Elevated Railway Definition

noun
A railway that operates on a raised structure in order to permit passage of vehicles or pedestrians beneath it.
American Heritage
A railway elevated on a framework, leaving the street below free for other traffic.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • el
  • overhead railway
  • elevated
  • elevated railroad

Other Word Forms of Elevated Railway

Noun

Singular:
elevated railway
Plural:
elevated railways

Elevated Railway Sentence Examples

  • Probably the first suggestion for an elevated railway was made by Colonel Stevens, of Hoboken, New Jersey, as early as 1831, when the whole art of railway construction was in its infancy.

  • In the year 1894 an elevated railway was built in Liverpool, and in 1900 a similar railway was constructed in Boston, U.S.A., and the construction of a new one undertaken in New York.

  • The cost of building an ordinary two-track elevated railway according to American practice varies from $300,000 to $400,000 a mile, exclusive of equipment, terminals or land damages.

  • It has two decks, and carries two elevated railway tracks, four electric tramcar lines, two carriageways, two footways and two bicycle paths.

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