often attributive
: a means of urban railway transportation using trolley cars
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Even the Green Line light-rail station near the Union Depot, long a magnet for litter and loitering, has gotten cleaner, as has Mears Park, Thornton said.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
One set is used by the Metropolitan Transit System’s light-rail trolley system and carries the Blue Line that serves the UC San Diego main campus and other nearby destinations.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Details: 101 Paseo de San Antonio, near the Second Street light-rail line.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
More entrances to the complex were created, including an underground portal to the 7th Street/Metro Center light-rail station.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
One set is used by the Metropolitan Transit System’s light-rail trolley system and carries the Blue Line that serves the UC San Diego main campus and other nearby destinations.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Details: 101 Paseo de San Antonio, near the Second Street light-rail line.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
More entrances to the complex were created, including an underground portal to the 7th Street/Metro Center light-rail station.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Light-rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light-rail. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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