A passenger rail mode that connects a central city to its surrounding suburbs and commuter towns, typically running on shared mainline track alongside intercity and freight trains rather than on dedicated urban rapid-transit infrastructure. Service usually runs on a scheduled timetable with lower frequency than a metro system, concentrated around morning and evening peak travel, and covers longer distances than a typical subway or tram line. The mode grew gradually through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as railways extended outward from industrial cities into their expanding suburbs, so it has no single identifiable founding system or date.
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Core ConcernCarrying suburban commuters into a central city on scheduled trains sharing mainline rail track 1 Cargo or Passenger Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Commuter Rail
WikipediaIntroduction
Commuter rail or suburban rail is a passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting the central city to its suburbs and commuter towns.
Overview
Commuter rail systems can use locomotive-hauled trains or multiple units, using electric or diesel propulsion.
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In Group: Main-Line and Freight Rail Modes, Lead sentence
Commuter rail or suburban rail is a passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting the central city to its suburbs and commuter towns.
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American, noun, definition 1Quote, American, noun, definition 1
a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks,
3. 49 CFR 37.3 Definitions (LII)
Definition of commuter rail transportationQuote, Definition of commuter rail transportation
Commuter rail transportation means short-haul rail passenger service operating in metropolitan and suburban areas,
Siemens Desiro (Wikipedia)
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The trains are mostly used for commuter and regional services
Siemens Mireo (Wikipedia)
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The Mireo City is a sub class focused on suburban rail transport.
Bombardier Electrostar (Wikipedia)
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high-volume suburban commuter routes around London
Bombardier MultiLevel Coach (Wikipedia)
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for use on North American commuter rail lines
Bombardier BiLevel Coach (Wikipedia)
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designed for commuter rail service in North America
Regio 2N (Wikipedia)
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to serve its regional rail routes (TER, Transilien, and RER)
Alstom Aventra (Wikipedia)
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generic platform for conducting inter-regional, commuter, metro and high-speed passenger services
Alstom Coradia (Wikipedia)
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(used for Glasgow commuter services, 40 units)
SNCF Class Z 23500 (Wikipedia)
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a class of double-deck electric multiple units operated in France
SNCF Class Z 26500 (Wikipedia)
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electric multiple unit (EMU) trains with bi-level carriages
SNCF Class Z 6400 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 6400, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 6400, Lead, mode
electric multiple unit trains were built by Alsthom/Carel et Fouché
SNCF Class Z 22500 (Wikipedia)
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dual-voltage electric multiple unit (EMU) operated on RER E
British Rail Class 334 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: British Rail Class 334, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: British Rail Class 334, Lead, mode
a suburban electric multiple unit passenger train built by Alstom in Birmingham
British Rail Class 458 (Wikipedia)
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a class of electric multiple-unit passenger trains of the Alstom Coradia Juniper family
British Rail Class 460 (Wikipedia)
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a class of electric multiple-unit passenger trains built by Alstom at Washwood Heath
British Rail Class 600 (Wikipedia)
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a proposed class of hydrogen fuel cell-powered multiple units
Transperth C-series train (Wikipedia)
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a class of electric multiple units part of Alstom's X'Trapolis family of trains
CFL Class 2000 (Wikipedia)
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a class of electric multiple units operated by CFL on the Luxembourgish railway network
CFL Class 2200 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: CFL Class 2200, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: CFL Class 2200, Lead, mode
CFL Class 2200 is a series of electric multiple units built by Alstom for CFL
CFL Class 2400 and 2450 (Wikipedia)
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electric multiple units of the Coradia Max type built by Alstom for the Luxembourg National Railway Company, CFL
MI 09 (Wikipedia)
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a double-deck, dual-voltage electric multiple unit trainset operated on line A
RER NG (Wikipedia)
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a double-deck, dual-voltage electric multiple unit trainset operating on line D and line E
CPTM Series 9000 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: CPTM Series 9000, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: CPTM Series 9000, Lead, mode
a class of electric multiple units operating on CPTM Line 11-Coral
ViaMobilidade Series 8900 (Wikipedia)
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a class of electric multiple units built by Alstom to operate on ViaMobilidade Lines 8-Diamond and 9-Emerald
SL X60 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: SL X60, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: SL X60, Lead, mode
