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 ...

, may refer to:

Geography

* Metro (city), 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

* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency * The public transport 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 system of a city or metropolitan area

Rail systems

Africa

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 *

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

* Dubai Metro, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) * Kaohsiung Metro, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Lahore Metro, in Lahore, Pakistan * Manila Metro, in Manila, the Philippines * New Taipei Metro, in New Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) *

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 * Taichung Metro, in Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Taipei Metro, in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Taoyuan Metro, in Taoyuan, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Tokyo Metro, in Tokyo, Japan

=China (People's Republic of)

= *

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 * Guangzhou Metro *

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Hangzhou Metro * Harbin Metro * Hefei Metro * Hohhot Metro * Jinan Metro * Kunming Metro * Lanzhou Metro *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Qingdao Metro * Shenyang Metro * Shenzhen Metro * Shijiazhuang Metro * Tianjin Metro *

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 ...

* Wenzhou Metro * Wuhan Metro * Wuxi Metro * Xi'an Metro, in Xi'an and Xianyang * Xiamen Metro * Xuzhou Metro * Zhengzhou Metro

=India

= * Chennai Metro, in Chennai * Delhi Metro, Delhi & NCR Metro * Kolkata Metro, in Kolkata * Mumbai Metro, in Mumbai * Hyderabad Metro, in Hyderabad * Kochi Metro, in Kochi * Nagpur Metro, in Nagpur * Lucknow Metro, in Lucknow * Noida Metro, in Noida * Namma Metro, in Bengaluru * Rapid Metro Gurgaon, in Gurugram * Jaipur Metro, in Jaipur (Pink City) * Ahmedabad Metro, in Ahmedabad *

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. T ...

, in Kanpur * Pune Metro, in Pune

=Iran

= * Tehran Metro, in Tehran/Karaj * Mashhad Metro, in Mashhad * Shiraz Metro, in Shiraz *

Tabriz Metro The Tabriz Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Tabriz, Iran. The first phase opened on 28 August 2015 with 7 km length and 6 stations. There is also one regional commuter line planned to Sahand. Lines Line 1 Its first phas ...

, in Tabriz *

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

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 this ...

, Netherlands * Athens Metro, Greece * Bucharest Metro, Romania * Copenhagen Metro, Denmark * Helsinki Metro, Finland * Istanbul Metro, Turkey * Kyiv Metro, Ukraine *

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 * Milan Metro, Italy * Moscow Metro, Russia * Oslo Metro, Norway * Paris Métro, France * Prague Metro, Czech Republic * Rotterdam Metro, Netherlands * Saint Petersburg Metro, Russia * Sofia Metro, Bulgaria *

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 * Warsaw Metro, Poland

=United Kingdom

= * West Midlands Metro, light rail tram system between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, England * Tyne and Wear Metro, light rail system, North East England

North America (outside the United States)

* Mexico City Metro, in Mexico * Monterrey Metro, in Nuevo León, Mexico *

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 * SkyTrain (Vancouver), automated light metro in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Toronto Transit Commission, heavy rail rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

=United States

= * Metro (Minnesota) * METRORail, a light rail system in Houston * Muni Metro, light rail system, San Francisco, California * Valley Metro Rail, mainly in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, Arizona *

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, heavy rail rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs * Los Angeles Metro, a rail/bus transit system in Los Angeles, California * Metropolitan Transportation Authority, heavy rail rapid transit in New York City

Oceania

* Metro Trains Melbourne, in Australia * Metro Tunnel, a metropolitan rail infrastructure project currently under construction in Melbourne, Australia * Metro Transport Sydney, the former operator of Sydney Light Rail and Sydney Monorail *

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 * Tranz Metro, commuter rail operator, Wellington, New Zealand

South America

* Caracas Metro, is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela *

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 * Lima Metro, Lima, Peru * Los Teques Metro, Venezuela *

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 * Medellin Metro, Medellin, Columbia * Metrovia, Ecuador * Panama Metro, Panama City, Panama * Rio de Janeiro Metro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil * São Paulo Metro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil * Metro de Santiago, the second largest in South America, serving Santiago, Chile * Valencia Metro (Venezuela)

