Metro, short for
metropolitan
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
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Geography
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Metro (city)
Metro () is a city in the Indonesian province of Lampung. It is 52 km away from Bandar Lampung City (the provincial capital), and is the second largest city in Lampung province. This city is also the city that has the lowest congestion rat ...
, a city in Indonesia
* A
metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...
, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
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Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...
, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency
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public transport
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...
operator of city or metropolitan area
* The
transport authority
A transportation authority or public transport authority is an authority which regulates or administers transportation related matters. Most transportation authorities in Western countries are under the direction of elected officials.
In the Unite ...
of city or metropolitan area
* The
urban rail transit
Urban rail transit is an all-encompassing term for various types of local rail systems providing passenger service within and around urban or suburban areas. The set of urban rail systems can be roughly subdivided into the following categories, ...
system of a city or metropolitan area
Rail systems
Africa
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Algiers Metro
The Algiers Metro ( ar, مترو الجزائر العاصمة, french: Métro d'Alger) is a rapid transit system that serves Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Originally designed in the 1970s, it opened in 2011 after decades of delays due to ...
in Algiers, Algeria
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Cairo Metro
The Cairo Metro ( ar, مترو أنفاق القاهرة, Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or ) is the rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It was the first of the three full-fledged metro systems in Africa a ...
in Cairo, Egypt
Asia
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Dubai Metro
The Dubai Metro is a rapid transit rail network in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently operated by the French company Keolis. The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with a major 15 km (9.3 mi) extension to the Red L ...
, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)
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Kaohsiung Metro
Kaohsiung Metro () is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit or Kaohsiung MRT. Construction of the MRT started in October 200 ...
, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China)
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Lahore Metro
Lahore Metro is an automated rapid transit system in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan and the first driverless metro in Pakistan. Three metro lines have been proposed, of which the Orange Line is operational. It is also Pakistan's first metro line sys ...
, in Lahore, Pakistan
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Manila Metro, in Manila, the Philippines
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New Taipei Metro
New Taipei Metro () is a transit system serving New Taipei, Taiwan, operated by . The Danhai light rail is under operation, while the Ankeng light rail and the Sanying line under construction. There are many other lines in various stages of pl ...
, in New Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
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Osaka Metro
The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka Metropolitan Area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. O ...
, in Osaka, Japan
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Taichung Metro
The Taichung MRT (also called Taichung Mass Rail Transit or Taichung Metro) is a rapid transit system in Taichung, Taiwan. In addition to Taichung, it may serve Changhua and Nantou counties in the future. Taichung Metro's first route, the Green ...
, in Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China)
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Taipei Metro
Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...
, in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
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Taoyuan Metro
The Taoyuan Metro (formerly Taoyuan Rail Transit and officially Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit System) is a rapid transit system serving Taoyuan City in Taiwan. The most recently proposed network includes 11 lines and extensions, of which 2 are now ...
, in Taoyuan, Taiwan (Republic of China)
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Tokyo Metro
The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toei ...
, in Tokyo, Japan
=China (People's Republic of)
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Shanghai Metro
The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 municipal districts and to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Served as a part of Shangha ...
, in Shanghai and Kunshan, Jiangsu
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Guangzhou Metro
The Guangzhou Metro () ( and ) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, af ...
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Changsha Metro
The Changsha Metro (officially ; also called ) is a rapid transit system in Changsha, the capital city of Hunan province in China. The first operational line, Line 2, commenced service on April 29, 2014, making Changsha the 18th city in mainlan ...
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Changzhou Metro
The Changzhou Metro is a rapid transit system in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The system started operation on 21 September 2019, with the opening of its first line, Line 1 becoming the 35th city in China with a subway in Mainland China.
Co ...
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Dalian Metro
The Dalian Metro is a rapid transit system in the city of Dalian, Liaoning, China. The metro opened on 1 May 2003. The system currently in operation consists of 5 lines: Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 12, and Line 13.
Network
Line 1
Line 1, ...
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Foshan Metro
The Foshan Metro (; branded as FMetro) is the rapid transit system of the city of Foshan in Guangdong, China. Guangfo line is operated by Guangzhou Metro Corporation, and all other lines are operated by the state-owned Foshan Rail Transit Gr ...
