rapid transit

noun

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.

Similar
mass rapid transit
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Meanings

nounrapid transit (countable and uncountable, plural rapid transits)

plural rapid transits

  1. countableuncountableA 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains

Similar
mass rapid transit
Broader
public transit
Also see
subway

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Hindi त्वरित परिवहन
  • त्वरित परिवहन (tvarit parivhan)commuter rail system
Icelandic snarlestakerfi
  • snarlestakerficommuter rail system
Polish metro
  • metrocommuter rail system
Spanish tránsito rápido
  • tránsito rápidocommuter rail system
Swedish stadsbana
  • stadsbanacommuter rail system
Vietnamese đường sắt đô thị
  • đường sắt đô thịcommuter rail system
Cite this entry
APA

rapid transit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapid%20transit

MLA

“rapid transit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapid%20transit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rapid transit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapid%20transit.

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