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Light rail is a generic international English phrase for types of rail systems using modern streetcars/trams, which means more or less the same thing throughout the English-speaking world. Light rail systems can range from trams running in streets along with other traffic, to semi-metro systems having portions of grade separated track. [13]
A light rail transit (LRT) system is an urban rail transit system with a "light" passenger capacity compared to heavy rail and metro systems. Its operating characteristics are that it uses railcars , called light rail vehicles (LRVs), operating singly or in short multiple unit trains on fixed rails in a right-of-way that is not necessarily ...
New Orleans streetcars, early 1900s. From the mid-19th century onwards, horse-drawn trams (or horsecars) were used in cities around the world.The St. Charles Avenue Line of New Orleans' streetcar system is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world, beginning operation as a horse-drawn system in 1835.
The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States. Also included are some of the urban streetcar/trolley systems that provide regular public transit service (operating year-round and at least five days per week), ones with data available from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports.
Light rail is a commonly used mode of public transit in North America.The term light rail was coined in 1972 by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA; the precursor to the U.S. Federal Transit Administration) to describe new streetcar transformations which were taking place in Europe and the United States.
Light rail/interurban: Rio de Janeiro [note 1] Brazil: Santa Teresa Tram: 1877 [300] 4 1 6.0 km (3.7 mi) Heritage tram: Rio de Janeiro Light Rail: 2016 [301] 28 3 28 km (17.4 mi) Light rail/Tram: Santos, São Paulo and the Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista: Baixada Santista Light Rail: 2016 [302] 15 1 11.5 km (7.1 mi) Light rail ...
"Light rail" refers to a rail transit system using light rail vehicles in a dedicated right-of-way. Four such systems exist in Canada. "Streetcar" refers to a rail transit system using light rail vehicles entirely or mostly on streets providing local service in mixed traffic. The Toronto streetcar is the only such system in Canada.
As of April 2013, the system had 170 light rail vehicles, serving 47 miles (76 km) of track. [22] [23] Union Station is the main interchange between the commuter rail and light rail systems; local, regional, and intercity bus lines; and Amtrak. The light rail R Line to Aurora and Lone Tree opened on February 24, 2017. [24]