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rapid transit

high-capacity public transport generally used in urban areas
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rapid transit

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 (4,341 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • rapid transit's instance of is recorded as train and rail category[3].
  • rapid transit is a type of urban rail transit[4].
  • rapid transit's Commons category is recorded as Rapid transit[5].
  • rapid transit's said to be the same as is recorded as Mass Rapid Transit[6].
  • rapid transit's Unicode character is recorded as ๐Ÿš‡[7].
  • rapid transit comprises rapid transit line[8].
  • rapid transit comprises metro station[9].
  • rapid transit comprises rapid transit train service[10].
  • rapid transit comprises subway entrance[11].
  • rapid transit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rapid transit[12].
  • rapid transit's Commons gallery is recorded as Rapid transit[13].
  • rapid transit's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q10815193[14].
  • rapid transit's facet of is recorded as urban transport[15].
  • rapid transit's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=subway[16].
  • rapid transit's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17].
  • rapid transit's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • rapid transit's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926โ€“1947)[19].
  • rapid transit's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox metro[20].
  • rapid transit's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'mรฉtro'}[21].
  • rapid transit's has list is recorded as list of metro systems[22].
  • rapid transit's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q31144401[23].
  • rapid transit's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • rapid transit's category for eponymous categories is recorded as Q116161715[25].

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Definition and Type

rapid transit's instance of is recorded as train and rail category[3]. It is a type of urban rail transit[4].

Use and Application

Components include rapid transit line[8]; metro station[9], a type of station[26]; it train service[10]; and subway entrance[11].

Why It Matters

rapid transit ranks in the top 2% of train_and_rail_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,341 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 120 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Sofia Metro

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] โ†‘ . OpenStreetMap Wiki. Retrieved . wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] โ†‘ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. โ†’ on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] โ†‘ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] โ†‘ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] โ†‘ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] โ†‘ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago ยท Sbb1413 ยท 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata โ†—
    Has list โ†’ list of metro systems
    Permanent duplicated item โ†’ Q31144401
    Instance of โ†’ train and rail category
    Topic's main category โ†’ Category:Rapid transit
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Rail rapid transit"
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