Metro

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Metro is an abbreviation of metropolitan, and is the name of many products and services relating to urban areas, in particular rapid transit rail systems.

Contents 1 Public transport 2 Populations and government 3 Media 4 Retail businesses 5 Entertainment 6 Vehicles 7 Other

[edit] Public transport

In Rail (rapid transit):

• A Metro is a rapid transit rail system, also known as a subway or underground
  • For individual metro systems, see the list of metro systems

In Rail (other):

• METRO Light Rail (Phoenix), in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Arizona
• Tranz Metro, commuter rail in Wellington, New Zealand
• Manchester Metrolink, a light urban tram system in the Manchester, Lancashire, UK
• Muni Metro, the light rail system serving San Francisco, California

In Buses:

• Madison Metro, bus system in Madison, Wisconsin
• Metro (Belfast), Northern Ireland bus services in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Swansea Metro, a bus rapid transit scheme in Wales
• Public transport in Christchurch, New Zealand, where bus services are jointly marketed as Metro
• Metro Tasmania, a state owned bus company that is the major public transport provider in Tasmania's five main population centres
• Metrobus, a name used by multiple bus operators

In Transit authorities:

• Metro (West Yorkshire), the brand adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive in England
• Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas in and around Houston, United States
• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• NFTA Metro, in Erie and Niagara Counties of New York, United States
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, branded Metro, responsible for the rapid transit metro and metrobus systems
• Bi-State Development Agency, publicly branded to as Metro, serving St. Louis, Missouri
• Paris Métro, the transit system of Paris, France
• Metro Transit, a name used by multiple transit authorities

[edit] Populations and government

In Populations:

• Metro, Indonesia, a city in Lampung, Indonesia
• Metropolitan area, a large population area and its adjacent zone of influence
  • For individual metropolitan areas, see the list of metropolitan areas by population

In Government:

• 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, Canada
• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in Nevada, United States

[edit] Media

In Newspapers:

• Metro (Associated Metro Limited), a free daily newspaper in the United Kingdom and 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
• Zimbabwe Metro, a newspaper published in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• Harian Metro, a newspaper published in Malaysia

In Magazines:

• Metro (magazine), a monthly lifestyle magazine published in New Zealand
• Metro Magazine, a trade magazine published for bus and rail transit and motorcoach operators since 1904

In Broadcasting:

• Metro FM, a national radio station in South Africa
• Metro Radio, a radio station in North East England
• Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited, with a variety of Hong Kong based Metro-branded radio stations
• Metro TV, Indonesia's first 24-hour news channel

[edit] Retail businesses

• Metro AG, Germany's largest retailer
• Metro Cash and Carry, a cash-and-carry hypermarket chain owned by Metro AG
• Metro (department store), a department store chain based in Singapore
• Metro Inc., a Canadian supermarket chain
• Metro (supermarket, Egypt), an Egyptian supermarket chain
• Metro (supermarket, Greece), a Greek supermarket chain
• Metro (supermarket, Indonesia), previously an Indonesian supermarket operator
• MetroCentre, largest indoor shopping mall in Europe located in Gateshead, England, UK

[edit] Entertainment

In Music:

• Metro Chicago, a popular music venue in Chicago
• The Metro Theatre, a music venue in Sydney, Australia
• 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
• The Metros an English indie band
• Metro (band), Hungarian rock band in the 1960s and 1970s
• Metro Station (band), an alternative rock group with hit single "Shake It"

In Film:

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the leading film studio during the first half of the 20th century
  • Metro Pictures, one of MGM's predecessor companies
• Metropolis, a 1927 silent movie directed by Fritz Lang
• Metro (1997 film), a 1997 motion picture starring Eddie Murphy
• Life in a... Metro, a 2007 Bollywood movie starring Shilpa Shetty

[edit] Vehicles

In Aircraft:

• Fairchild Metro, a turboprop, 19-passenger commuter airliner

In 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] Other

In Language:

• 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

In Technology:

• XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework, formerly code-named "Metro"
• Metro Ethernet, a computer network based on the Ethernet standard and which covers a metropolitan area
• GlassFish Metro, an opensource web service stack that is part of the GlassFish project

In Sport:

• MetroStars, a former United States Major League soccer club, now known as Red Bull New York
• Metro Conference, a defunct NCAA Division I athletic conference

In Education:

• Metro Academic and Classical High School, a high school in St. Louis, Missouri
• Metro State College in Denver, Colorado
• Metropolitan State University in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

In Airports:

• Short for Metropolitan Airport
• Detroit Metro Airport

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