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Urban rail transit is a wide term for various types of local rail systems providing passenger service within and around urban or suburban areas. The set of urban rail systems can be roughly subdivided into the following categories, which sometimes overlap because some systems or lines have aspects of multiple types.

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Urban rail transit

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Urban rail transit is a wide term for various types of local rail systems providing passenger service within and around urban or suburban areas. The set...

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Urban rail transit in India

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Urban rail transit in India plays an important role in intracity transportation in the major cities which are highly populated. It consists of rapid transit...

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Urban rail transit in China

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Urban rail transit in China encompasses a broad range of urban and suburban electric passenger rail mass transit systems including subway, light rail...

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Urban rail transit in Canada

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Urban rail transit in Canada encompasses a broad range of rail mass transit systems, including commuter rail, rapid transit, light rail, and streetcar...

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Lists of urban rail transit systems

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These lists of urban rail transit systems are sorted by the type of system: List of tram and light rail transit systems List of town tramway systems Medium-capacity...

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Urban rail transit in Africa

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Urban rail transit in Africa has emerged as a growing form of transit due to rapid urbanization that has occurred in recent decades across the continent...

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Light rail

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Light rail transit (LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit characterized by a combination of tram and rapid transit features. While its rolling...

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Dongguan Rail Transit

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to build the Dongguan Rail Transit system was first put on the agenda. September 2003 to October 2004, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design Institute...

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Manila Light Rail Transit System

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The Manila Light Rail Transit System, commonly known as the LRT, is an urban rail transit system that primarily serves Metro Manila, Philippines. Although...

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Passenger rail terminology

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always used to describe rail transportation, other forms of transit were sometimes described by their proponents as rapid transit, including local ferries...

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Nantong Rail Transit

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on urban rail rapid transit construction planning, and launched the "Nantong Urban Rail Transit Planning Work" plan. In April 2012, the Nantong Rail Transit...

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List of rail transit systems in the United States

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streetcar/interurban/light rail only) Urban rail transit Commuter rail in North America Light rail in North America Streetcars in North America Federal Transit Administration...

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Public transport

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transport include city buses, trolleybuses, trams (or light rail) and passenger trains, rapid transit (metro/subway/underground, etc.) and ferries. Public transport...

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List of tram and light rail transit systems

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(including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems. In other words, this list only includes...

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List of urban rail systems in Thailand

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of urban rail systems in Thailand lists urban rail transit systems in Thailand. As of 2023, Bangkok is the only Thai city which has operational urban rail...

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Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

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version in a series of Thai government plans for the development of an urban rail transit network serving the Greater Bangkok area. It was drafted under the...

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Rapid transit

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Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A rapid...

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Guiyang Metro

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Metro is a rapid transit system in the city of Guiyang, Guizhou province, China. It is operated and branded as Guiyang Urban Rail Transit (GYURT). A short...

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Wenzhou rail transit

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Wenzhou Rail Transit (Chinese: 温州轨道交通; pinyin: Wēnzhōu Guǐdào Jiāotōng), operated by Wenzhou Mass Transit Rail Corporation (abbreviated as WZ-MTR), is...

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Rapid transit in the United Kingdom

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Kingdom is the birthplace of rapid transit, with London and Liverpool hosting the world's first and second urban rail transit and Glasgow the fourth. From 1893...

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Urban rail in the United Kingdom

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Urban and suburban rail plays a key role in public transport in many of the major cities of the United Kingdom. Urban rail refers to the train service...

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List of metro systems

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not be used to infer the size of a city's, region's, or country's urban rail transit systems, or to establish a ranking. City Primary city served by the...

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Ningbo Rail Transit

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Ningbo Rail Transit, also known as the Ningbo Metro, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang and its suburbs. Six metro lines are...

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Chongqing Rail Transit

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The Chongqing Rail Transit (branded as CRT; also known as Chongqing Metro) is the rapid transit system in the city of Chongqing, China. In operation since...

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Rail transport in Canada

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trackage, of which only 129 kilometres (80 mi) is electrified (all urban rail transit networks). Canada uses 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge track...

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Los Angeles Metro Rail

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Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California in the United States. It consists of six lines: four light rail lines...

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List of urban rail systems in Australia

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Urban rail transit forms a vital part of transportation in major Australian cities. The Commonwealth government Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and...

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Wuhu Rail Transit

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launch rail transit construction. On June 9, 2015, the official website of the Wuhu Municipal Government released the "Wuhu Urban Rail Transit Construction...

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Rail transport in Singapore

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Rail transport in Singapore mainly consists of a passenger urban rail transit system spanning the entire city-state: a rapid transit system collectively...

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