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Fuzhou Metro
The Fuzhou Metro () is a rapid transit system in Fuzhou Metropolitan Area, Fujian Province, China. The first line was planned to open in 2014. Due to the construction difficulties and accidental archaeologic finding, the southern section () was de ...
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Guiyang Metro
The Guiyang Metro is a rapid transit in the city of Guiyang, Guizhou province, China. It is operated and branded as Guiyang Urban Rail Transit (GYURT). A short northern section of Line 1 opened on 28 December 2017, with the full line entering ope ...
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Hangzhou Metro
The Hangzhou Metro () is a rapid transit system that serves Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, China. The system opened on November 24, 2012. It is the 17th city in China to operate a rapid transit system.
Network
Metro
Commuter rail
Descrip ...
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Harbin Metro
The Harbin Metro is the rapid transit system of Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China.́ The system began operation on 26 September 2013 with the opening of Line 1. The system has a total of three lines as ...
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Hefei Metro
Hefei Rail Transit (Simplified Chinese character, Chinese: ), also known as Hefei Metro (Simplified Chinese character, Chinese: ), is a rapid transit system in Hefei, China.
Lines in operation
Line 1
Line 1 began construction on 1 June 2012 a ...
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Hohhot Metro
Hohhot Metro or Hohhot Rail Transit is a rapid transit, metro system in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
Lines
Line 1
The first phase of Line 1 is long. The color for Line 1 is .
Line 1 began construction in April 2016 and was opened on 29 De ...
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Jinan Metro
Jinan Metro (), also known as Jinan Rail Transit () is a rapid transit system serving Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, China.
Lines
Line 1
Line 1 runs north–south in the western part of the city. The line began operating on 1 ...
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Kunming Metro
Kunming Metro, or Kunming Rail Transit, is a rapid transit system in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. With a population of just over 3 million people, Kunming was one of the largest cities in China without a metro system before its constr ...
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Lanzhou Metro
Lanzhou Metro or Lanzhou Rail Transit is a rapid transit system in Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
There will be lines in operation at the end of 2022, including Line 1 (, in operation) and Line 2 (, open in 2022). The first two lines will cost about 23 ...
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Nanchang Metro
Nanchang Metro, officially Nanchang Rail Transit, is a rapid transit system in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. As of 2021, four lines are operational. The Metro opened for commercial operation in December 2015. The network is currently in length in Dec ...
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Nanjing Metro
The Nanjing Metro is a rapid transit system serving the urban and suburban districts of Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu Province in the People's Republic of China.
Proposals for a metro system serving Nanjing first began in 1984, with appr ...
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Nanning Metro
Nanning Metro or Nanning Rail Transit (NNRT) is a rapid transit system in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China.
Lines in operation
History
Line 1 officially started construction on December 29, 2011. The ...
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Qingdao Metro
Qingdao Metro () is a rapid transit system in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. The first line, Line 3 (north section) began operation on December 16, 2015.
Lines in operation
Line 1
The northern section between Qingdao North Railway Stat ...
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Shenyang Metro
The Shenyang Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Shenyang, Liaoning, China. It's the seventh operational subway system in Mainland China and the first in Northeast China.
The system connects with the Shenyang Modern Tram system in ...
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Shenzhen Metro
The Shenzhen Metro () is the rapid transit system for the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, China. Extensions opened on 28 November 2022 put the network at of trackage, operating on 15 lines with 345 stations.
Shenzhen Metro is the 6th ...
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Shijiazhuang Metro
Shijiazhuang Metro (; branded as SJZ Metro) is a rapid transit system in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China.
Network
Line 1
Line 1, opened on 26 June 2017. It is 34.3 kilometers in length with 26 underground stations.
Line 2
Line 2, opene ...
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Tianjin Metro
The Tianjin Metro or Tianjin Rail Transit is the rapid transit system in the city of Tianjin, which was the second city in mainland China after Beijing to operate a subway system (the Beijing Subway opened in 1971). Opened in 1984, the syste ...
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Ürümqi Metro
The Ürümqi Metro or Ürümqi Subway is a rapid transit system in operation in Ürümqi, capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China.
The Ürümqi Metro has submitted plans for two lines, Line 1 and Line 2, with an estimated cost of 31.24 ...
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Wenzhou Metro
Wenzhou Rail Transit () also branded as WZ-MTR is the rapid transit network serving the city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Six lines have been proposed, with a total length of , and three have received approval from the national governmen ...
