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Definition of light railway in English: light railwaynoun A railway constructed for light traffic. Example sentencesExamples - Since 1973 there has been a significant increase in both the number of light railways coming into being and the facilities they offer.
- It was the first major line engineered by the young Arthur Pain who went on to construct several other light railways, notably the Southwold and the Axminster & Lyme Regis.
- Some of these regulations affect light railways and tramways as well as conventional railways.
- On the whole, the directive is advantageous to the rail network, but it is not advantageous to trams and light railways, nor to community and heritage railways.
- Two railway Acts of the 1860s mention light railways and in 1870 the Tramways Act was passed.
- It had a track gauge of 60 cm, and this was applied to all light railways constructed by the British.
- In 1888 light railways also were used on the construction of the ‘Nord-Ostsee-Kanal’.
- Demand for passenger and freight cars for light railways was met completely by domestic manufacturers.
- China is planning to construct subways and light railways in more than 20 cities, covering a total length of 850 kilometres, the Beijing-based Guangming Daily reported yesterday.
- Russia had had wide experience, some of it bitter, with light railways during the Russo-Japanese War.
- There are advanced plans for light railways in various regions.
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