elevated railway

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• Elevated railway — Elevated redirects here. For the short film by Vincenzo Natali, see Elevated (film). Liverpool Overhead Railway, 1951 …   Wikipedia

• Elevated railway — Elevated El e*va ted, a. Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. [1913 Webster] {Elevated railway}, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• elevated railway — ☆ elevated railway or elevated railroad n. a railway elevated on a framework, leaving the street below free for other traffic * * * …   Universalium

• elevated railway — ☆ elevated railway or elevated railroad n. a railway elevated on a framework, leaving the street below free for other traffic …   English World dictionary

• elevated railway — BrE .elevated railroad AmE n a railway that is above the streets in a town …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Elevated railway — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• elevated railway — noun a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level • Syn: ↑elevated railroad, ↑elevated, ↑el, ↑overhead railway • Hypernyms: ↑railway, ↑railroad, ↑railroad line, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• elevated railway — BrE elevated railroad AmE noun (C) a railway that runs on a kind of continuous bridge above the streets in a town …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• elevated railway — A railway elevated above the streets upon an overhead roadbed. 55 Am J1st Urb Trans § 12 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• elevated railway — railroad which runs above ground level to allow vehicles and pedestrians to pass beneath …   English contemporary dictionary

• Boston Elevated Railway — The Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) was a precursor first to the Metropolitan Transit Authority in Massachusetts , and now to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, operating rapid transit, streetcars and buses in the Boston,… …   Wikipedia