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light rail

typically an urban form of public transport using steel-tracked fixed guideways
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light rail

Summary

light rail is a train and rail category[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of train_and_rail_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,089 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • light rail's instance of is recorded as train and rail category[3].
  • light rail is a type of rapid transit[4].
  • light rail's Commons category is recorded as Light rail[5].
  • light rail's said to be the same as is recorded as fast tram[6].
  • light rail's Unicode character is recorded as 🚈[7].
  • light rail comprises light rail service[8].
  • light rail comprises light rail system line[9].
  • light rail's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Light rail[10].
  • light rail's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=light_rail[11].
  • light rail's described by source is recorded as Green Map Icons[12].
  • light rail's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt-br', 'text': 'VLT'}[13].
  • light rail's different from is recorded as light railway[14].
  • light rail's different from is recorded as premetro[15].
  • light rail's has list is recorded as Q16656902[16].

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Definition and Type

light rail's instance of is recorded as train and rail category[3]. It is a type of rapid transit[4].

Use and Application

Components include light rail service[8] and it system line[9].

Why It Matters

light rail ranks in the top 7% of train_and_rail_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,089 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Said to be the same as → fast tram
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Light rail
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28052, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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