Rail systems that move people within cities, from trams and monorails to light rail, metros and automated people movers. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the mode a form of urban rail transit or an urban rapid transit or people mover system. It excludes main-line, freight and experimental rail. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Monorail
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A monorail is a form of urban rail transit in which trains run on or are suspended from a single rail or beam.
Wikipedia: Light Rail
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Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology, while having the capability to operate rolling stock on exclusive right of ways, on grade-separated section as well as in mixed traffic conditions.
Wikipedia: Tram
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A tram, also known as a tramcar, streetcar or trolley is a form of urban rail transit in which vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks laid on or parallel to public streets, or operate in segregated right-of-ways.
Wikipedia: Rapid Transit
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Rapid transit, mass rapid transit (MRT) or rail rapid transit (RRT) and commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
People mover (Wikipedia)
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A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small-scale automated guideway transit system.
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