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A light railway is a railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail": it uses lighter-weight track, and may have more steep gradients and tight curves to reduce civil engineering costs. These lighter standards allow lower costs of operation, at the price of lower vehicle capacity.
A lightrailway is a railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail": it uses lighter-weight track, and may have more steep...
The Docklands LightRailway (DLR) is an automated light metro system primarily serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London and providing a direct...
terminology was devised in the 1970s from the engineering term lightrailway), light rail operates primarily along exclusive rights-of-way and uses either...
bricks). The railway may be broad-gauge, standard-gauge or narrow-gauge railway, light rail, monorail, or a suspension railway. Elevated railways are normally...
usually have more characteristics of light rail than rapid transit.[citation needed] Metros, short for metropolitan railways, are defined by the International...
during its operation. In the 2010s, there were new proposals for a lightrailway system in the capital region and an airport rail link to Keflavík. Probably...
Gwalior LightRailway (GLR) or Maharaja Railway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway network in Gwalior. It was set up for Gwalior State during the...
East Indian Railway's Delhi - Calcutta trunk route at Dehri-on-Sone. Soon thereafter, the tramway company was incorporated as a lightrailway in order to...
term "light rail", which also includes grade-separated systems. Some trams, known as tram-trains, may have segments that run on mainline railway tracks...
LightRailway and other small railways. Norfolk, UK: Plateway Press. ISBN 9781871980462. "Prefeasibility Study for the Construction of a new Railway Line...
The LightRailways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Before the act each...
LightRailway rolling stock is the passenger trains and service vehicles (collectively known as 'rolling stock') used on the Docklands LightRailway (DLR)...
Beeches LightRailway in Oxfordshire, and visited the Ffestiniog Railway, the Launceston Steam Railway and the Leighton Buzzard LightRailway during this...
different viewing spots.: 53 In 2001, the Bekonscot LightRailway (BLR) was opened as a 7 1/4 in gauge railway which moves visitors around the village. The entire...
Stansted Park LightRailway (50°53′04″N 0°55′21″W / 50.88442°N 0.92255°W / 50.88442; -0.92255) is a 7+1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge miniature railway on the grounds...
of railway lines operational. Defunct railway lines include Kundala Valley Railways, Kochin Tramways, Madras Tramways, Tiruchendur LightRailway, Dharmapuri...
Rheidol Railway. Multimedia: Vale of Rheidol LightRailway - Through the Years - published by Oakwood Video Library, 2014. Vale of Rheidol Railway - A Traveller's...
The Docklands LightRailway (DLR) is an automated light metro system that serves the London Docklands area of east and south-east London. First opened...
tram operations. Some transit systems branded as "light rail" such as the Docklands LightRailway in London, Ampang Line and Kelana Jaya Line of Kuala...
The Wales West LightRailway is a 1.6-kilometre (1 mi) 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge tourist railway in Silverhill, Alabama owned by Ann and Ken Zadnichek...
major railway stations in Chongqing are also linked by this line: Chongqing North railway station, Shapingba railway station, and Chongqing West railway station...
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