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单词 light railway
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light railway
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˌlaɪt ˈreɪl.weɪ/us
/ˌlaɪt ˈreɪl.weɪ/
arailwaysystemfortransportingpeoplearound aparticularcity:
Asubwaysystemand alightrailwayis underconstruction.
There is agrowinginterestinlightrailwaysas acheap,energy-efficienttransportsolutioninurbanareas.
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  • TheDocklandsLight Railway will berunningafullservice, allday.
  • Buses and alightrailwayrunregularlyto and from thecentreof Sorrento.
  • We willencouragenewschemes, usinglightrailwaysandtramsincities.
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(Definition oflight railwayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
light railway
noun[C]
uk
/ˌlaɪt ˈreɪl.weɪ/us
/ˌlaɪt ˈreɪl.weɪ/
arailwaysystemfortransportingpeoplearound acity
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The problem is not just that my authority has to find £368,000 this year; thelightrailwaysystem is a multi-million pound project.
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My authority was assured that the provision of alightrailwaysystem would not be taken into account for poll tax capping.
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The docklandslightrailwaywill not be enough; we all know that.
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We already know that, in the long term, the docklandslightrailwaywill not be adequate for the traffic it must carry.
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The penalty on the docklandslightrailwayor the buses is £5.
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So why will inspectors be on very busy tube lines in the rush hour but not on the docklandslightrailway?
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One of the problems withlightrailwaysystems is that they are chronically expensive when compared to alternative systems.
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Ten or 12 years later they were still carrying on and building thelightrailwayto carry passengers between certain towns.
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I thought it was originally 1913 when the powers were applied for to build thislightrailway.
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However, that seems wholly inappropriate in the context of modern tramcar andlightrailwayvehicles.
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Being designed as alightrailwaysystem, the wheels are not of heavy steel and are much noisier than heavy steel gauge systems.
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That frequently occurs on preserved railway schemes which are subject tolightrailwayorders.
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Local people do not have any faith in the docklandslightrailwaysystem.
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They are roads by which a great deal of traffic may be collected, and sometimes that is a great advantage to alightrailwayitself.
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I believe thislightrailwaypassing through that district will contribute largely to a further supply of cotton for our markets.
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