often attributive
: a means of urban railway transportation using trolley cars
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Cities like Seattle are expanding light-rail networks that connect neighborhoods once divided by traffic and distance.
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Chelsea Haney
october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Since at least the late 1990s, transit advocates have pressed Ramsey County and other partners for a dedicated bus, streetcar or light-rail transitway down West Seventh Street from downtown St. Paul to MSP airport and the Mall of America.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Last month, 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was fatally attacked on a North Carolina light-rail train — a case that sparked national outrage.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Land along light-rail and certain bus lines will also be up-zoned to allow for buildings up to six and five stories high.
—Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Chelsea Haney
october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Since at least the late 1990s, transit advocates have pressed Ramsey County and other partners for a dedicated bus, streetcar or light-rail transitway down West Seventh Street from downtown St. Paul to MSP airport and the Mall of America.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Last month, 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was fatally attacked on a North Carolina light-rail train — a case that sparked national outrage.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Land along light-rail and certain bus lines will also be up-zoned to allow for buildings up to six and five stories high.
—Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for light-rail
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“Light-rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light-rail. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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