rail transit

Rail transit is a public transportation system that moves passengers or freight along fixed steel tracks using trains, subways, trams, or light rail vehicles, typically in urban or intercity corridors.

Aliases (29)

• electric multiple unit ×32
• public transport route ×25
• passenger rail corridor ×11
• public transit service ×11
• rail corridor ×11
• urban rail transit system ×10
• heavy rail ×8
• railroad ×5
• transportation system ×4
• intercity railway ×3
• rail transport service ×3
• railway system ×3
• train subfleet ×3
• electric railway ×2
• monorail transportation system ×2
• passenger rail network ×2
• passenger rail system ×2
• underground railway ×2
• underground transportation system ×2
• VAL-type automated metro ×1
• driverless metro system ×1
• light-rail line ×1
• monorail train ×1
• public transit system component ×1
• rail shuttle ×1
• rail transport ×1
• railway viaduct system ×1
• tram-train system ×1
• urban rail network ×1

Instances (152)

• Line 6 ("public transport route")
• Portland Streetcar
• Los Angeles Metro Rail ("urban rail transit system")
• Main North railway line ("rail corridor")
• SEPTA rapid transit network ("urban rail network")
• Glasgow Subway ("underground railway")
• Amtrak Capitol Corridor ("passenger rail corridor")
• Orlyval ("VAL-type automated metro")
• Keystone Corridor ("passenger rail corridor")
• Dubai Metro ("driverless metro system")
• Alexandria tram ("electric railway")
• Orange Line ("public transport route")
• Glen Burnie (South Shore) branch ("public transport route")
• M7 electric multiple unit ("electric multiple unit")
• Western and Atlantic Railroad ("railroad")
• New York–St. Louis route ("rail corridor")
• M9 electric multiple unit ("electric multiple unit")
• New York–Philadelphia–Pittsburgh–Chicago ("passenger rail corridor")
• Manchester–Preston line ("heavy rail")
• VTA light rail ("rail transport")
• Manchester–Chester line ("heavy rail")
• MAX Blue Line ("public transit service")
• MAX Green Line ("public transit service")
• MAX Orange Line ("public transit service")
• Alameda Corridor ("rail corridor")
• MAX Red Line ("public transit service")
• MBTA Silver Line ("public transit service")
• Long Island Rail Road ("railroad")
• MARC Train ("passenger rail system")
• Northeast Corridor ("passenger rail corridor")
• Guadalajara light rail system ("urban rail transit system")
• SEPTA Regional Rail ("passenger rail network")
• Amsterdam–Arnhem railway ("rail corridor")
• Pittsburgh–Chicago route ("passenger rail corridor")
• Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years) ("railroad")
• Amsterdam Metro line 53 ("public transport route")
• Baltimore Light Rail ("railway system")
• Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad ("public transit system component")
• Breckland line ("heavy rail")
• Crimean trolleybus line ("public transport route")
• Mark VI monorail trains ("monorail train")
• Disneyland Monorail System ("monorail transportation system")
• MetroLink light rail ("passenger rail system")
• M5000 tram ("electric multiple unit")
• CSX A-Line ("rail corridor")
• Florida East Coast Railway (historical) ("railroad")
• R160 subway cars ("electric multiple unit")
• R179 subway cars ("electric multiple unit")
• Overland Route (historic) ("rail corridor")
• Metro Rail ("urban rail transit system")
• Line 2 ("public transport route")
• Line 6 ("public transport route")
• Line 3 ("public transport route")
• Line 4 ("public transport route")
• Powell–Hyde cable car line ("public transport route")
• AeroTrain ("transportation system")
• Line 5 ("public transport route")
• Line 7 ("public transport route")
• Line 8 ("public transport route")
• Blue Line ("public transport route")
• Green Line ("public transit service")
• Broad Street Line ("public transport route")
• Line 2 ("public transport route")
• Dinky shuttle line ("rail shuttle")
• O-Train ("urban rail transit system")
• Moscow Central Diameters ("urban rail transit system")
• Moscow tram network ("urban rail transit system")
