commuter rail

idiom

: part of a railroad made especially for people who work in a city but live outside it

Examples of commuter rail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Failing to do so puts in jeopardy the rehabilitation and maintenance of the MTA’s more than 700 stations, 6,700 subway cars, 5,800 buses, 2,400 commuter rail cars, seven bridges, and two tunnels that carry more than six million riders and some 900,000 cars each day. —Robert G. Wessels, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025

The Tri-Rail is a commuter rail service that was introduced Jan. 9, 1989, and services 73.5 miles between Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties in Florida. —Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025

The officer notified SunRail, the commuter rail system, to alert that there was a vehicle on the tracks and approached the SUV, the affidavit said. —Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025

The Red Line: From uptown to Davidson City officials first proposed the Red Line in 2008 as a 25-mile commuter rail line running from uptown to Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson and Mooresville. —Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for commuter rail

• abigail
• cottontail
• countervail
• fingernail
• martingale
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• microscale
• monorail
• nanoscale
• ponytail
• swallowtail
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