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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 gradients and tight curves to reduce civil eng
Restored Molli railway at Kühlungsborn, Mecklenburg, Germany (900 mm / 2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
Light rail
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Light rail is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology, while having the capability to operate rolling stock on exclusive right of ways, on grade-sep
Light railway
…light railway" generally refers to an urban or interurban rail system, which historically would correspond to a streetcar network. The distinct term light rail was introduced in the 1970s to describe a form of urban rail public transportation that has a lower capacity and lower speed than a heavy rail or metro…
The Manchester Metrolink, the UK's largest light rail system
SEPTA trolley at 69th Street Terminal, near Philadelphia
Skokie Swift service in 1964
Testing a German LRV for the Edmonton LRT