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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

Asia

* Dubai Metro, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)
* Kaohsiung Metro, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China)
* Lahore Metro, in Lahore, Pakistan
* Manila Metro, in Manila, the Philippines
* New Taipei Metro, in New Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
* Osaka Metro, in Osaka, Japan
* Taichung Metro, in Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China)
* Taipei Metro, in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
* Taoyuan Metro, in Taoyuan, Taiwan (Republic of China)
* Tokyo Metro, in Tokyo, Japan

=China (People's Republic of)

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* 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

=India

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* Chennai Metro, in Chennai
* Delhi Metro, Delhi & NCR Metro
* Kolkata Metro, in Kolkata
* Mumbai Metro, in Mumbai
* Hyderabad Metro, in Hyderabad
* Kochi Metro, in Kochi
* Nagpur Metro, in Nagpur
* Lucknow Metro, in Lucknow
* Noida Metro, in Noida
* Namma Metro, in Bengaluru
* Rapid Metro Gurgaon, in Gurugram
* Jaipur Metro, in Jaipur (Pink City)
* Ahmedabad Metro, in Ahmedabad
* Kanpur Metro, in Kanpur
* Pune Metro, in Pune

=Iran

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* Tehran Metro, in Tehran/Karaj
* Mashhad Metro, in Mashhad
* Shiraz Metro, in Shiraz
* Tabriz Metro, in Tabriz
* Esfahan Metro, in the Esfahan Region

Europe

* Amsterdam Metro, Netherlands
* Athens Metro, Greece
* 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
* Thessaloniki Metro, Greece
* Warsaw Metro, Poland

=United Kingdom

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* West Midlands Metro, light rail tram system between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, England
* Tyne and Wear Metro, light rail system, North East England

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

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*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
* Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles Metro, a rail/bus transit system in Los Angeles, California
* Metropolitan Transportation Authority, heavy rail rapid transit in New York City

Oceania

* Metro Trains Melbourne, 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, commuter rail operator, Wellington, New Zealand

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
* Medellin Metro, Medellin, Columbia
* Metrovia, Ecuador
* Panama Metro, Panama City, Panama
* Rio de Janeiro Metro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
* São Paulo Metro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
* Metro de Santiago, the second largest in South America, serving Santiago, Chile
* Valencia Metro (Venezuela)

Bus and/or rail services, and other transit authorities

* Metrobus (disambiguation), several bus operators

Europe

* Metro (Belfast), bus services, Northern Ireland
* West Yorkshire Metro or MetroTrain, England

North America

* Metro Transit (disambiguation), several North American bus services
*Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Metro (Cincinnati)
* Greater Portland Metro Bus, Maine
* King County Metro, Seattle, Washington
* Madison Metro, Wisconsin
* the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, public transit system branded as "Metro"
* Mountain Metropolitan Transit, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Oceania

* 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

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), ''Metro'' (1997 film), starring Eddie Murphy
* Metro (2007 film)
* Metro (2013 film), ''Metro'' (2013 film), Russian film
* Metro (2016 film), ''Metro'' (2016 film), a Tamil language film
* The Metro (film), ''The Metro'' (film), a 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), ''Metro'' (album), 1977 self-titled album by the British band
* Metro (musical), ''Metro'' (musical), a 1991 Polish musical
* The Metro (song), "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 (Tokyo Jihen 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), ''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'' (Belgian newspaper)
* Metro (British newspaper), ''Metro'' (British newspaper)
* Metro (Dutch newspaper), ''Metro'' (Dutch newspaper)
* Metro (Italian newspaper), ''Metro'' (Italian newspaper)
* Metro (Swedish newspaper), ''Metro'' (Swedish newspaper)
* Métro (Montreal newspaper), ''Métro'' (Montreal newspaper), a French-language free newspaper
* Metro (Philadelphia newspaper), ''Metro'' (Philadelphia newspaper)
* ''AM New York Metro''
* ''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), ''StarMetro'' (newspaper), a chain of Canadian free newspapers (formerly called ''Metro'' until )
* ''Zimbabwe Metro''

=Media Companies

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

Others

* Metro (franchise), ''Metro'' (franchise), a multimedia sci-fi franchise created by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, including:
:;Books
:*Metro 2033 (novel), ''Metro 2033'' (novel) (2005)
:*''Metro 2034'' (2009)
:*''Metro 2035'' (2015)
:;Video games
:*Metro 2033 (video game), ''Metro 2033'' (2010)
:*''Metro: Last Light'' (2013)
:*''Metro Exodus'' (2019)
* Metro (novel), ''Metro'' (novel), 1933 novel by Vladimir Varankin
* Metro (typeface)
:;Board games
:*Metro (board game), ''Metro'', 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), 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

Vehicles

Aircraft

* Fairchild Metro, a commuter airliner

Automobiles

* Austin Metro, a British supermini hatchback, also called MG Metro
* Geo 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
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