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Light rail in the United States is a mode of rail-based transport, usually urban in nature. When compared to heavy rail systems like commuter rail or rapid transit (subway), light rail systems are typically designed to carry fewer passengers and are capable of operating in mixed traffic (street running) or on routes that are not entirely grade-separated. Systems typically take one of four forms: the "first-generation" legacy systems, the "second-generation" modern light rail systems, streetcars, and hybrid rail systems (light rail with some commuter rail features). All of the systems use similar technologies, and some systems blur the lines between the different forms.

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  • Light rail in the United States is a mode of rail-based transport, usually urban in nature. When compared to heavy rail systems like commuter rail or rapid transit (subway), light rail systems are typically designed to carry fewer passengers and are capable of operating in mixed traffic (street running) or on routes that are not entirely grade-separated. Systems typically take one of four forms: the "first-generation" legacy systems, the "second-generation" modern light rail systems, streetcars, and hybrid rail systems (light rail with some commuter rail features). All of the systems use similar technologies, and some systems blur the lines between the different forms. The United States, with its 27 systems (as counted by the Light Rail Transit Association), has a much larger number of "true" light rail systems (not including streetcar systems), by far, compared to any other country in the world (the next largest are Germany with 10 and Japan with 9). According to the American Public Transportation Association, of the roughly 30 cities with light rail systems in the United States, the light rail systems in six of them (Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), San Diego, and San Francisco) achieve more than 30 million unlinked passenger transits per year. (en)
  • Lightrail in de Verenigde Staten is een OV-middel dat ontwikkeld is in de jaren 70 als vervolg op de trolley, de klassieke stadstram. Lightrail is een verzamelnaam van (meestal geëlektrificeerde) spoorvervoersystemen die zich ergens tussen metro en tram in bevinden: sneller dan een tram en lichter en goedkoper dan een metro. Meestal bedient lightrail een stedelijke agglomeratie. In tegenstelling tot de metro zijn er bij lightrail wel gelijkvloerse kruisingen. Vaak kunnen lightrail-systemen ook minder passagiers verwerken dan metrosystemen. (nl)
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  • Lightrail in de Verenigde Staten is een OV-middel dat ontwikkeld is in de jaren 70 als vervolg op de trolley, de klassieke stadstram. Lightrail is een verzamelnaam van (meestal geëlektrificeerde) spoorvervoersystemen die zich ergens tussen metro en tram in bevinden: sneller dan een tram en lichter en goedkoper dan een metro. Meestal bedient lightrail een stedelijke agglomeratie. In tegenstelling tot de metro zijn er bij lightrail wel gelijkvloerse kruisingen. Vaak kunnen lightrail-systemen ook minder passagiers verwerken dan metrosystemen. (nl)
  • Light rail in the United States is a mode of rail-based transport, usually urban in nature. When compared to heavy rail systems like commuter rail or rapid transit (subway), light rail systems are typically designed to carry fewer passengers and are capable of operating in mixed traffic (street running) or on routes that are not entirely grade-separated. Systems typically take one of four forms: the "first-generation" legacy systems, the "second-generation" modern light rail systems, streetcars, and hybrid rail systems (light rail with some commuter rail features). All of the systems use similar technologies, and some systems blur the lines between the different forms. (en)
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  • Light rail in the United States (en)
  • Lightrail in de Verenigde Staten (nl)
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