light rail

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Noun

light rail (countable and uncountable, plural light rails)

1. (US, Canada, rail transport) A kind of passenger railway in urban and suburban settings typically characterized by a mixture of tram (or in North America streetcar) and metro features, crossing streets at grade crossings and normally powered by electricity.

   Antonym: heavy rail

   The new Denver light rail runs along the Interstate highway.

Synonyms

• LR (abbreviation)
• light rail system
• light rail transit
• light rail transport system

Derived terms

• loot rail
• ultra light rail

Translations

type of passenger railway

Amharic: ቀላል ባቡር (k’elali baburi) Chinese: Mandarin: 輕軌 / 轻轨 (zh) (qīngguǐ) Danish: letbane (da) Finnish: pikaraitiotie (fi) French: métro léger (fr), système léger sur rail, transit léger sur rail German: Leichtbahn f Hebrew: רַכֶּבֶת קַלָּה (he) f (rakévet qalá) Icelandic: léttlest Italian: metropolitana leggera Norwegian: lettbane Polish: kolej miejska f Portuguese: trem ligeiro Spanish: tren ligero Swedish: lättbana (translation of "light rail"; of rare usage) Vietnamese: đường sắt nhẹ

See also

• fast tram
• light metro
• light railway
• light train
• rapid transit
• streetcar, trolley car
• subway
• tramway