often attributive
: a means of urban railway transportation using trolley cars
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On Friday morning, Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced that a crack on the light-rail track along Warrington Avenue was discovered once again.
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Patrick Damp, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
City officials have said the contract was unrelated to the recent stabbings on the light-rail system and that the timing was coincidental, but not connected to the incidents.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
However, the city has increasingly drawn attention after the killing of Iryna Zarutska, a young Ukrainian refugee stabbed on a light-rail train earlier this year.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
Unfortunately, the city’s light-rail rapid-transit system does not serve the airport and instead is designed for ushering workers to and from the suburbs.
—Greyson Ferguson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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Patrick Damp, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
City officials have said the contract was unrelated to the recent stabbings on the light-rail system and that the timing was coincidental, but not connected to the incidents.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
However, the city has increasingly drawn attention after the killing of Iryna Zarutska, a young Ukrainian refugee stabbed on a light-rail train earlier this year.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
Unfortunately, the city’s light-rail rapid-transit system does not serve the airport and instead is designed for ushering workers to and from the suburbs.
—Greyson Ferguson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Light-rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light-rail. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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