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Wuhan Metro
Wuhan Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China. Owned and operated by Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd., the network now includes 11 lines, 282 stations, and of route length. With 1.22 billion annual passengers in 2019, W ...
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Wuxi Metro
Wuxi Metro is the rapid transit system of Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China. Line 1 began operations on 1 July 2014, and Line 2 on 28 December 2014. Line 3 opened on 28 October 2020. Line 4 opened on 17 December 2021.
Ridership increased from 81.468 ...
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Xi'an Metro
The Xi'an Metro, also known as the Xi'an Rail Transit, is a rapid transit system in the city of Xi'an and the neighbouring city of Xianyang, in Shaanxi province, China.
The system has 8 lines in operation. Line 2 opened to the public on Septembe ...
, in Xi'an and Xianyang
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Xiamen Metro
Xiamen Metro, officially branded as AMTR (Amoy Transit Rail, formerly Across Mass Transit Railway), is a rapid transit system serving Xiamen, Fujian, China. Line 1 began operation on 31 December 2017. Line 2 began operation on 25 December 201 ...
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Xuzhou Metro
The Xuzhou Metro () is a rapid transit system in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Construction began in February 2014, and Line 1 was opened on September 28, 2019, Line 2 was opened on November 28, 2020, and Line 3 was opened on June 28, 2021.
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Zhengzhou Metro
Zhengzhou Metro () is a rapid transit rail network serving urban and suburban districts of Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province. It is operated by the state owned Zhengzhou Metro Group. As of June 2022, the network has 7 operational lin ...
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Chennai Metro
The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the 4th longest metro system In india. The system commenced service in 2015 after partially opening the first phase of the project. The network c ...
, in Chennai
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Delhi Metro
The Delhi Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system serving Delhi and its satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Bahadurgarh and Ballabhgarh, in the National Capital Region of India. The network consists of 10 colour-cod ...
, Delhi & NCR Metro
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Kolkata Metro
The Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. , it has two operational lines, a line from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash and a line from Salt Lake Sector V to Sealdah, for a total of . Four o ...
, in Kolkata
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Mumbai Metro
The Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit (MRT) system serving the city of Mumbai and the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra, India.Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is responsible authority for maintaining the metro system ...
, in Mumbai
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Hyderabad Metro
The Hyderabad Metro is a rapid transit system, serving the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is the second longest operational metro network in India after the Delhi Metro (285 stations) with 57 stations and the lines are arranged in a ...
, in Hyderabad
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Kochi Metro
The Kochi Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. It was opened to the public within four years of starting construction, making it one of the fastest completed metro projects in India. The Kochi metro proje ...
, in Kochi
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Nagpur Metro
Nagpur Metro is a rapid transit system for the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. It is estimated to cost . In February 2014, the Government of Maharashtra gave approval for the Metro Project, while the Government of India's Ministry of Urban ...
, in Nagpur
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Lucknow Metro
Lucknow Metro is a rapid transit system serving the largest city and the capital of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. Construction of the line begun on 27 September 2014 with the stretch from to Charbagh Railway Station which began its commercial op ...
, in Lucknow
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Noida Metro
The Noida Metro is a rapid transit system connecting the twin cities of Noida and Greater Noida in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. The metro network consists of one line (called Aqua Line), with a total length of serving 21 statio ...
, in Noida
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Namma Metro
Namma Metro ("Our Metro" in Kannada), also known as Bengaluru Metro, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bengaluru, India. Upon its inauguration, it became the first underground metro system in South India. Namma Metro has a mix of u ...
, in Bengaluru
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Rapid Metro Gurgaon
Rapid Metro Gurgaon is a light metro system serving the city of Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Rapid Metro connects the commercial areas of Gurgaon, and acts as a feeder link to the Delhi Metro with an interchange with its Yellow Line at Sikanderp ...
, in Gurugram
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Jaipur Metro
The Jaipur Metro(Hindi: जयपुर मेट्रो) is a rapid transit system in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Construction on the mostly elevated part of the first line, called Phase 1A, comprising of route from Mansarovar t ...
, in Jaipur (Pink City)
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Ahmedabad Metro
Ahmedabad Metro is a rapid transit system for the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat state of India.
The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited was established in February 2010 and the long Phase–1 of the project was approved i ...
, in Ahmedabad
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Kanpur Metro
The Kanpur Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The metro is owned and operated by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC).
