Definitions for light rail
light rail

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1. light railnoun

   A kind of rail passenger transport with a dedicated right of way, but crossing streets at grade, usually for commuters, powered by electricity, and with lower construction costs than traditional railroads.

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1. Light rail

   Light rail, light rail transit (LRT), or fast tram is a form of urban rail transit using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way. There is no standard definition, but in the United States (where the terminology was devised in the 1970s from the engineering term light railway), light rail operates primarily along exclusive rights-of-way and uses either individual tramcars or multiple units coupled to form a train that is lower capacity and lower speed than a long heavy-rail passenger train or metro system.A few light rail networks tend to have characteristics closer to rapid transit or even commuter rail; some of these heavier rapid transit-like systems are referred to as light metros. Other light rail networks are tram-like in nature and partially operate on streets. Light rail systems are found throughout the world, on all inhabited continents. They have been especially popular in recent years due to their lower capital costs and increased reliability compared with heavy rail systems.

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1. Light rail

   Light rail or light rail transit is a form of public transport using a steel-tracked fixed guideway that operates primarily along an exclusive right of way and has vehicles capable of operating as a single unit or as multiple units coupled together.

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1. light rail

   A form of efficient rail transport.

   Many cities of the world have a light rail system.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 20, 2021  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of light rail in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of light rail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of light rail in a Sentence

1. Alane Masui:

   If we can make it more attractive or make it more enjoyable to use the light rail or bus, then people are more apt to use it.

2. Sam Liccardo:

   These are and were essential workers, they were showing up every day to operate light rail and buses to ensure people could still continue to go about their lives amid all the challenges of the pandemic and they were taking risks with their own lives in doing so.

3. Getachew Betru:

   The majority of the users who move from the city, travel from here to there, people who are working in the factories, government offices and so on and so forth... most of them cannot afford expensive transportation. the light rail is not a commercial business, it is a social infrastructure. Economically it's not very expensive, the longest you go you pay nothing more than 30¢. It is reliable, you can time yourself to go anywhere you want to go. So the convenient effect will give an added value to the city of Addis.

4. Getachew Betru:

   The light rail is not a commercial business, it is a social infrastructure. Economically it's not very expensive, the longest you go you pay nothing more than 30¢. It is reliable, you can time yourself to go anywhere you want to go. So the convenient effect will give an added value to the city of Addis.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Light_Rail
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Rail
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=light rail