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

In Denver, the Eagle P3 project used a public-private partnership to finance and deliver multiple commuter rail lines, blending federal grants, private equity, and local contributions. —Regina Clewlow, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Metrolink commuter rail train at Santa Ana railway station near Los Angeles on November 6, 2022. —Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

The station also connects rail service with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority subway and regional bus lines and commuter rail lines to Maryland and Virginia. —Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025

Metra’s Union Pacific North (UP-N) line riders will soon have more opportunities to take the train on the weekends as the commuter rail agency plans to expand service next month. —Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for commuter rail

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