Bus and/or rail services, and other transit authorities

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

* Metro (Belfast), bus services, Northern Ireland * West Yorkshire Metro or MetroTrain, England

North America

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 * Metro (Cincinnati) * Greater Portland Metro Bus, Maine * King County Metro, Seattle, Washington * Madison Metro, Wisconsin * the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, public transit system branded as "Metro" *

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

* Brisbane Metro, a rapid transit network of high-capacity, fully electric, bi-articulated buses, Australia *

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 * Metro Tasmania, a state-owned bus company

Airports

* Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Michigan, United States * Metro International Airlines, a charter and scheduled passenger subsidiary of the defunct Flying Tiger Line

Education

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 * Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States * Metropolitan State University, 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) Metro TV may refer to: * Metro TV (Ghana) Metropolitan Entertainment Television is a Ghanaian free-to-air television channel. It was launched in 1997 and it is the second largest television network in the country. Metro TV is a member of the Ign ...

, several television stations * Metro 14, on air name of

CJNT CJNT-DT (channel 62) is a television station in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, part of the Citytv network. owned-and-operated station, Owned and operated by network parent Rogers Sports & Media, the station maintains studios inside the Roge ...

-DT, a television station, Montreal, Quebec * Radio Metro, a radio station, Argentina *

Metro (Poland) Metro is a Polish television channel, launched on December 2, 2016. The first main owner of Metro was Agora SA - one of the largest and most renowned media companies in Poland, publisher of ''Gazeta Wyborcza''. Shortly after the start of broadcast ...

, a Polish television channel

Film

* ''Metro'' (1997 film), starring Eddie Murphy *

Metro (2007 film) ''Life in a... Metro'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-produced, co-written and directed by Anurag Basu. Partly inspired from Billy Wilder's romantic comedy film ''The Apartment'' (1960), it features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, ...

* ''Metro'' (2013 film), Russian film * ''Metro'' (2016 film), a Tamil language 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) Metro (Serbian Cyrillic: Метро) was a Serbian and SFRY, former Yugoslav hard rock band from Jagodina. Band history Metro was formed in September 1981 in Jagodina, by brothers Ivan Maksimović, Ivan "Ivica" Maksimović (guitar), Petar "Pera" M ...

, 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 The Metros were an English five-piece indie rock, indie/punk rock, punk band from Peckham, South London.

, an English indie band active 2006–2009

Titled works

* ''Metro'' (album), 1977 self-titled album by the British band * ''Metro'' (musical), a 1991 Polish musical * "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''

Venues

* Metro Chicago, a music venue, Chicago, United States *

The Metro Theatre The Metro Theatre (commonly the Metro) is a music venue located on George Street, in the city centre of Sydney, Australia. The venue was redeveloped, from two former cinemas, by property developer Leon Fink. The foyer of the Metro, designed by ...

, a music venue, Sydney, Australia *

Metro Nightclub The Palace Theatre (also known as The Palace) was an entertainment venue located in Melbourne, Australia. First built for live theatre in 1912, it was also used as a cinema and for live music. It was demolished except for its facade in 2020 afte ...

, the former name of the Palace theatre, Melbourne, Australia

Periodicals

Magazines

* ''Metro'' (magazine), New Zealand lifestyle magazine * '' Metro Magazine'', for bus and rail transit and motorcoach operators * ''

Metro Weekly ''Metro Weekly'' is a free weekly magazine for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Washington, D.C., United States. It was first published on May 5, 1994. ''Metro Weekly'' includes national and local news, interviews w ...

'', a free weekly magazine-style publication for the LGBT community of Washington, D.C.

Newspapers

* '' Harian Metro'', Malaysia * ''Metro'' (Belgian newspaper) * ''Metro'' (British newspaper) * ''Metro'' (Dutch newspaper) * ''Metro'' (Italian newspaper) * ''Metro'' (Swedish newspaper) * ''Métro'' (Montreal newspaper), a French-language free 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), a chain of Canadian free newspapers (formerly called ''Metro'' until ) * ''

Zimbabwe Metro ''Zimbabwe Metro'' (zimbabwemetro.com) was an internet newspaper published in Zimbabwe. It had a strong focus on events in Zimbabwe's major cities. The newspaper was first published independently in 2007. The paper's website is an aggregated ...

