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tram of the Luas system in Dublin , Ireland ]] , China ]] transit station, China ]] train approaching Preston Station in downtown Houston , Texas , USA .]] light rail train from Charlotte , North Carolina , USA .]] urban L-train system ( SITEUR ), at first a trolleybus system, opened in 1980 ; the second line was opened in 1994, and a third line is in project.]] light rail train between Cologne and Bonn .]] tram in Melbourne , Australia .]] tram in Manchester city centre.]] tram in Nottingham city centre.]] Light Rail train operating in downtown Dallas , Texas , USA .]] , Sheffield .]] train heading for South Shields calls at Kingston Park station. Although nominally "light rail" the high platforms and full segregation from roads and pedestrians places this system at the upper end of the transport genre which includes street trams.]] tram in service on Glenelg line in Adelaide , South Australia .]] train approaching to Estadio Azteca station in Mexico City ]] ]] train at the Gallivan Plaza stop in Downtown Salt Lake City ]] in Hong Kong .]] 's MAX Light Rail .]] Light rail or '''light rail transit''', Glossary of Transit Terminology Light rail traces its pedigree to Horse-drawn street railways, whereas rapid transit technology evolved from Steam-powered Commuter operations, such as were seen in London , New York City , and Chicago . DEFINITION OF ''LIGHT RAIL'' The term ''light rail'' was devised in 1972 by the U.S. Urban Mass Transit Association (UMTA) to describe new streetcar transformations which were taking place in Europe and the United States. In Germany the term systems. The investment in infrastructure is also usually lighter than would be found for a heavy rail system. The American Public Transportation Authority (APTA) in its Glossary of Transit Terminology defines ''light rail'' as: "An electric railway with a 'light volume' traffic capacity compared to heavy rail. Light rail may use shared or exclusive rights-of-way, high or low platform loading and multi-car trains or single cars." However, not all light rail lines are electrically-powered; the O-Train in Ottawa , Canada and River Line in New Jersey , United States use Diesel Multiple Unit cars. ''Light rail'' is similar to the British English term '' Light Railway '', long used to distinguish railway operations carried out under a less rigorous set of regulation using lighter equipment at lower speeds from mainline railways. ''Light rail'' is a generic International English phrase for these types of rail systems which means more or less the same thing throughout the Anglosphere . |
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