light rail

English

Noun

light rail (countable and uncountable, plural light rails)

(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

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
Portuguese: trem ligeiro
Spanish: tren ligero
Swedish: lättbana (translation of "light rail"; of rare usage)
Vietnamese: đường sắt nhẹ

See also

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

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