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Heavy rail

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000982

An electric railway with the capacity for a "heavy volume" of traffic and characterized by exclusive rights-of-way, multi-car trains, high speed and rapid acceleration, sophisticated signaling, and high platform loading. Also known as "subway," elevated (railway), "metropolitan railway (metro)."

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000982
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000982",
  "term": "Heavy rail",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "An electric railway with the capacity for a \"heavy volume\" of traffic and characterized by exclusive rights-of-way, multi-car trains, high speed and rapid acceleration, sophisticated signaling, and high platform loading. Also known as \"subway,\" elevated (railway), \"metropolitan railway (metro).\"",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/heavy-rail/"
}

Record 982 of 2,515 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.