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

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

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

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

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

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