Rapid-transit definition

An urban passenger transportation system using elevated or underground trains or a combination of both.
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A system of public transportation in an urban area, using electric trains running along an unimpeded right of way.
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A commuter rail system that combines aspects of an interurban railway with those of a subway, using a menagerie of pathways such as viaduct, tunnel, beam, cut and cover, trench, at grade, and others.
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Noun

Singular:
rapid-transit
Plural:
rapid transits

Rapid-transit Sentence Examples

  • The Staten Island Rapid Transit railway extends along the north shore and the south-east side, and there are several electric lines and pleasant drives.

  • As the trade grew in importance, the advantages of rapid transit for the tea of new season's production began to be appreciated, and the slow and stately progress of the old East Indiaman became out of date.

  • It is served by the Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, Central of New Jersey and Staten Island Rapid Transit railways, and by boats to New York City.

  • Wear surgical masks, and avoid crowded public places or traveling by taxi, bus, train, or mass rapid transit.

  • Taking the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), is one of the most inexpensive and efficient ways to navigate through San Francisco around this time of year.

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