metro

Underground city transit

Metro typically refers to a metropolitan subway or underground rail system: I took the metro to work.

It also functions as an adjective meaning metropolitan—relating to a large city and its surrounding areas: the metro area, metro Atlanta.

In informal use, metro once described men with refined, urban tastes in grooming and fashion, short for metrosexual. (Capitalized Metro may be a proper name for specific transit systems.)

commute

rush-hour

Daily commute congestion period

timetableArranged list of events
passengersTransported travelers
farecardPrepaid subway ticket

turnstile · platform · delay · express · local · route · schedule · transfer · ticket · crowded

subway

station

Fixed stopping point

platformRaised flat structure
trainRail vehicle or instruct
tunnelEnclosed underground route

line · map · underground · carriage · passenger · turnstile · farecard · announcement · track · signal

metropolitan

urban

Pertaining to cities

cityLarge populated area
cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
downtownCentral business district

cityscape · skyline · highrise · sprawl · borough · district · neighborhood · population · diversity · demographics

metro

rush-hour

station

urban

metro

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