Milan Metro
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The Milan Metro is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. The network consists of 5 lines with a total network length of 104.1 kilometres (64.7 mi), and a total of 113 stations, mostly underground.
It has a daily ridership of about 1.4 million on weekdays.
The Milan Metro is the largest system in Italy for length, number of stations and ridership; and the seventh longest in the European Union.
Line M3 at Lodi TIBB
An M1 train with one of the fourth-rail contact shoes
An M3 LED screen announcing the waiting time
Cascina Burrona stop on the M2 Gessate branch, an example of a surface suburban stop
Rapid transit
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Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be called a subway, tube, or underground. Unlike buses or trams, rapid transit systems are railways, usually electric, that operate on an exclusive right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles. They are often grade-separated in tunnels or on elevated railways.
The London Underground is the world's first and oldest rapid transit system.
The New York City Subway is the world's largest single-operator rapid transit system by number of metro stations, at 472.
A crowded Paris Métro average station platform in 2007.
A station of the Guangzhou Metro in 2005.