Metro


Metro


Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:

Geography

  • Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
  • A metropolitan area, 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 of city or metropolitan area
  • The urban rail transit system of a city or metropolitan area

Rail systems

Africa

  • Algiers Metro in Algiers, Algeria
  • Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt
  • Lagos Rail Mass Transit in Lagos, Nigeria

Asia

  • Busan Metro, Republic of Korea (South Korea)
  • Daegu Metro, Republic of Korea (South Korea)
  • Dhaka Metro, Bangladesh
  • Doha Metro, Qatar
  • Dubai Metro, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)
  • Kaohsiung Rapid Transit, Taiwan
  • Lahore Metro, Pakistan
  • Manila Metro Rail Transit System, the Philippines
  • New Taipei Metro, Taiwan
  • Osaka Metro, Japan
  • Seoul Metropolitan Subway, Republic of Korea (South Korea)
  • Taichung Metro, Taiwan
  • Taipei Metro, Taiwan
  • Taoyuan Metro, Taiwan
  • Tokyo Metro, Japan
China (People's Republic of)
  • Shanghai Metro, in Shanghai and Kunshan, Jiangsu
  • Guangzhou Metro
  • Changsha Metro
  • Changzhou Metro
  • Dalian Metro
  • Foshan Metro
  • Fuzhou Metro
  • Guiyang Metro
  • Hangzhou Metro
  • Harbin Metro
  • Hefei Metro
  • Hohhot Metro
  • Jinan Metro
  • Kunming Metro
  • Lanzhou Metro
  • Nanchang Metro
  • Nanjing Metro
  • Nanning Metro
  • Qingdao Metro
  • Shenyang Metro
  • Shenzhen Metro
  • Shijiazhuang Metro
  • Tianjin Metro
  • Ürümqi Metro
  • Wenzhou Metro
  • Wuhan Metro
  • Wuxi Metro
  • Xi'an Metro, in Xi'an and Xianyang
  • Xiamen Metro
  • Xuzhou Metro
  • Zhengzhou Metro
  • Wuhu metro
  • Dongguan metro
  • Taizhou Metro
  • Luoyang Metro
  • Jinhua Metro
India
  • Chennai Metro
  • Delhi Metro
  • Kolkata Metro
  • Mumbai Metro
  • Hyderabad Metro
  • Kochi Metro
  • Nagpur Metro
  • Lucknow Metro
  • Noida Metro
  • Namma Metro
  • Rapid Metro Gurgaon
  • Jaipur Metro
  • Ahmedabad Metro
  • Kanpur Metro
  • Pune Metro
Iran
  • Tehran Metro
  • Mashhad Metro
  • Shiraz Metro
  • Tabriz Metro
  • Esfahan Metro

Europe

  • Amsterdam Metro, Netherlands
  • Athens Metro, Greece
  • Brussels Metro, Belgium
  • Bucharest Metro, Romania
  • Copenhagen Metro, Denmark
  • Helsinki Metro, Finland
  • Istanbul Metro, Turkey
  • Kyiv Metro, Ukraine
  • Madrid Metro, 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
  • Stockholm Metro, Sweden
  • Thessaloniki Metro, Greece
  • Tyne and Wear Metro, United Kingdom
  • Warsaw Metro, Poland

North America (outside the United States)

  • Mexico City Metro, in Mexico
  • Monterrey Metro, in Nuevo León, Mexico
  • Montreal Metro, 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
  • Washington Metro, heavy rail rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs
  • Metropolitan Transportation Authority, heavy rail rapid transit in New York City

Oceania

  • Metro Trains Melbourne, a metropolitan commuter train operator 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, in Sydney, Australia
  • Tranz Metro, former commuter rail operator, Wellington
  • Adelaide Metro, an integrated network of public transport, Adelaide, Australia
  • AT Metro, an integrated network of public transport, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Brisbane Metro, a rapid transit network of high-capacity, fully electric, bi-articulated buses, Australia
  • Metro (Christchurch), co-ordinated public transport, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Metro Tasmania, a state-owned bus company

South America

  • Caracas Metro, is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela
  • Guarenas / Guatire Metro, Venezuela
  • Lima Metro, Lima, Peru
  • Los Teques Metro, Venezuela
  • Maracaibo Metro, Venezuela
  • Valencia Metro (Venezuela)
  • Medellin Metro, Medellin, Colombia
  • Metrovia, Ecuador
  • Panama Metro, Panama City, Panama
  • Belo Horizonte Metro, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
  • Federal District Metro (Brazil), Federal District, Brazil
  • Fortaleza Metro, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
  • Porto Alegre Metro, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
  • Recife Metro, Recife, PE, Brazil
  • Rio de Janeiro Metro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  • Salvador Metro, Salvador, BA, Brazil
  • São Paulo Metro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • Teresina Metro, Teresina, PI, Brazil
  • Metro de Santiago, the second largest in South America, serving Santiago, Chile

Bus and/or rail services, and other transit authorities

  • Metrobus (disambiguation), several bus operators

Asia

  • MetroMini, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Lahore Metrobus, Pakistan

Europe

  • Metro (Belfast), bus services, Northern Ireland
  • Metrobus (Istanbul), Turkey]
  • West Yorkshire Metro or MetroTrain, England

North America

  • Metro Transit (disambiguation), 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, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • 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, 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), 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), starring Eddie Murphy
  • Metro (2007 film), an Indian Hindi-language by Anurag Basu
    • Metro (2024 film), its sequel by Basu
  • Metro (2013 film), Russian film
  • Metro (2016 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
  • The Metro (film), an Indian 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), 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, a music venue, Sydney, Australia
  • Metro Nightclub, 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, 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)
  • Metro New York (2004–2020), merged with AM New York, renamed AM New York Metro
  • AM New York Metro (2003, as AM New York), merged with Metro New York
  • 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 April 2018)
  • Zimbabwe Metro
Media Companies
  • Metro International, 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 (2009)
  • Metro 2035 (2015)
Video games
  • Metro 2033 (video game) (2010)
  • Metro: Last Light (2013)
  • Metro Exodus (2019)
  • Metro (novel), 1933 novel by Vladimir Varankin
  • Metro (typeface)
Board games
  • Metro (board game), 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), 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 or Chevrolet 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
  • All pages with titles beginning with Metro
  • All pages with titles containing Metro

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Metro by Wikipedia (Historical)



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