A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets
Taipei 101/World Trade Center metro station, Taipei Metro
Every station on Line 14 of the Paris Métro has automatic platform screen doors.
The platform at Toronto's Ossington station is typical of many metro stations, featuring the iconic 'Mind the Gap' display common throughout Britain and the Commonwealth.
Display of archeological relics found during construction in Athens Metro, part of the Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Hertfordshire in England. It is part of the network
Metro station
…evacuate the system in the case of an emergency. In the United Kingdom, they are known as underground stations, most commonly used in reference to the London Underground. The location of metro stations are carefully planned to provide easy access to important urban facilities such as roads, commercial centers, major…
The name "Tube" comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile (deep tube) trains travel. Northern line 1995 Stock train approaching Hendon Central.
A sub-surface Metropolitan line S8 Stock train at Amersham
Sign on wall beside Marylebone Road beyond station entrance
The Metropolitan Railway opened in 1863 using GWR broad-gauge locomotives.