light rail

English

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
• 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