The feasibility study for the project was done by RITES in June 2015. ...
, in Kanpur
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Pune Metro
Pune Metro is a mass rapid transit system serving the city of Pune, India. The system comprises 3 lines with a combined length of 54.58 km, of which 12 km on two lines are operational as of March 2022. The 16.59-km Purple line from PCMC B ...
, in Pune
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Tehran Metro
The Tehran Metro ( fa, مترو تهران, translit=Metro-ye Tehrān) is a rapid transit system serving Tehran, the capital of Iran. It is the largest metro system in the Middle East. The system is owned and operated by Tehran Urban and Subur ...
, in Tehran/Karaj
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Mashhad Metro
Mashhad Urban Railway ( fa, قطار شهری مشهد, ''Qâtar-e Shiheri Mishhed'', the literal translation of the name from Persian) is a rapid transit urban rail line in Mashhad, Iran. It is the second rapid transit system in Iran. The proje ...
, in Mashhad
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Shiraz Metro
The Shiraz Metro ( fa, متروی شیراز, Metro-yé Shiraz) is the rapid transit system in Shiraz, Fars, Iran, operated by Shiraz Urban Railway Organization. Construction began in 2001, and service in the first line officially commenced on ...
, in Shiraz
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Tabriz Metro, in Tabriz
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Esfahan Metro
Isfahan Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Isfahan, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the wes ...
, in the Esfahan Region
Europe
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Amsterdam Metro
The Amsterdam Metro ( nl, Amsterdamse metro) is a rapid transit system serving Amsterdam, Netherlands, and extending to the surrounding municipalities of Diemen and Ouder-Amstel. Until 2019 it also served the municipality of Amstelveen but thi ...
, Netherlands
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Athens Metro
The Athens Metro ( el, Μετρό Αθήνας, Metro Athinas, translit-std=iso) is a rapid-transit system in Greece which serves the Athens urban area and parts of East Attica. Line 1 opened as a conventional steam railway in 1869 and electrif ...
, Greece
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Bucharest Metro
The Bucharest Metro ( ro, Metroul din București) is an underground rapid transit system that serves Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It first opened for service on 16 November 1979. The network is run by Metrorex. One of two parts of the large ...
, Romania
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Copenhagen Metro
The Copenhagen Metro ( da, Københavns Metro, ) is a 24/7 rapid transit system in Copenhagen, Denmark, serving the municipalities of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby.
The original system opened in October 2002, serving nine stations on t ...
, Denmark
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Helsinki Metro
The Helsinki Metro ( fi, Helsingin metro, sv, Helsingfors metro) is a rapid transit system serving Greater Helsinki, Finland. It is the world's northernmost metro system. It was opened to the general public on 2 August 1982 after 27 years of p ...
, Finland
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Istanbul Metro
The Istanbul Metro ( tr, İstanbul metrosu) is a rapid transit railway network that serves the city of Istanbul, Turkey. It is operated by Metro Istanbul, a company (formerly known as ''İstanbul Ulaşım A.Ş.'' before 2016), a public enterpris ...
, Turkey
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Kyiv Metro
The Kyiv Metro ( uk, Ки́ївський метрополіте́н, Kyivskyi metropoliten, ) is a rapid transit system in Kyiv that is owned by the Kyiv City Council and operated by the city-owned company Kyivsky Metropoliten''.'' It was initi ...
, Ukraine
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Madrid Metro
The Madrid Metro (Spanish: ''Metro de Madrid'') is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of 293 km (182 mi). Its gro ...
, Spain
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Milan Metro
The Milan Metro ( it, Metropolitana di Milano) is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. The network consists of 5 lines, identified by different numbers and colours, with a total network length of ...
, Italy
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Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first unde ...
, Russia
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Oslo Metro
The Oslo Metro ( no, Oslo T-bane or or simply ) is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Sporveien T-banen on contract from the transit authority Ruter. The network consists of five lines that all run through the city centre, wit ...
, Norway
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Paris Métro
The Paris Métro (french: Métro de Paris ; short for Métropolitain ) is a rapid transit system in the Paris metropolitan area, France. A symbol of the Paris, city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform ar ...
, France
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Prague Metro, Czech Republic
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Rotterdam Metro, Netherlands
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Saint Petersburg Metro
The Saint Petersburg Metro (russian: links=no, Петербургский метрополитен, Peterburgskiy metropoliten) is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to Wor ...
