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metro station
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railway station of a rapid transit system
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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 Toledo station on Line 1 of the Naples Metro. On 30 November 2012, the Toledo station was elected by The Daily Telegraph as the most beautiful subway station in Europe and the world, a recognition echoed by CNN’s rankings. 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, board trains, and 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.
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