This created confusion in terminology and the media started to differentiate the "higher-speed rail" from the high-speed rail. Some state-level departments...
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related to Passenger trains. Passenger rail terminology Passenger train toilet Drumhead (sign) Headboard (train) Luxury trains "Passenger train definition...
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Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they...
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Regional rail is a term used for passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops than inter-city rail, and...
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Urban rail transit is a wide term for various types of local rail systems providing passenger service within and around urban or suburban areas. The set...
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steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight...
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Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology while...
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independently from the often parallel High-Speed-Rail-Lines. Japan has six main regional passenger railway companies, known collectively as Japan Railways...
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bus service. Automated guideway transit Light rail Maglev Metro Premetro Passenger rail terminology Rail transport Rubber-tyred metro People mover VAL...
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trains Maglev Megaproject Proposed high-speed rail by country Passenger rail terminology Vactrain Inter-city rail "High Speed Lines in the World" (PDF). International...
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any type such as light rail, tram, streetcar, commuter rail, regional rail or heavy rail, intercity passenger service. The rail service may be replaced...
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A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union...
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Train (redirect from Passenger services)
provides terminology for North America. The British Rail Safety and Standards Board defines a train as a "light locomotive, self-propelled rail vehicle...
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Rapid transit (redirect from Urban heavy rail)
urban rail, according to mandate M/486" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-16. "Glossary of Transit Terminology" (PDF)...
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Australian railway terms Glossary of New Zealand railway terms Passenger rail terminology for carriages when permanently or semipermanently coupled when...
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Rail transport – means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks consisting of steel rails installed on...
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Horse-drawn vehicle (section Rail vehicles)
These vehicles typically have two or four wheels and were used to carry passengers or a load. They were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been...
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coastguard, military and survey applications, as well as for sport or passenger service. Very large versions have been used to transport hundreds of people...
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unchanged to this day. In Moscow Metro, a railway from 1908 was reopened as a passenger line in 2016. More recently, line 3 of the Copenhagen Metro opened in...
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Glossary of North American railway terms Glossary of rail transport terms Passenger rail terminology Ellis, Iain (2006). Ellis' British Railway Engineering...
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driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their...
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Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central...
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Hydrofoil (category Nautical terminology)
relatively small, and are mainly used as high-speed passenger ferries, where the relatively high passenger fees can offset the high cost of the craft itself...
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Transport in Mumbai (redirect from Rail transport in Mumbai)
rapid transit on exclusive suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines serving outlying suburbs, the bus services of the three municipalities...
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Headway (category Rail technologies)
achieve. Modern large cities require passenger rail systems with tremendous capacity, and low headways allow passenger demand to be met in all but the busiest...
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route – as in "the route that [a] bus or rail vehicle follows through the city". In 2000, this terminology was adopted by an English language best practice...
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Glossary of North American railway terms (redirect from Glossary of North American railroad terminology)
Zealand railway terms Glossary of rail transport terms Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms Passenger rail terminology "Railroad Dictionary: T". CSX....
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Transport in Surat (section Rail)
class infrastructure & passenger amenities". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 22 December 2023. PTI (27 June 2023). "Titagarh Rail Systems bags Rs 857 cr...
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In the history of rail transport, dating back to the 19th century, there have been hundreds of named passenger trains. Lists of these have been organized...
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East-West Rail (also referred to as West-East Rail) is a proposed intercity passenger rail project that would provide new service between Boston and western...
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