The 'metro' router is a modification of the 'manhattan' router that produces an octolinear route (i.e. a route consisting of orthogonal and diagonal line segments, akin to the London Underground map design). It also avoids obstacles, and accepts the same router.args as 'manhattan', with a few modifications:

maximumLoops	number	Does not use the `'orthogonal'` router as fallback if path cannot to be found in the given number of iterations. Instead, a custom octolinear fallback route is used that does not avoid obstacles.
maxAllowedDirectionChange	number	Default changes to `45`.
startDirection	Array<string>	Same as `'manhattan'` (i.e. only the four orthogonal directions are accepted as start directions).
endDirection	Array<string>	Same as `'manhattan'` (i.e. only the four orthogonal directions are accepted as end directions).

Example:

link.router('metro', {
    excludeEnds: ['source'],
    excludeTypes: ['myNamespace.MyCommentElement'],
    startDirections: ['top'],
    endDirections: ['bottom']
});