light railway
English
Noun
light railway (plural light railways)
- (rail transport, UK) A railway built at lower cost, with lighter track and to a lower standard than a main-line railway.
- 1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:
- Under a Light Railway Order of 1904, the line was extended to Appledore, and opened thence on May 1, 1908, bringing the route length up to a fraction over 7 miles. The whole system was worked under this Order as a light railway, but this caused some friction with the local authorities when, under the authority of the Board of Trade, the gates were removed at five level crossings in May, 1905.
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Further reading
Light Railways Act 1896 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “light railway”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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