Les autres modes de transport utilisent "dans". Un wagon du métro et un wagon du train sont similaires. Cependant, le métro utilise "dans" et le train utilise "sur". Pourquoi?
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Pourquoi "sur" et pas "dans" pour "les lignes RER"?
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Nancy P.Kwiziq community member
Pourquoi "sur" et pas "dans" pour "les lignes RER"?
This question relates to:French writing exercise "Choosing a travel pass in Paris"
Asked 2 years ago
Bonjour Nancy,
Here's a link to a similar question: Why is 'dans le train' correct but 'dans le RER' is not (it is 'sur le RER')?
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
Maarten K. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Le métro has come to mean the ‘tram/train’ as well as to be an abbreviation for ‘le Métropolitan de …’ - the system. As in previous answer to Kathryn, my understanding is that if talking about the ‘vehicle’ which is the actual mode/means of transport - le train, le métro - dans is used; if talking about a transport system in general rather than a specific vehicle - les lignes RER, le Métro de Paris - ‘sur’. You don’t travel ‘in a system’, so ‘dans’ doesn’t fit.
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