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Also known as Category:Underground rapid transit systems, Category:Urban rail transit

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Underground, subway and metro are common names for a form of mass transit public transport system employing trains. In many cases, at least a portion of the rails are placed in tunnels dug beneath the surface of a city. Many systems combine Metro with other types of transit. See also the category:Bus rapid transit, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Rapid transit for coordination.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Category:Rapid transit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.