or, indeed, just a rail
@Felthry There's not a solid rule, but it's mostly for the lower-volume rail lines in a public transport system. Usually, smaller cars and shorter trains, often running along a shorter path or to fewer stations than the biggest people-movers.
@Felthry We have a light rail in seattle and honestly it behaves a lot like a subway that goes aboveground sometimes. It's similar to Chicago's L.
Feels like a rebrand to me tbh
@Felthry they put lights underneath it to act as a street light at the same time as a rail
(I don’t have any idea that’s fake)
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I.. actually don't know this one? But my suspicion is that it's a rail line that isn't used for freight or cargo carriage at all, passenger only? Maybe?
@Felthry There's no hard dividing line, but generally light rail is stuff like trams and low volume trains, usually meant for transport -within- a city or between a few cities, as opposed to across an entire region/country/continent.
the context I saw it in indicates that it's some type of subway or other public transit thingy but why is it a light rail and not a heavy rail or a dark rail