fast track vs subway

fast track

noun
  • A railroad for express trains. 

  • A racetrack with optimum conditions for high speeds 

  • The quickest or most direct method or path. 

  • A high-pressure or intensely competitive situation, particularly one characterised by rapid advancement. 

verb
  • To progress something with unusual rapidity. 

subway

noun
  • A train that runs on such an underground railway. 

  • An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc. 

  • A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system. 

  • An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. 

  • An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US). 

verb
  • To travel by underground railway. 

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