commuter rail
idiom
: part of a railroad made especially for people who work in a city but live outside it
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Car-free travelers can take the South Shore Line commuter rail, which runs between Chicago and South Bend.
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Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2025
The commuter rail will not run on Thanksgiving Day.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
The commuter rail system that Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County officials have for years been working to create remains in limbo after a judge on Thursday paused the lawsuit that had been standing in its way.
—Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
Ads that cover windows have been placed on 493 buses (out of 955 in the fleet), 128 light rail trains (out of 201) and 48 commuter rail trains (out of 66), according to agency records.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
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Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2025
The commuter rail will not run on Thanksgiving Day.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
The commuter rail system that Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County officials have for years been working to create remains in limbo after a judge on Thursday paused the lawsuit that had been standing in its way.
—Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
Ads that cover windows have been placed on 493 buses (out of 955 in the fleet), 128 light rail trains (out of 201) and 48 commuter rail trains (out of 66), according to agency records.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Commuter rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commuter%20rail. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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