rapid transit
high-capacity public transport generally used in urban areas
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Summary
rapid transit is a train and rail category[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of train and rail category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,921 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: urban rail transit[3]
- Commons category: Rapid transit[4]
- Said to be the same as: Mass Rapid Transit[5]
- Unicode character: 🚇[6]
- Has part(s): rapid transit line[7], metro station[8], rapid transit train service[9], subway entrance[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rapid transit[11]
- Commons gallery: Rapid transit[12]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:U-Bahnen und Stadtbahnen[13]
- Facet of: urban transport[14]
- OpenStreetMap tag: railway=subway[15]
- Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox metro[19]
- Native label: métro[20]
- Has list: list of metro systems[21]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q31144401[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
- Category for eponymous categories: Category:Wikipedia categories named after rapid transit[24]
Why It Matters
rapid transit has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 143 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]