subway lines
Metro transit paths
Subway lines are the individual routes within an underground urban rail system, each typically identified by a name, number, or color: the 6 line, the Red Line, the Piccadilly line.
Major cities may have dozens of subway lines forming interconnected networks.
The term also refers to the tracks and infrastructure of these routes.
- stationsFixed stops on routes
- transfer stationTransit switching facility
- tunnelsUnderground hollow pathways
- underground networkHidden interconnected system
- platformsElevated flat surfaces
mind the gap · platform edge · tracks · metro · timetables · scheduling · service delays · rapid transit · accessibility · tube · commuter trains · signage · crowding · announcements · express train · transit-oriented development · dispatching · escalators
- transit mapsstations, transit map, train map, transfers, rail map
- public transitbus, train, metro, tram, trolley
- transit routesbus route, bus routes, tram route, bus line, tram line
- color-codedtraffic lights, warning signs, safety signs, heat maps, heat map
- Canadian TransitSkyTrain, buses, streetcar, LRT, rapid transit
- Latin Transitmetro, metro stations, metro systems, rapid transit, urban transit
subway linesbus routes
Fixed public transport paths
footpaths · highways · ferry routes · surface streets · bicycle lanes
subway lineselevated rail
Overhead urban railway
skyways · surface streets · suspension bridges · cable cars · sky train