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, former name of Metro Transit in Madison, 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

For vehicles, see § Vehicles.

• 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