Talk:Passenger rail terminology
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[edit] Light Railway
In the UK "Light Railway" has a specific legal meaning in that it the constraints on its construction are reduced, though limitations are applied such as a speed limit. Permission is granted to build one by a Light Railway Order from Parliament. see 1896 Light Railways Act
- Even so, the term "Light Rapid Transit" (usually abbreviated to LRT) has been borrowed into British English to refer, at least in professional usage, to "new generation" tramway systems (still called "trams" in ordinary speech). -- Picapica 11:42, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Many Germanic languages use the term U-Bahn
Oh no, they don't. Only one does: German...! (Is the fact relevant, anyway, in an article on passenger rail terminology in English?) -- Picapica 11:42, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
