light rail

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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.

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