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/ˈɛləvˌeɪtɪd rˈeɪlwˌeɪ/ Listen

Elevated railway

noun

A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level. Synonyms: el, elevated, elevated railroad, overhead railway.

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"Elevated railway" Quotes from Famous Books

... establishments and directly involving 499,489 persons. The most numerous strikes were in the building trades, but there were severe struggles in many other industries. There was, for example, an interruption of business on the New York elevated railway and on the street railways of New ...

— The Cleveland Era - A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics, Volume 44 in The - Chronicles of America Series • Henry Jones Ford

... certain hours of the day, in a painful state of congestion. Then the stoppage of the cars, the loss of time, and the waste of temper was something which no nineteenth century man could stand with equanimity. How to relieve the congestion was the difficulty. Should there be an elevated railway, or a new avenue opened through the midst of the city? ...

— Charles Carleton Coffin - War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman • William Elliot Griffis

Words linked to "Elevated railway" : railway, railroad line, chute-the-chute, railway system, railroad, overhead railway, big dipper, roller coaster, railway line