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/ˈɛləvˌeɪtɪd rˈeɪlrˌoʊd/ Listen

Elevated railroad

noun

A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level. Synonyms: el, elevated, elevated railway, overhead railway.

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"Elevated railroad" Quotes from Famous Books

... under the elevated railroad which runs transversely through Berlin are used as storehouses, stores, saloons, restaurants, etc., and are a source of considerable income to the railway company. The owner of one of the restaurants in the arcades decided to provide his place with ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 • Various

... known as Dewey Square, which is really nothing but the momentary widening of Atlantic Avenue at its intersection with Summer, the elevated railroad has its tracks. These, raised some twenty feet above the street, extend north and south along the western face of the South Station; there is a station at Essex Street, with stairways leading into the great depot itself. It was this elevated ...

— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble

Words linked to "Elevated railroad" : chute-the-chute, elevated, railroad line, elevated railway, el, railway, railway system, railroad, big dipper, railway line, roller coaster