often attributive
: a means of urban railway transportation using trolley cars
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Details: 101 Paseo de San Antonio, near the Second Street light-rail line.
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Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
More entrances to the complex were created, including an underground portal to the 7th Street/Metro Center light-rail station.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Governor Kathy Hochul later floated her own Brooklyn-to-Queens light-rail project, the Interborough Express, or IBX.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
The strike ended only when a judge forced employees to return, enabling limited bus service to resume on Friday and light-rail trains to return next week.
—Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
More entrances to the complex were created, including an underground portal to the 7th Street/Metro Center light-rail station.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Governor Kathy Hochul later floated her own Brooklyn-to-Queens light-rail project, the Interborough Express, or IBX.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
The strike ended only when a judge forced employees to return, enabling limited bus service to resume on Friday and light-rail trains to return next week.
—Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Light-rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light-rail. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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