Metro (disambiguation)

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Metro is a general term for a high-frequency urban public transport railway, synonymous with "rapid transit", "subway", or "underground"; from "metropolitan railway."

Metro has many other uses, including:

Contents 1 Public transportation 2 Populations and government 3 Retail businesses 4 Automobiles 5 Publications 6 Other

[edit] Public transportation

Any one of several specific public transport systems that styles itself "Metro" — see also the list of rapid transit systems (the list here is non-exhaustive):

• Paris Métro, in the capital city of France
• Moscow Metro, in the capital city of Russia
• Washington Metro, in the capital city of the United States
• Tranz Metro, Wellington's commuter train line.
• Metro (West Yorkshire), the brand adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive of West Yorkshire, England
• Metro (Belfast), the brand name used by Translink for its city bus services in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Metro Transit, or "Metro", the public transit authority of a number of cities in North America
• Metro Transit (King County)
• Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, or "METRO", the transit authority in and around Houston, Texas
• Miami-Dade Transit, the rapid transit system of Miami, Florida
• Los Angeles County Metro Rail, the rapid transit system for Los Angeles County, California
• A brand name for the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Copenhagen Metro, of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Montreal Metro, Montreal, Quebec

[edit] Populations and government

A metropolitan area is a large population area and its adjacent zone of influence. Specific usage examples include:

• Metro Manila, in the Philippines
• Washington, DC Metro Area, in the United States
• Metro (Oregon regional government), the regional government for the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon, United States
• Metropolitan Toronto, the former regional government body of Toronto, Ontario
• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in Nevada, United States

[edit] Retail businesses

• METRO AG, Germany's largest retailer
• Metro Cash and Carry, a cash-and-carry hypermarket chain owned by METRO AG
• Metro (supermarket, Canada), a Canadian supermarket chain
• Metro (supermarket, Egypt), an Egyptian supermarket chain
• Metro (supermarket, Indonesia), an Indonesian supermarket operator
• METRO (supermarket, Cyprus), a Cypriot supermarket chain
• MetroCentre, largest indoor shopping mall in Europe located in Gateshead, England, UK.

[edit] Automobiles

• Rover Metro, produced by Rover in Europe
• Geo Metro, sold by General Motors in the United States

[edit] Publications

• Metro (magazine), a monthly lifestyle magazine published in New Zealand
• Metro (Associated Metro Limited), a free daily newspaper in the United Kingdom
• Metro Newspapers, a newspaper company in California, United States, which publishes:
  • Metro Silicon Valley, a weekly newspaper published in San Jose, California
  • Metro Santa Cruz, a weekly newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California
• Metro International, a Swedish media company that runs dozens of city and country editions in Europe, Asia and the Americas
• Metro (Mexican newspaper), published in Monterrey, Nuevo León

[edit] Other

• Metro Chicago, a popular music venue in Chicago
• The Metro Theatre, a music venue in Sydney, Australia
• MetroStars, a United States Major League soccer club, now known as Red Bull New York
• Translation of "metre", a unit of length, in several languages including Spanish, Italian and Portuguese is
• Metro Picture Corporation, a film studio formed in 1915 and later merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Metro (film), a 1997 motion picture starring Eddie Murphy
• Metro (2007 film), a 2007 Bollywood movie starring Shilpa Shetty
• Metro (musical), the longest running homegrown musical in Polish history
• "metrosexual", a neologism for a male who spends large amounts of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle
• XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework, formerly code-named "Metro"
• "The Metro" (song), a 1983 single by American new wave band Berlin
• Metro, Indonesia, a city in Lampung, Indonesia
• Metro Recordings, a record label
• Metro (board game), a game by Dirk Henn