ticket | 
| la máquina expendedora |  | vending machine | 
| la tarjeta de transporte |  | transport card | 
| la ventanilla de información y venta de billetes (Spain) |  | information and ticket window | 
| la ventanilla de información y venta de boletos (LatAm) |  | information and ticket window | 
| en dirección a |  | towards | 
| con destino a |  | destination / terminating at | 
 
	
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