| 单词 | light railway |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight railway light railway n. a railway using rails of lighter construction than is usual, or than those on mainline railways, and intended to carry limited (esp. passenger) traffic; (now) spec. a transport system using small (usually electric) trains, operating in urban areas; cf. light rail n.Recorded earliest as a modifier. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > of specific construction rackway1825 surface road1835 light railway1842 switchback1863 rack railway1879 monorail1884 chair road1895 cog-railway1896 mono-railway1902 cog-wheel system1904 monoline1992 1842 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 1 Apr. 196 It would perhaps have been unnecessary to allude to this scheme, but that the light railway portion of it is attempted to be brought again into favor. 1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 119 §28 A light Railway shall be constructed and..the Regulations..shall not authorize a greater Weight than Eight Tons to be brought upon the Rails by any One Pair of Wheels. 1989 Independent (Nexis) 25 Oct. 2/1 The go-ahead was given for the Manchester Metrolink Light Railway yesterday... The ‘supertram’ system is expected to create up to 2,000 jobs. 2001 P. J. G. Ransom Snow, Flood & Tempest ii. 39 Even the little 2ft-gauge Leighton Buzzard Light Railway kept going through the snows. < as lemmas |
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