, Russia
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Sofia Metro
The Sofia Metro ( bg, Софийски метрополитен, translit=Sofijski Metropoliten, also colloquially called ) is the rapid transit network servicing the Bulgarian capital city Sofia. It began operation on 28 January 1998. , the Sofi ...
, Bulgaria
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Thessaloniki Metro
The Thessaloniki Metro ( el, Μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης, ', ) is an underground rapid-transit system under construction in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city. Estimates for the cost of the megaproject are €1.62 billion ...
, Greece
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Warsaw Metro
The Warsaw Metro ( pl, Metro Warszawskie) is a rapid transit underground system serving the Polish capital Warsaw. It currently consists of two lines, the north-south Line M1 which links central Warsaw with its densely populated northern and sout ...
, Poland
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West Midlands Metro
The West Midlands Metro (originally named Midland Metro) is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands, England. Opened on 30 May 1999, it currently consists of a single route, Line 1, which operates between the cities of Birmin ...
, light rail tram system between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, England
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Tyne and Wear Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear). The network opened in ...
, light rail system, North East England
North America (outside the United States)
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Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro ( es, Metro de la Ciudad de México) is a rapid transit system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in Mexico State. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it is ...
, in Mexico
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Monterrey Metro
Metrorrey, officially Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metrorrey, is a light metro/rapid transit system in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Operations began in 1991. , the system operates 50 high-floor electric trains, along a total system of 40 st ...
, in Nuevo León, Mexico
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Montreal Metro
The Montreal Metro (french: Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, ...
, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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SkyTrain (Vancouver)
SkyTrain is the Medium-capacity rail system, medium-capacity rapid transit system in the Metro Vancouver Regional District, serving Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has of track and uses Automated guideway transit, fully automated t ...
, automated
light metro
A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit. MCS’s trains are usually 1-4 cars, or 1 ligh ...
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Toronto Transit Commission
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some of which run into the Peel Region and York Region. It is the oldest and largest ...
, heavy rail rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Metro (Minnesota)
Metro (styled as METRO) is a transit network in Minnesota serving the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. It also provides service to some suburban areas. As of 2022 the system consists of two light rail lines (Blue and Green Lines) and five ...
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METRORail
METRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . METRORail ranks as the second most-traveled light rail system in the Southern United States and the 12th ...
, a light rail system in Houston
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Muni Metro
Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, United States. Operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), a part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Muni Metro served an average of 157 ...
, light rail system, San Francisco, California
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Valley Metro Rail
Valley Metro Rail (styled as METRO) is a light rail line serving the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa in Arizona, USA. The network, which is part of the Valley Metro public transit system, began operations on December 27, 2008. In , the sys ...
, mainly in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, Arizona
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Washington Metro
The Washington Metro (or simply Metro), formally the Metrorail,[Google Books search/preview](_blank) , heavy rail rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs
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Los Angeles Metro
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), commonly branded as Metro, LA Metro, and L.A. Metro, is the state agency that plans, operates, and coordinates funding for most of the transportation system in Los Angele ...
, a rail/bus transit system in Los Angeles, California
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in th ...
, heavy rail rapid transit in New York City
Oceania
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Metro Trains Melbourne
Metro Trains Melbourne, often known simply as Metro, is the franchise operator of the electrified suburban passenger service on the Melbourne rail network. Metro Trains Melbourne is a joint venture between Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation (60% ...
, in Australia
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Metro Tunnel
The Metro Tunnel (previously known during planning as the Melbourne Metro Rail Project) is a metropolitan rail infrastructure project currently under construction in Melbourne, Australia. It includes the construction of twin 9-kilometre rail tun ...
, a metropolitan rail infrastructure project currently under construction in Melbourne, Australia
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Metro Transport Sydney
Metro Transport Sydney (MTS) was the owner of the now-demolished Sydney Monorail and the former owner of the Inner West Light Rail in Sydney, New South Wales. Established in 2001, it replaced the Sydney Light Rail Company (SLRC), the previous ...
, the former operator of Sydney Light Rail and Sydney Monorail
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Sydney Metro
The Sydney Metro is a fully automated rapid transit system serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Currently consisting of one line that opened on 26 May 2019, it runs from Tallawong to Chatswood and consists of 13 stations ...
