commuter rail

idiom

: part of a railroad made especially for people who work in a city but live outside it

Examples of commuter rail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The city also emphasized the commuter rail connection by way of the South Shore Line, including a recent $1 billion investment in a new line serving commuters between Chicago and Northwest Indiana. —Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026

The Commuter Rail Coalition is an association of public sector commuter rail agencies and private sector partners who operate and maintain the nation’s commuter rail industry, Gallagher explained. —Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026

Several of the state’s commuter rail services, including Metro-North’s New Haven Line, have struggled to rebound to their pre-pandemic ridership. —John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026

Projects like the Red Line commuter rail to the Lake Norman area and the west-to-east Silver Line light rail will all run through central city. —Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for commuter rail

• abigail
• cottontail
• countervail
• fingernail
• martingale
• mesoscale
• microscale
• monorail
• nanoscale
• ponytail
• swallowtail
• wensleydale