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on the subway vs in the subway

Both 'on the subway' and 'in the subway' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'On the subway' is used to indicate that someone is inside a subway train, while 'in the subway' is used to indicate that someone is inside the subway station.

Last updated: March 15, 2024 • 1924 views

on the subway

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate that someone is inside a subway train.

Use 'on the subway' when you want to express that someone is inside a subway train traveling from one place to another.

Examples:

I saw my friend on the subway this morning.
She fell asleep on the subway and missed her stop.

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I feel like I'm on the subway.
Okay, he goosed you on the subway once, Amanda.
You're not getting on the subway looking like that.
But you can read mine on the subway after you shower.
Just someone on the subway car turned into porcelain and shattered.
She's probably on the subway by now.
Sir, I saw my poster on the subway this morning.
I also met him on the subway - like you.
That story you did on which rodents to avoid on the subway...
Had a couple of these on the subway.
I was on the subway when they called me.
There was a police action on the subway.
Someone thought I was pregnant on the subway the other day.
Maybe you left the file on the subway.
There weren't any seats on the subway.
We have to talk to each other on the subway.
I often wear a surgical mask on the subway.
A guy on the subway just called me a "biggledeeboo".
He said he met on the subway.
You can happen upon an interesting stranger on the subway.

Alternatives:

riding the subway
taking the subway
traveling on the subway

in the subway

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate that someone is inside the subway station.

Use 'in the subway' when you want to express that someone is inside the subway station waiting for a train or walking around.

Examples:

I lost my wallet in the subway yesterday.
Let's meet in the subway station before we go.

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Authorities have found what appear to be cave drawings in the subway.
I didn't like being alone in the subway.
I got lost three times in the subway.
This is because your mother I was in the subway.
And I think that's exactly what Rachel detected in the subway.
He was in the subway, Dr. Rosen.
We were stuck in the subway all night.
And then he lost me in the subway.
He looks like the guy who plays in the subway.
Our murder victim, Eleanor Ravelle, performed in the subway.
I sat on it in the subway.
There are tens of thousands of those ties used in the subway.
Mary, two weeks ago we started getting reports... of re-animate attacks in the subway.
Mr. Chance, we're in the subway.
I got stuck in the subway between stations.
There are 24 train services in the subway system.
There are tens of thousands of those ties used in the subway.
It was in the subway, 30th street.
I didn't mean to cut you so deeply in the subway.
The babysitter was attacked in the subway.

Alternatives:

at the subway station
inside the subway
within the subway

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