Commuter rail
Commuter rail or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport[Note 1] service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area connecting commuters to the central city from suburbs or commuter towns.[1][2][3]
Commuter Rail Media
Mumbai Suburban Railway carries more than 7.24 million commuters on a daily basis
Very short commuter train in push mode.
GO Transit serves the Greater Golden Horseshoe region surrounding Toronto. Its train services are transitioning from a peak direction commuter railway to a Regional Express Network.
A Sydney Trains B set with an upper and lower deck
A Tokyo-bound E4 Series Shinkansen train. As of October 2021 these have since been retired.
An Altamont Corridor Express train operating along the San Francisco Bay; a MPI F40PH-2C locomotive hauls a consist of Bombardier BiLevel Coaches.
A E235 series train operating a through service on the JR East Yamanote Line, an example of high-density commuter rail in Japan.
set 205 series operated by KAI Commuter in Indonesia
Notes
- ↑ A passenger train travels between stations where passengers may embark and disembark.
References
- ↑ Transportation Research Board (1989). "Urban Public Transportation Glossary" (PDF).
- ↑ American Public Transit Association (1994). "Glossary of Transit Terminology" (PDF).
- ↑ "National Transit Database Glossary". 2013-11-13. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2019-10-12.