commuter rail
idiom
: part of a railroad made especially for people who work in a city but live outside it
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Many fans arrive via the city’s TriMet commuter rail or walk to the stadium from blocks away.
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Joe Sills, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Then came a stroke of serendipity from Hofstra University on Long Island, an easy ride by commuter rail from the couple’s on-again, off-again home base of Brooklyn.
—Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
If the tax doesn't pass, the city may be stuck with the corridor, without the revenue source to build the commuter rail.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
One of these is the Empire State Trail, a paved bicycle path that sits atop a former commuter rail line, and the other is the unpaved Old Croton Aqueduct Trail, 26 miles of dirt along the city’s 19th century drinking water.
—Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2024
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Joe Sills, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Then came a stroke of serendipity from Hofstra University on Long Island, an easy ride by commuter rail from the couple’s on-again, off-again home base of Brooklyn.
—Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
If the tax doesn't pass, the city may be stuck with the corridor, without the revenue source to build the commuter rail.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
One of these is the Empire State Trail, a paved bicycle path that sits atop a former commuter rail line, and the other is the unpaved Old Croton Aqueduct Trail, 26 miles of dirt along the city’s 19th century drinking water.
—Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Commuter rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commuter%20rail. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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