, in Sydney, Australia
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Tranz Metro
Tranz Metro (formerly Cityrail and before that Cityline) was a Public transport in New Zealand, New Zealand public transport operator. Beginning as the New Zealand Railways Corporation's Cityline division as a result of restructuring in the 198 ...
, commuter rail operator, Wellington, New Zealand
South America
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Caracas Metro
The Caracas Metro ( es, Metro de Caracas) is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela. It was constructed and is operated by Compañía Anónima Metro de Caracas, a government-owned company that was founded in 1977 by José Gonz ...
, is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela
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Guarenas / Guatire Metro
Guarenas / Guatire Metro is a combined metro/ light rail project of the Caracas Metro to connect the twin cities of the Guarenas-Guatire conurbation and intermediate communities to Caracas, Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivaria ...
, Venezuela
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Lima Metro
The Lima Metro ( es, Metro de Lima) is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the cities of Lima and Callao, both of which make up the Lima metropolitan area, currently linking the district of Villa El Salvador in the south of Lima wi ...
, Lima, Peru
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Los Teques Metro
The Los Teques Metro is a suburban mass-transit system in the city of Los Teques, Venezuela with connections to important surrounding cities and communities. It was opened to public service on November 3, 2006. The Los Teques Metro currently oper ...
, Venezuela
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Maracaibo Metro
The Maracaibo Metro, also known as ''Metro del Sol Amado'', is a six-station light rail system in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Service between La Vanega and El Varillal (skipping Urdaneta) opened to the public on 25 November 2006, with the last stati ...
, Venezuela
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Medellin Metro, Medellin, Columbia
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Metrovia, Ecuador
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Panama Metro
The Panama Metro ( es, Metro de Panamá) is a rapid transit system in Panama City, Panama. It links the south and the east of the metropolitan area to the city center. The metro was inaugurated on April 5, 2014, and it entered revenue service tw ...
, Panama City, Panama
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Rio de Janeiro Metro
The Rio de Janeiro Metro ( pt, MetrôRio, ), commonly referred to as just the ''Metrô'' () is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on 5 March 1979, and consisted of five stations op ...
, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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São Paulo Metro
The São Paulo Metro ( pt, Metrô de São Paulo, ), commonly called the ''Metrô'' () is one of the urban railways that serves the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM), forming the largest metropolit ...
, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Metro de Santiago
The Santiago Metro ( es, Metro de Santiago) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It currently consists of seven lines (numbered 1-6 and 4A), 136 stations, and of revenue route. The system is managed by th ...
, the second largest in South America, serving Santiago, Chile
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Valencia Metro (Venezuela)
The Valencia Metro (Spanish: ''Metro Valencia'' or ''Metro de Valencia'') is the public mass transit system of Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela and its suburbs Naguanagua Municipality and San Diego Municipality.
The metro system was officially ope ...
Bus and/or rail services, and other transit authorities
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Metrobus (disambiguation) Metrobus may refer to:
Transport services Bus Rapid Transit
*MetroBus (Bristol), a bus rapid transit system in Bristol, England, United Kingdom
*Metrobus (Buenos Aires), a bus rapid transit system in Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Metrobus (Istanbul), a ...
, several bus operators
Europe
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Metro (Belfast)
Metro is the trading name for bus company Citybus in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a subsidiary of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, within the common management structure of Translink, along with Ulsterbus and Northern Ireland ...
, bus services, Northern Ireland
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West Yorkshire Metro
Metro is the passenger information brand used by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 as the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (WYPTE) at the same time as the metropolitan county of West Yor ...
or MetroTrain, England
North America
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Metro Transit (disambiguation) Metro Transit may refer to:
* King County Metro, formerly branded as "Metro Transit", serving King County, Washington and the Seattle metropolitan area
* Metro Transit (Halifax), rebranded as Halifax Transit, serving Halifax Regional Municipality, ...
, several North American bus services
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Metro (Cincinnati)
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Greater Portland Metro Bus
The Greater Portland METRO is a regional public transportation system in Southern Maine. Operated by the Greater Portland Transit District, a transit district comprising Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Freeport, and Brunswick, the s ...
, Maine
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King County Metro
King County Metro, officially the King County Metro Transit Department and often shortened to Metro, is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle. It is the eighth-largest transit bus agency in t ...
