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SEPTA Metro
Overview
Owner	SEPTA
Area served	Delaware Valley
Locale	Philadelphia, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania
Transit type	Rapid transit and light rail
Number of lines	6
Website	septa.org
Operation
Operator(s)	SEPTA
Technical
System length	78 mi (126 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1,588 mm) Pennsylvania trolley gauge

SEPTA Metro is an urban rail transit network in Philadelphia and its suburbs, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The network includes two rapid transit lines and four light rail lines, totalling 78 miles (126 km) of rail service.

The rapid transit lines, locally known as subway or elevated lines, include the Market-Frankford Line (L) and the Broad Street Line (B). The light rail lines, locally known as trolley lines, include the subway-surface trolleys (T), the Route 15 trolley (G), the Media-Sharon Hill Line (D), and the Norristown High Speed Line (M).

Although the rail services in the network have been operating since the early 1900s, the network itself had no official name until 2023.

The "SEPTA Metro" name was first announced in 2021 as part of a project by SEPTA to improve navigation in their public transport system. The project also included a new wayfinding system and a rebranding of existing services to identify each rail line as a unique letter and color.