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Liverpool Overhead Railway, May 1951
NS 93 train on an elevated portion of the line 5 of the Santiago Metro
Two Wuppertal Schwebebahn trains meet above the street

An elevated railway or elevated train (also known as an el train or el for short) is a railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure (usually constructed from steel, cast iron, concrete, or bricks). The railway may be broad-gauge, standard-gauge or narrow-gauge railway, light rail, monorail, or a suspension railway. Elevated railways are normally found in urban areas where there would otherwise be multiple level crossings. Usually, the tracks of elevated railways that run on steel viaducts can be seen from street level.

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Elevated railway

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An elevated railway or elevated train (also known as an el train or el for short) is a railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other...

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Boston Elevated Railway

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The Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) was a streetcar and rapid transit railroad operated on, above, and below, the streets of Boston, Massachusetts and surrounding...

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Rapid transit

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or other vehicles. They are often grade-separated in tunnels or on elevated railways. Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated...

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Meigs Elevated Railway

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The Meigs Elevated Railway was an experimental but unsuccessful 19th century elevated steam-powered urban rapid transit system, often described as a monorail...

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IRT Third Avenue Line

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Avenue Line, commonly known as the Third Avenue Elevated, Third Avenue El, or Bronx El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City....

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Metropolitan Elevated Railway

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Elevated Railway can refer to one of: The IRT Sixth Avenue Line, a former elevated railway in New York City, or The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad...

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Elevated highway

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build Early engineering for elevated highways owes much to early elevated railway design, which preceded them. Elevated highways were first used to:...

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IRT Ninth Avenue Line

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Avenue Elevated or Ninth Avenue El, was the first elevated railway in New York City. It opened in July 1868 as the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway, as...

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

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after the first elevated railway in New York City; its Ninth Avenue El started operations on July 1, 1868, in Manhattan as an elevated cable car line....

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Suspension railway

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A suspension railway is a form of elevated monorail in which the vehicle is suspended from a fixed track (as opposed to a cable used in aerial tramways)...

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Viaduct

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consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation...

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Indian Railways

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Indian Railways was commissioned. Opened in November 1995, Chennai MRTS became the first operational elevated railway line in India. Indian Railways operates...

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Brooklyn Bridge

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several reconfigurations, having carried horse-drawn vehicles and elevated railway lines until 1950. To alleviate increasing traffic flows, additional...

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Wuppertal Schwebebahn

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System) named for its inventor, Eugen Langen. It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world and is a unique system in Germany. Langen...

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Atlantic Avenue Elevated

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Elevated was an elevated railway around the east side of Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, providing a second route for the Boston Elevated Railway's Main...

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Liverpool Overhead Railway

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lightweight electric multiple units. The railway had a number of world firsts: it was the first electric elevated railway, the first to use automatic signalling...

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Baghdad Metro

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مترو بغداد), also known as Baghdad Elevated Train (BET), is a proposed rapid transit in the form of an elevated railway, for the Iraqi capital of Baghdad...

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Dhaka Elevated Expressway

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four-lane Dhaka Elevated Expressway route begins near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at Kawla and runs alongside the railway line through Tejgaon...

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Western railway elevated corridor

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The Western Railway Elevated Corridor, also known as the Oval Maidan-Virar elevated corridor, was a proposed rapid transit corridor that would have run...

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Milan Exposition Elevated Railway

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The Milan Exposition Elevated Railway (Italian: Ferrovia sopraelevata dell'Esposizione di Milano) was a temporary elevated railway in Milan, Italy, constructed...

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Manhattan Railway Company

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The Manhattan Railway Company was an elevated railway company in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City, United States. It operated four lines: the Second...

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West End Street Railway

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it leased its entire line to the Boston Elevated Railway. It was formally consolidated into the Boston Elevated in 1922. The original purpose of the West...

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Third Avenue Elevated

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Third Avenue Elevated refers to the following elevated railways: The defunct IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City The defunct...

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Ontario Line

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used in London's Docklands Light Railway, as such vehicles were deemed more suitable for steeper grades and elevated structures. A draft plan was ready...

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El train

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El train or L Train may refer to: An Elevated railway The Chicago "L", a rapid transit system The Market–Frankford Line in Philadelphia, commonly called...

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