, Seattle, Washington
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Madison Metro
Madison Metro Transit operates a bus service throughout the City of Madison, Wisconsin, United States and most of its immediate suburbs, including the City of Middleton, Fitchburg, Maple Bluff, Shorewood Hills, Sun Prairie, Verona, and a small ...
, Wisconsin
* the
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), commonly branded as Metro, LA Metro, and L.A. Metro, is the state agency that plans, operates, and coordinates funding for most of the transportation system in Los Angele ...
, public transit system branded as "Metro"
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Mountain Metropolitan Transit
Mountain Metropolitan Transit is the public transportation operator for the metro area of Colorado Springs, Colorado, providing service to downtown Colorado Springs and surrounding areas within city limits and to the city of Manitou Springs, Wi ...
, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Oceania
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Brisbane Metro
Brisbane Metro is a future high-frequency bus rapid transit system, servicing Brisbane, Australia. It will consist of two routes that will each service the Brisbane central business district every three minutes during peak times (20vph), tran ...
, a
rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...
network of high-capacity, fully electric, bi-articulated buses, Australia
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Metro (Christchurch)
Public transport in Christchurch, New Zealand, consists of bus services operated by two bus companies supported by a ferry, all jointly marketed as Metro.
Overview
Since deregulation of the urban bus market in 1991, the Canterbury Regional ...
, co-ordinated public transport, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Metro Tasmania
Metro Tasmania, commonly called Metro, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise, is the largest bus operator in the state of Tasmania, Australia, with operations in three of the four largest urban centres of Hobart, , and . Urban services in ...
, a state-owned bus company
Airports
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Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport , usually called Detroit Metro Airport, Metro Airport, or simply DTW, is a major international airport in the United States covering effective December 30, 2021. in Romulus, Michigan. It is the primar ...
, Michigan, United States
* Metro International Airlines, a charter and scheduled passenger subsidiary of the defunct
Flying Tiger Line
Flying Tiger Line, also known as Flying Tigers, was the first scheduled cargo airline in the United States and a major military charter operator during the Cold War era for both cargo and personnel (the latter with leased aircraft). The airline ...
Education
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Metro Academic and Classical High School
Metro Academic and Classical High School is a magnet public high school in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools school district.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 377 s ...
, St Louis, Missouri, United States
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Metropolitan State University of Denver
Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver or Metro State) is a public university in Denver, Colorado. MSU Denver is located on the Auraria Campus, along with the University of Colorado Denver and the Community College of Denver, in d ...
, Denver, Colorado, United States
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Metropolitan State University
Metropolitan State University (Metro State) is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. It is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. , Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Media and entertainment
Broadcasting
* Metro Broadcast Corporation, with a variety of Hong Kong‑based Metro‑branded radio stations
* Metro FM, a national radio station, South Africa
* Metro Radio, a radio station, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England
* Metro TV (disambiguation), several television stations
* Metro 14, on air name of CJNT-DT, a television station, Montreal, Quebec
* Radio Metro, a radio station, Argentina
* Metro (Poland), a Polish television channel
Film
* Metro (1997 film), ''Metro'' (1997 film), starring Eddie Murphy
* Metro (2007 film)
* Metro (2013 film), ''Metro'' (2013 film), Russian film
* Metro (2016 film), ''Metro'' (2016 film), a Tamil language film
* The Metro (film), ''The Metro'' (film), a 2011 Malayalam-language film
* Metro Pictures, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's predecessor companies
Music
Artists
* Metro (Hungarian band)
* Metro (British band), active 1976–1980
* Metro (Serbian band), active 1981–1985; 1994–1997
* Metrô (band), Brazilian new wave band active 1978–1988; 2002–2004; 2014; 2015–present
* Metro Boomin (born 1993), American songwriter, known simply as Metro
* The Metros, an English indie band active 2006–2009
Titled works
* Metro (album), ''Metro'' (album), 1977 self-titled album by the British band
* Metro (musical), ''Metro'' (musical), a 1991 Polish musical
* The Metro (song), "The Metro" (song), a 1983 single by Berlin
* "Metro", a 2006 song by The Vincent Black Shadow
* "Metro", a song by Tokyo Jihen from the 2007 album ''Variety (Tokyo Jihen album), Variety''
Venues
* Metro Chicago, a music venue, Chicago, United States
* The Metro Theatre, a music venue, Sydney, Australia
* Metro Nightclub, the former name of the Palace theatre, Melbourne, Australia
Periodicals
Magazines
* Metro (magazine), ''Metro'' (magazine), New Zealand lifestyle magazine
* ''Metro Magazine'', for bus and rail transit and motorcoach operators
* ''Metro Weekly'', a free weekly magazine-style publication for the LGBT community of Washington, D.C.