=Media Companies

= *

Metro International Metro International is a Swedish global media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the ''Metro'' newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent since launch of the first news ...

, a Swedish media company * Metro Newspapers, a newspaper company in California

Others

* ''Metro'' (franchise), a multimedia sci-fi franchise created by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, including: :;Books :* ''Metro 2033'' (novel) (2005) :*''

Metro 2034 ''Metro 2034'' (russian: Метро 2034) is a 2009 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel in the '' Metro'' series, written by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky as a sequel to his earlier ''Metro 2033''. Plot In the south of the Metro, Seva ...

'' (2009) :*'' Metro 2035'' (2015) :;Video games :* ''Metro 2033'' (2010) :*'' Metro: Last Light'' (2013) :*''

Metro Exodus ''Metro Exodus'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. It is the third installment in the ''Metro'' video game trilogy based on Dmitry Glukhovsky's novels, following the events of ''Metro 203 ...

'' (2019) * ''Metro'' (novel), 1933 novel by Vladimir Varankin * Metro (typeface) :;Board games :* ''Metro'', a 2000 board game

Business

* Metro (department store), a chain based in Singapore *

Metro (supermarket, Greece) Metro S.A. is a Greek supermarket chain based in the Metamorfosi suburb of Athens, Greece. It was established in 1976 as a partnership of eight independent grocery stores. In the same year, Metro opened its first self-branded supermarket in Athen ...

* Metro (supermarket, Indonesia), a real estate and property management company *

Metro AG Metro AG is a German multinational company based in Düsseldorf which operates business membership only cash and carry stores primarily under the Metro brand. Until 2020 it was also active in general retail business through Real division, wh ...

, Germany's largest retailer * MetroCentre (shopping centre), indoor shopping mall, Gateshead, England, UK *

Metro Cash and Carry Metro AG is a German multinational company based in Düsseldorf which operates business membership only cash and carry stores primarily under the Metro brand. Until 2020 it was also active in general retail business through Real division, wh ...

, a hypermarket chain owned by Metro AG * METRO Foods Trading, Cyprus * Metro Inc., a Canadian supermarket chain *

Metro (restaurant chain) Metro is an Icelandic fast food restaurant chain. It replaced McDonald's after McDonald's left Iceland on 30 October 2009, as a result of the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis and high import tariff on imported ingredients which requires th ...

, 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) DMT Azul (born December 20, 1982) is the best known ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador Enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. Azul is best known for his time in Mexican professional ...

, a Mexican masked ''luchador'' *

Metro Conference The Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because its six charter members were all in urban metropolitan areas, though its later members did n ...

, a defunct NCAA Division I athletic conference * Metro FC (New Zealand), association football club based in Auckland * Metro Region, a Little League World Series United States region

Technology

Metro (design language) Microsoft Design Language (or MDL), previously known as Metro, is a design language created by Microsoft. This design language is focused on typography and simplified Icon (computing), icons, absence of clutter, increased content to UI chrome ...

, 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 The International Metro Van, made by International Harvester, is a step van, also known as walk-in or multi-stop delivery truck. This vehicle type was one of the earlier, mass-produced forward control vehicles, once commonly used for milk or ba ...

, 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 Samuel Flores Borrego (a.k.a. Metro 3; 6 August 1972 – 2 September 2011) was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking lieutenant of the Gulf Cartel. He was a former state judicial policeman who protected the ex-leader of the Gulf cartel, Osiel C� ...

(1972–2011), Mexican drug lord nicknamed ''Metro 3'' * Metro (Oregon regional government) * Metro Vancouver Regional District * Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Geography

Public transport

Rail systems

Africa

Asia

=China (People's Republic of)

=India

=Iran

Europe

=United Kingdom

North America (outside the United States)

=United States

Oceania

South America

Bus and/or rail services, and other transit authorities

Europe

North America

Oceania

Airports

Education

Media and entertainment

Broadcasting

Film

Music

Artists

Titled works

Venues

Periodicals

Magazines

Newspapers

=Media Companies

Others

Business

Sports

Technology

Vehicles

Aircraft

Automobiles

Other uses

See also