Metrolinkn.
/ˈmɛtrə(ʊ)ˌlɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈmɛtrəˌlɪŋk/ Originally U.S.
A transport system linking a city centre with its suburbs or with surrounding towns; (also) an intercity air shuttle service. Chiefly as a proper name.A proprietary name in the United States.
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1983 Business Week 30 May 38/1 If a three-month test of its new ‘Metrolink’ service between Chicago and New York is successful, Midway [airline] plans to convert its entire 14-city system.
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.
1994 Independent on Sunday 6 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 49 The quake [in Los Angeles] closed down the all-embracing freeway system in four places,..boosting ridership on the limited commuter Metrolink trains.
1995 Sci. & Public Affairs Winter 17/3 This will mean..expanding light rail, such as the Supertram network in Sheffield or Manchester's Metrolink.
2006 Lancs. Life Feb. 205/1 The same holds true today with hundreds of thousands of people coming in by coaches, cars, trains and the Metrolink.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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