Newspapers
* ''Harian Metro'', Malaysia
* Metro (Belgian newspaper), ''Metro'' (Belgian newspaper)
* Metro (British newspaper), ''Metro'' (British newspaper)
* Metro (Dutch newspaper), ''Metro'' (Dutch newspaper)
* Metro (Italian newspaper), ''Metro'' (Italian newspaper)
* Metro (Swedish newspaper), ''Metro'' (Swedish newspaper)
* Métro (Montreal newspaper), ''Métro'' (Montreal newspaper), a French-language free newspaper
* Metro (Philadelphia newspaper), ''Metro'' (Philadelphia newspaper)
* ''AM New York Metro''
* ''Metro Daily'', Hong Kong newspaper
* ''Metro Santa Cruz'', former name of a newspaper in Santa Cruz, California, renamed the ''Santa Cruz Weekly''
* ''Metro Silicon Valley'', a newspaper in San Jose, California
* StarMetro (newspaper), ''StarMetro'' (newspaper), a chain of Canadian free newspapers (formerly called ''Metro'' until )
* ''Zimbabwe Metro''
=Media Companies
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* Metro International, a Swedish media company
* Metro Newspapers, a newspaper company in California
Others
* Metro (franchise), ''Metro'' (franchise), a multimedia sci-fi franchise created by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, including:
:;Books
:*Metro 2033 (novel), ''Metro 2033'' (novel) (2005)
:*''Metro 2034'' (2009)
:*''Metro 2035'' (2015)
:;Video games
:*Metro 2033 (video game), ''Metro 2033'' (2010)
:*''Metro: Last Light'' (2013)
:*''Metro Exodus'' (2019)
* Metro (novel), ''Metro'' (novel), 1933 novel by Vladimir Varankin
* Metro (typeface)
:;Board games
:*Metro (board game), ''Metro'', a 2000 board game
Business
* Metro (department store), a chain based in Singapore
* Metro (supermarket, Greece)
* Metro (supermarket, Indonesia), a real estate and property management company
* Metro AG, Germany's largest retailer
* MetroCentre (shopping centre), indoor shopping mall, Gateshead, England, UK
* Metro Cash and Carry, a hypermarket chain owned by Metro AG
* METRO Foods Trading, Cyprus
* Metro Inc., a Canadian supermarket chain
* Metro (restaurant chain), an Icelandic fast food chain
* Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), a non-profit organization
* Metro by T-Mobile, a prepaid wireless service provider in the United States
* Metro Retail Stores Group, a retail company based in Mandaue, Philippines
Sports
* Metro (wrestler), a Mexican masked ''luchador''
* Metro Conference, a defunct NCAA Division I athletic conference
* Metro FC (New Zealand), association football club based in Auckland
* Little League World Series (Metro Region), Metro Region, a Little League World Series United States region
Technology
* Metro (design language), developed by Microsoft for interfaces
* Eclipse Metro, an open source web service stack that is part of Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J)
* Metro Ethernet, an Ethernet-based computer network that covers a metropolitan area
* Metro, former code name of the XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework
Vehicles
Aircraft
* Fairchild Metro, a commuter airliner
Automobiles
* Austin Metro, a British supermini hatchback, also called MG Metro
* Geo Metro, an American subcompact car, later called Chevrolet Metro
* International Metro Van, an American step van
Other uses
* ''El Metro 4'', a Mexican high-ranking drug trafficker
* Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa, Mexican drug lord nicknamed ''Metro 2''
* Samuel Flores Borrego (1972–2011), Mexican drug lord nicknamed ''Metro 3''
* Metro (Oregon regional government)
* Metro Vancouver Regional District
* Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
See also
* Metropolitan (disambiguation)
* Metropolis (disambiguation)
* Metropol (disambiguation)
* Metrorail (disambiguation)
* Metro line (disambiguation)
* Metroliner (disambiguation)
* Metro City (disambiguation)
* Dmytro, a Ukrainian name of which "Metro" is a nickname
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