Metro

Metro most often refers to:

Metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency

Metro may refer to:

Places

Metro City (Indonesia), a city in Indonesia
MetroWest, an area in Massachusetts
MetroWest (Orlando), an area in Orlando, Florida
Detroit Metropolitan Airport, in Michigan, US

Public transport

Public transport terms

Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency
The public transport operator of city or metropolitan area
The transportation authority of city or metropolitan area
The urban rail transit system of a city or metropolitan area

Rail systems

Bus services and transit authorities

Asia

MetroMini, in Jakarta, Indonesia
Lahore Metrobus, in Pakistan

Europe

Metro (Belfast), in Northern Ireland, UK
Metro (Liverpool City Region), in England, UK
West Yorkshire Metro (or MetroTrain), in England, UK

North America

United States

Greater Portland Metro Bus, in Maine
King County Metro, in Seattle, Washington
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (branded as "Metro"), in California
Metro (Cincinnati), in Ohio
Houston Metro, in Houston, Texas
Mountain Metropolitan Transit, in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Metrobus (Washington, D.C.), in the Washington Metro Area

Oceania

Brisbane Metro, in Australia
Metro Tasmania, in Australia

In multiple places

Businesses and organizations

Metro Bank (United Kingdom), a high street bank in the UK
Metro (department store), a chain based in Indonesia
Metro (supermarket, Greece)
Metro (supermarket, Indonesia), a real estate and property management company
Metro AG, a retailer in Germany
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 International Airways, a former American charter and passenger airline, now part of Flying Tiger Lines
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 US
Metro Retail Stores Group, a retail company based in Mandaue, Philippines
Detroit Metropolitan Airport, in Michigan, US

Media and entertainment

Books

Metro (novel), 1933, by Vladimir Varankin
Metro 2033 (novel) (2005)
Metro 2034 (2009)
Metro 2035 (2015)

Broadcasting

Metro Broadcast Corporation, with a variety of Hong Kong–based Metro‑branded radio stations
Metro Channel, a pay TV channel in the Philippines
Metro FM, a national radio station, South Africa
Metro Radio, former name for a radio station, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, now called Hits Radio North East
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
Metrovision, a defunct Malaysian television channel
Radio Metrowave, a defunct Bangladeshi radio station
Telemetro, a Panamanian television channel
DD Metro, a defunct Indian television channel
NRK Metro, a defunct Norwegian radio station

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

Media companies

Metro International, a Swedish media company
Metro Newspapers, a newspaper company in California

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; since 2015
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, US
Metro Theatre, Sydney, 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, in San Jose, California
StarMetro (newspaper), a chain of Canadian free newspapers (formerly called Metro until April 2018)
Zimbabwe Metro

Video games

Other uses in media and entertainment

Metro (board game), 2000
Metro (franchise), a multimedia sci-fi franchise created by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, including:
Metro (typeface)

Schools

Metro Academic and Classical High School, St Louis, Missouri, US
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, US
Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, US

Sports

Metro (wrestler), a Mexican masked luchador
Metro Conference (1975–1995), 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 US 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 Open XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework

Vehicles

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 vehicles

Fairchild Metro, a commuter airliner
Stadler METRO, rapid transit rolling stock manufactured by Stadler Rail since 2012

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

Metro

Places

Public transport

Public transport terms

Rail systems

Bus services and transit authorities

Asia

Europe

North America

United States

Oceania

In multiple places

Businesses and organizations

Media and entertainment

Books

Broadcasting

Film

Media companies

Music

Artists

Titled works

Venues

Periodicals

Magazines

Newspapers

Video games

Other uses in media and entertainment

Schools

Sports

Technology

Vehicles

Automobiles

Other vehicles

Other uses

See also