• Tren Urbano ("railway system")
• Walt Disney World Monorail System ("monorail transportation system")
• DART Green Line ("public transit service")
• Nova ("train subfleet")
• Kinkisharyo light rail vehicles ("electric multiple unit")
• Class 397 Civity EMU ("electric multiple unit")
• DART Blue Line ("public transit service")
• IRT A Division subway cars ("electric multiple unit")
• Metrobus Line 5 ("public transport route")
• South Shore Line ("electric railway")
• MAX Yellow Line ("public transit service")
• Chemnitz Stadtbahn ("tram-train system")
• Liverpool–Manchester line (via Chat Moss) ("intercity railway")
• Ashton Line ("light-rail line")
• Loop transportation system ("underground transportation system")
• Las Vegas Convention Center Loop ("underground transportation system")
• Peninsula rail corridor ("rail corridor")
• Roman roads ("transportation system")
• NS 74 series ("electric multiple unit")
• NS 88 series ("electric multiple unit")
• AS 2014 series ("electric multiple unit")
• Metropolitan Railway ("underground railway")
• NS 2004 series ("electric multiple unit")
• Powell–Hyde line ("public transport route")
• Izmir Metro ("urban rail transit system")
• InterRegional ("rail transport service")
• Hudson Line ("rail corridor")
• Disney Skyliner ("transportation system")
• Empire Corridor ("passenger rail corridor")
• MI 79 trainsets ("electric multiple unit")
• Conwy Valley Line ("heavy rail")
• Dundee to Aberdeen railway line ("heavy rail")
• M-4 cars (Market–Frankford Line) ("electric multiple unit")
• Powell–Mason line ("public transport route")
• Nice tramway Line 1 ("public transport route")
• Amtrak Empire Corridor ("passenger rail corridor")
• Line 1 Yonge–University ("public transport route")
• Ashton-under-Lyne line ("public transport route")
• Calder Valley line ("heavy rail")
• Great Western Main Line ("intercity railway")
• Bristol to Exeter Line ("heavy rail")
• Tri-Rail (via MiamiCentral) ("rail transport service")
• Brampton Transit bus services ("public transit service")
• R46 subway cars ("electric multiple unit")
• Victoria Station railway bridges ("railway viaduct system")
• Bombardier M5000 ("electric multiple unit")
• Hoosac Tunnel route ("passenger rail corridor")
• Tunis Metro ("urban rail transit system")
• TGV POS trainset ("electric multiple unit")
• Boston–Portland main line ("rail corridor")
• Walt Disney World water transportation ("transportation system")
• Z 5600 EMU ("electric multiple unit")
• Metrocars ("electric multiple unit")
• Light RailLink ("railway system")
• Main Line (Philadelphia to Pittsburgh) ("rail corridor")
• Edinburgh–Dundee route ("passenger rail corridor")
• Z 8800 EMU ("electric multiple unit")
• Vienna–Budapest railway line ("passenger rail corridor")
• Z 20500 EMU ("electric multiple unit")
• Beijing–Xiong’an intercity railway ("intercity railway")
• Houston METRORail ("urban rail transit system")
• TGV Sud-Est trainset ("electric multiple unit")
• Central Vermont Railway ("railroad")
• Z 20900 EMU ("electric multiple unit")
• R68 subway car ("electric multiple unit")
• TGV Atlantique trainset ("electric multiple unit")
• Connecticut River Line ("rail corridor")
• TGV Réseau trainset ("electric multiple unit")
• Tram line 7 of Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich ("public transport route")
• Tram line 10 of Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich ("public transport route")
• TGV Duplex trainset ("electric multiple unit")
• West Wales Line ("heavy rail")
• Le Shuttle ("rail transport service")
• The Tide light rail system ("urban rail transit system")
• SEPTA Silverliner IV ("electric multiple unit")
• CTA 5000-series railcars ("electric multiple unit")
• Amtrak Midwest services ("passenger rail network")
• SEPTA Silverliner V ("electric multiple unit")
• Amtrak Philadelphia to Wilmington line ("passenger rail corridor")
• G1 trains ("electric multiple unit")
• UP Express ("public transit service")
• L ("public transport route")
• R143 subway cars ("electric multiple unit")