Exterior open entrance to a metro station (Tribunal station in Madrid)

A metro station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines they are multi-level. Entrance to Tribunal station, Madrid metro, July 2002. ... The Madrid Metro is the large metro system serving Madrid, the capital of Spain. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway system, usually in an urban area, with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ...

At street level the logo of the metro company marks the entrance of the station, along with the schematics of the services at the station. Often there are several entrances for one station, saving one from having to cross the street. In such a case, tunnels or overhead stations can often also be used just to cross the street. A logotype (from the Greek λογότυπο), commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element, symbol, and icon of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface or arranged in a particular way. ...

In some cases metro stations are connected to important buildings by a direct enclosed hallway (see underground city). Part of Montreals underground city, a concourse in Bonaventure metro station, showing directional signs leading to buildings accessible through the underground city An underground city is a network of tunnels that connect buildings, usually in the downtown area of a city. ...

Some metro systems, such as those of Montreal, Stockholm, and Moscow, are famous for the beautiful architecture and public art in their metro systems. Place-Saint-Henri station The Montreal Metro is the main form of public transportation within the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the public domain, usually outside and accessible to all. ...

Georg Brauchle-Ring station of the Munich U-Bahn.

Metro stations, more so than railway and bus stations, often have a characteristic artistic design that can identify each stop. Some have sculptures or frescoes. For example, London's Baker Street station is adorned with tiles depicting Sherlock Holmes. Every metro station in Valencia, Spain has a different sculpture on the ticket-hall level. Alameda station is decorated with fragments of while tile, like the dominant style of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències. Each station of the Red Line subway in Los Angeles was built with different artwork and decorating schemes, such as murals, tile artwork and sculptural benches. This is not always the case, however. Sir Norman Foster's new system in Bilbao, Spain uses the same modern architecture at every station to make navigation easier for the passenger, though some may argue that this is at the expense of character. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2177x2975, 2386 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Metro station Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2177x2975, 2386 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Metro station Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Georg-Brauchle-Ring station (U1) The Munich U-Bahn system is an electric railway public transport network (a metro or subway system) in Munich. ... Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located on Baker Street. ... Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Paget, in The Strand magazine. ... Location Coordinates : 39°29′ N 0°22′ W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name València (Catalan) Spanish name Valencia Founded 137 BC Postal code 46000-46080 Website http://www. ... LHemisfèric LUmbracle El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe The Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències (Valencian), Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (Spanish) or City of Arts & Sciences is an ensemble of five areas in the dry river bed of the... The Armadillo, Sir Norman Fosters Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank OM Kt (born June 1, 1935) is a British architect. ... Station Casco Viejo San Mames station after a soccer match An access to the metro Metro Bilbao is a metro system serving the northern Spanish city of Bilbao. ...

This station of the Paris Métro Line 14 has automatic platform screen doors.

In some stations, especially where trains are fully automated, the entire platform is screened from the track by a wall, typically of glass, with automatic platform-edge doors (PEDs). These open, like elevator doors, only when a train is stopped, and thus eliminate the hazard that a passenger will accidentally fall (or deliberately jump) onto the tracks and be run over or electrocuted. Control over ventilation of the platform is also improved, allowing it to be heated or cooled without having to do the same for the tunnels. The doors add cost and complexity to the system, and trains may have to approach the station more slowly so they can stop in accurate alignment with them. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Platform screen doors at St Lazare on the Paris Metro Platform screen doors are doors for screening the platform and trains at train or subway stations. ... A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. ... Platform screen doors at St Lazare on the Paris Metro Platform screen doors are doors for screening the platform and trains at train or subway stations. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... Sign warning of possible electric shock hazard An electric shock can occur upon contact of a human or animal body with any source of voltage high enough to cause sufficient current flow through the muscles or nerves. ... Return inlet (left)Supply outlet (right). ...

See also

McGill metro station, in the financial and commercial core of Montreal

• Metro
• List of metro systems
• Bus stop
• Train station
• Railway platform
• List of transport topics
• "In a Station of the Metro" (poem)

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External links

• UrbanRail.Net (formerly metroPlanet) — descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Metro Bits Arts and architecture of metro stations around the world.