a series of Alstom Coradia Nordic 6-car articulated electric multiple units operated by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL)
TCDD E8000 (Wikipedia)
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a three-car electric multiple unit operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) on the Istanbul suburban service
X'Trapolis 2.0 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: X'Trapolis 2.0, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: X'Trapolis 2.0, Lead, mode
a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) trains produced for the suburban rail network of Melbourne
X'Trapolis Mega (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: X'Trapolis Mega, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: X'Trapolis Mega, Lead, mode
The X'Trapolis Mega is an electric multiple unit (EMU)
X'Trapolis Modular (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: X'Trapolis Modular, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: X'Trapolis Modular, Lead, mode
is an electric multiple unit operated by Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) in Chile
DBAG Class 422 (Wikipedia)
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The Class 422 is a series of four-car electric multiple units
DBAG Class 430 (Wikipedia)
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an electric railcar for S-Bahn commuter networks in Germany
DBAG Class 490 (Wikipedia)
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a three-car dual-voltage electric multiple unit train for the Hamburg S-Bahn
Comet V (Wikipedia)
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The Comet V railcar is the fifth generation of the Comet railcar series
IÉ 2700 and 2750 Classes (Wikipedia)
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two related types of diesel multiple unit operated by Iarnród Éireann
IÉ 8200 Class (Wikipedia)
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electric multiple units built for the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART)
IÉ 90000 Class (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: IÉ 90000 Class, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: IÉ 90000 Class, Lead, mode
is a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) which will be deployed on the DART network in Dublin, Ireland
Pop (train) (Wikipedia)
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electric multiple units built by Alstom in Savigliano
X61 (railcar) (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: X61 (railcar), Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: X61 (railcar), Lead, mode
X61 is an electric multiple unit built by Alstom as a part of the Alstom Coradia Nordic family
X3 (train) (Wikipedia)
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an electric multiple unit high-speed train used by Arlanda Express on the airport rail link service
X'Trapolis 100 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: X'Trapolis 100, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: X'Trapolis 100, Lead, mode
a type of single deck electric multiple unit part of Alstom's X'Trapolis family of trains
Adelaide Metro 4000 class (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Adelaide Metro 4000 class, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: Adelaide Metro 4000 class, Lead, mode
electric multiple unit trains built by Bombardier Transportation (later Alstom) in Dandenong, Victoria
CP Class 2240 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: CP Class 2240, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: CP Class 2240, Lead, mode
is an electric multiple unit used by the national train operator Comboios de Portugal
SNCF Class Z 7300 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 7300, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 7300, Lead, mode
The SNCF Class Z 7300 electric multiple units were built by Alsthom between 1980 and 1984
SNCF Class Z 9500 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 9500, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 9500, Lead, mode
electric multiple units were built by Alstom between 1982
SNCF Class Z 9600 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 9600, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 9600, Lead, mode
a class of French electric multiple units built by Alsthom between 1984
SNCF Class Z 11500 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 11500, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 11500, Lead, mode
a model of electric multiple unit (EMU) train that was built by Alsthom in 1986
DBAG Class 648 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: DBAG Class 648, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: DBAG Class 648, Lead, mode
a two car, diesel multiple unit operated by the Deutsche Bahn
VR Class Dm11 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: VR Class Dm11, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: VR Class Dm11, Lead, mode
was a diesel multiple unit built by GEC-Alsthom in Spain for VR Group
SNCF Class Z 20500 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 20500, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: SNCF Class Z 20500, Lead, mode
a double-deck, dual-voltage electric multiple unit trainset that are operated by SNCF on the Réseau Express Régional (RER)
MI 79 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: MI 79, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: MI 79, Lead, mode
is a dual-voltage electric multiple unit trainset that is operated on line B of the Réseau Express Régional (RER)
M1/M3 (railcar) (Wikipedia)
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The Metropolitans blurred the line between traditional commuter rail and rapid transit
M2/M4/M6 (railcar) (Wikipedia)
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now a part of Metro-North
SFC120-V Series (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: SFC120-V Series, Lead, operatorQuote, Exemplified By: SFC120-V Series, Lead, operator
for the Indonesian commuter railway operator KAI Commuter
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