Subway
Subway noun - An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).
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Thoroughfare and subway are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thoroughfare" instead a noun "Subway".
Thoroughfare
Thoroughfare noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.
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Subway and thoroughfare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Subway" instead a noun "Thoroughfare".
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- It is a line largely running as an elevated train along Frankford Avenue and as a subway under most of Market Street, Philadelphia's main east-west thoroughfare.
- The Broad Street Subway, sometimes called the Orange Line, called the BSS for short, is a subway line running almost entirely under Broad Street, Philadelphia's main north-south thoroughfare, from Fern Rock Transportation Center in North Philadelphia to the sports complex in South Philadelphia.
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