Metro (disambiguation)

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Metro is a neologism of metropolitan.

Metro has many uses, including:

Contents 1 Rapid transit systems 2 Other Transportation 3 Populations and government 4 Retail businesses 5 Automobiles 6 Publications 7 Entertainment 8 Other

[edit] Rapid transit systems

Main article: List of rapid transit systems

• A Metro is a rapid transit system, the name originating from the eponymous Paris Métro
• "Metro" branded rapid transit systems may also include lines correctlty classified as light rail or light metro.

[edit] Other Transportation

Metro has also seen expanded usage in other transport related areas:

• Madison Metro, bus system in Madison, Wisconsin
• Metro (Belfast), Northern Ireland bus services in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Metro (West Yorkshire), the brand adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive in England
• Metro Bus, a public transportation provider for St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
• Metro Transit (King County) in King County, Seattle, Washington, United States
• NFTA Metro, in Erie and Niagara Counties of New York, United States
• Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas in and around Houston, United States
• The public transport in Christchurch, New Zealand is referred to as the Metro
• Swansea Metro, a bus rapid transit scheme in Wales
• Tranz Metro, commuter rail in Wellington, New Zealand
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, branded Metro, responsible for the rapid transit metro and metrobus systems

[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 Detroit, in Southeast Michigan.
• 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
• 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
• IHC Metro, A delivery van made by International Harvester

[edit] Publications

• Metro (magazine), a monthly lifestyle magazine published in New Zealand
• Metro (Associated Metro Limited), a free daily newspaper in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
• Metro International, a Swedish media company that runs dozens of city and country editions in Europe, Asia and the Americas
• 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 (Belgian newspaper), separate versions in Belgium's two main languages, published in Brussels
• Metro (Zimbabwean newspaper), published in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• Harian Metro, a newspaper published in Malaysia

[edit] Entertainment

• Metro Chicago, a popular music venue in Chicago
• The Metro Theatre, a music venue in Sydney, Australia
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the leading film studio during the first half of the 20th century.
  • Metro Pictures, one of MGM's predecessor companies.
• Metro (1997 film), a 1997 motion picture starring Eddie Murphy
• Life in a... Metro, a 2007 Bollywood movie starring Shilpa Shetty
• "The Metro" (song), a 1983 single by American new wave band Berlin
• Metro Recordings, a record label
• Metro, a 2006 single by the Canadian band The Vincent Black Shadow

[edit] Other

• MetroStars, a former United States Major League soccer club, now known as Red Bull New York
• The word for "metre", a unit of length, in several languages including Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• "metrosexual", a neologism for a male (typically heterosexual) who spends large amounts of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle
• XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework, formerly code-named "Metro"
• Metro, Indonesia, a city in Lampung, Indonesia
• Metro Academic and Classical High School, a high school in St. Louis, MO
• METRo is a road forecast software;
• GlassFish Metro is an opensource web service stack that is part of the GlassFish project.
• Short for Metropolitan Airport
• Detroit Metro Airport