Metrorail or metro rail may refer to: *

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 frequent electric rail system commonly called a metro *

Metrorail (South Africa) Metrorail is an operator of commuter rail services in the major urban areas of South Africa. It is a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), a state-owned enterprise which is responsible for most passenger rail services in S ...

, a commuter rail system operator in South Africa **

Metrorail Eastern Cape Metrorail Eastern Cape is the name given to the commuter rail services operated by Metrorail, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. There are two lines, one connecting Port Elizabeth ...

, commuter rail lines serving Port Elizabeth and East London **

Metrorail Gauteng Metrorail Gauteng is a network of commuter rail services in Gauteng province in South Africa, serving the Johannesburg and Pretoria metro areas. It is operated by Metrorail (South Africa), Metrorail, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of Sout ...

, the commuter rail system in Gauteng province (including Johannesburg and Pretoria) **

Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal is a network of commuter rail services in and around the city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. It is operated by Metrorail (South Africa), Metrorail, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Afric ...

, the commuter rail system in Durban **

Metrorail Western Cape Metrorail Western Cape is a network of commuter and suburban rail services in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality (metropolitan area of Cape Town) and in the surrounding towns of Malmesbury, Paarl, Stellenbosch and Wellington in the ...

, the commuter rail system in Cape Town *

Los Angeles Metro Rail The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California, United States. It consists of seven lines, including five light rail lines (the A Line (Los Angeles Metro), A, C Line (Los Angeles Metro), C, E Li ...

, the rapid transit and light rail system in Los Angeles, California, USA *

Washington Metro The Washington Metro (or simply Metro), formally the Metrorail,Google Books search/preview

, the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., USA *

Metrorail (Miami-Dade County) Metrorail is the heavy rail rapid transit system of Miami and Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Metrorail is operated by Miami-Dade Transit (MDT), a departmental agency of Miami-Dade County. Opened in 1984, it is Florida's only ra ...

, the rapid transit system in Miami-Dade County, primarily, Miami, Florida, USA *

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 ...

, the light rail system in Houston, Texas, USA *

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 ...

, the light rail system in the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, USA *

Buffalo Metro Rail Buffalo Metro Rail is the public transit rail system in Buffalo, New York, operated by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). The system consists of a single, light rail line that runs for most of the length of Main Street ( New Y ...

, the rapid transit system in Buffalo, New York, USA *

Capital MetroRail Capital MetroRail is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line that serves the Greater Austin area in Texas, and which is owned by Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Capital Metro. The Red Line, Capi ...

, the commuter rail service in Austin, Texas, USA *

New MetroRail New MetroRail was a division of the Public Transport Authority in Western Australia. It was responsible for managing extensions to Perth's railway network. The project doubled Perth's rail network, which is operated by Transperth, and was comp ...

, transit improvements to Transperth Trains, the railway network of Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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