elevated train

collocation in English

meaningsofelevatedandtrain

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elevated
adjective
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.veɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈel.ə.veɪ.t̬ɪd/
raised:
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train
noun
uk
/treɪn/us
/treɪn/
a railway engine connected to carriages for carrying people or to wheeled containers for ...
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(Definition ofelevatedandtrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The sound of theelevatedtrainis a key for me.
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The districts are connected by bridges, and each district has its ownelevatedtrainsystem.
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A portion of anelevatedtrainstation 30 feet tall and 56 feet long was built.
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Tests demonstrated that its greatly improved operating parameters could have cut significant time from existingelevatedtrainschedules.
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The site was previously a heavily used student parking lot with tracks of theelevatedtrainpassing overhead.
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The construction of such a railway had long been discussed, meanwhile anelevatedtrainwas also considered.
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Despite his departure, his image is still shown in the opening credits (spray-painting anelevatedtrainas it goes down the track).
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In some cases, this involved sending security guards to the localelevatedtrainplatforms to identify students arriving from the city.
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The fact that cinders from the elevated trains often set alight the awnings of shops below them is of so much interest that it is repeated three times.
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It is mostly elevated and served both subway and elevated trains until 1952.
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Two were constructed for elevated trains lines prior to the advent of the subway.
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The low level trolley platforms were altered with temporary high-level platforms to allow for elevated trains to unload passengers.
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She also visited their homes gaining first-hand knowledge of the conditions experienced by working-class immigrants who lived in cramped, windowless flats beside booming and clattering elevated trains.
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The elevated trains were noisy and often dirty (in the 19th century they were pulled by soot-spewing steam locomotives).
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