A light railway is a railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail": it uses lighter-weight track, and may have more steep...

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system primarily serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London and providing a direct...

German word Stadtbahn meaning City railway. Different definitions exist in some countries, but in the United States, light rail operates primarily along exclusive...

Martin's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of seven narrow-gauge railway lines in the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. The railways were...

Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) (Welsh: Rheilffordd y Trallwng a Llanfair Caereinion) is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Powys,...

Bowes Railway, Tyne and Wear Derwent Valley Light Railway, Murton, North Yorkshire East Lancashire Railway, Bury, Greater Manchester Eden Valley Railway, Warcop...

The Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Before the act each...

The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge railway in Kintyre, Scotland, between Campbeltown and the coalmining...

The Gartell Light Railway is a privately run narrow gauge railway located at Yenston in the Blackmore Vale, south of Templecombe, in Somerset, England...

Light Railway and other small railways. Norfolk, UK: Plateway Press. ISBN 9781871980462. "Prefeasibility Study for the Construction of a new Railway Line...

usually have more characteristics of light rail than rapid transit.[citation needed] Metros, short for metropolitan railways, are defined by the International...

East Indian Railway's Delhi - Calcutta trunk route at Dehri-on-Sone. Soon thereafter, the tramway company was incorporated as a light railway in order to...

instead. After obtaining an act of Parliament, the Vale of Rheidol (Light) Railway Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. clxxiv), it was not possible to raise finance...

The Ashover Light Railway was a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway in Derbyshire, England that connected Clay Cross and Ashover. It was built...

The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (MSLR) was a standard gauge railway intended to open up an agricultural area of central Suffolk; it took advantage of the...

during its operation. In the 2010s, there were new proposals for a light railway system in the capital region and an airport rail link to Keflavík. Probably...

Light Railway rolling stock is the passenger trains and service vehicles (collectively known as 'rolling stock') used on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR)...

Gwalior Light Railway (GLR) or Maharaja Railway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway network in Gwalior. It was set up for Gwalior State during the...

Department Light Railways were a system of narrow gauge trench railways run by the British War Department in World War I. Light railways made an important...

driverless systems, for instance Vancouver's SkyTrain, London's Docklands Light Railway, the Miami Metrorail, Bangkok Skytrain, and Skyline Honolulu. Stations...

The Sheppey Light Railway was a railway on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England, which ran from Leysdown to Queenborough, where it connected with the South...

The Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway (L&MVLR) was a narrow gauge railway in Staffordshire, England that operated between 1904 and 1934. The line...

The Derwent Valley Light Railway (DVLR) (also known as The Blackberry Line) was a privately owned standard-gauge railway in North Yorkshire, England,...

Stansted Park Light Railway (50°53′04″N 0°55′21″W / 50.88442°N 0.92255°W / 50.88442; -0.92255) is a 7+1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge miniature railway on the grounds...

The Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway in Kent is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway that operates from Sittingbourne to the banks...

miniature railways Miniature railway ride in West Ryde, Australia in 2007 Wells and Walsingham Light Railway There and Back Light Railway at Rushden...

The West Lancashire Light Railway (WLLR) is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that operates at Hesketh Bank, situated between Preston and Southport...

former paper mill railway the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway still exists today. In 1965 it was decided that the railway was uneconomic, so...

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system that serves the London Docklands area of east and south-east London. First opened...

363944°E / 22.572722; 88.363944 The Eastern Railway (abbreviated ER) is among the 19 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place, Kolkata...