commuter rail
idiom
: part of a railroad made especially for people who work in a city but live outside it
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Potentially thousands of voters had trouble reaching their polling stations when Catalonia’s commuter rail service had to shut down several train lines after what officials said was the robbery of copper cables from a train installation near Barcelona.
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Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2024
The Red Line plan — a 25-mile commuter rail line from uptown Charlotte to Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson and Mooresville first proposed in 2008 — sat stagnant for years due to a lack of access to critical railroad tracks and uncertainty about how to fund the project.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
The program promises to ease some of the worst traffic in the nation, improve the city’s air quality, increase mass transit ridership and raise money to modernize the city’s subway, bus and commuter rail system.
—Winnie Hu, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, or SMART, is overseeing the southern portion of the project, where the path will mostly follow a commuter rail line.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems are struggling to regain ridership in a post-pandemic era in which fewer people commute to work.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
The draft budget also allocates funding to other rail expansion projects to build roughly 200 miles of new commuter rail lines across the region.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
The SunRail is the city's commuter rail, originating north of Sanford and taking passengers southbound, all the way to Kissimmee.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
How to Get Around Trains: Public transportation in Boston runs through Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), which offers two types of trains: the metro and the commuter rail.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2024
The Red Line plan — a 25-mile commuter rail line from uptown Charlotte to Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson and Mooresville first proposed in 2008 — sat stagnant for years due to a lack of access to critical railroad tracks and uncertainty about how to fund the project.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
The program promises to ease some of the worst traffic in the nation, improve the city’s air quality, increase mass transit ridership and raise money to modernize the city’s subway, bus and commuter rail system.
—Winnie Hu, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, or SMART, is overseeing the southern portion of the project, where the path will mostly follow a commuter rail line.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems are struggling to regain ridership in a post-pandemic era in which fewer people commute to work.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
The draft budget also allocates funding to other rail expansion projects to build roughly 200 miles of new commuter rail lines across the region.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
The SunRail is the city's commuter rail, originating north of Sanford and taking passengers southbound, all the way to Kissimmee.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
How to Get Around Trains: Public transportation in Boston runs through Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), which offers two types of trains: the metro and the commuter rail.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Commuter rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commuter%20rail. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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