"rapid transit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rapid transits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rapid transit (countable and uncountable, plural rapid transits)
  1. A commuter rail system that combines aspects of an interurban railway with those of a subway, using a menagerie of pathways such as viaduct, tunnel, beam, cut and cover, trench, at grade, and others. Wikipedia link: rapid transit Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (commuter rail system): त्वरित परिवहन (tvarit parivhan) [masculine] (Hindi), snarlestakerfi [neuter] (Icelandic), tránsito rápido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rapid_transit-en-noun-SfyMSWp4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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