Etymology

RER

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Today it means: A type of railway system that generally runs from suburbs or satellite towns into a city centre, with a central tunnel or overground corridor with higher speeds and more widely spread stations than a subway or metro. Full definition →

French RER
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  1. French · borrowed fromRER
  2. English todayRER

From French RER, often reinterpreted as "Regional Express Rail".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.