Usage of "elevated railway"

Portuguese

ele

Catalan

ferrocarril elevat

Spanish

ferrocarril aéreo

A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level.

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Usage of elevated railway in English

Folsom saw her going up the steps to an elevated railway station. 
 Tales from Bohemia 

It's as bad as living within sound of the elevated railway. 
 Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence 

We went down town by the elevated railway, and got out at Rector Street. 
 Gossamer 

The elevated railway was not swift enough to carry George Ingram to Pier No. 
 The Harris-Ingram Experiment 

One huge piece knocked out the support of an elevated railway, buckling the tracks. 
 Wired 

Larry promised, and then hurried off down the street to the nearest elevated railway station. 
 Larry Dexter's Great Search; Or, The Hunt for the Missing Millio... 

Some soldiers were posted on an elevated railway near the temple, pointing guns down, he said. 
 Reuters 

In the distance she saw a train whooshing over the fair's all-electric elevated railway along the park's perimeter. 
 The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai... 

Carleton, the engineer and statesman, believed that neither a subway nor an elevated railway would solve the problem. 
 Charles Carleton Coffin: War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, a... 

Overhead are two elevated railway tracks. 
 The Secret Wireless; Or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol 

Is that an elevated railway there? 
 Peter Ruff and the Double Four 

A little newsboy entered a car on the elevated railway train, and slipping into a cross-seat, was soon asleep. 
 Making the Most of Life 

There was no elevated railway then, and this was the readiest conveyance, as Mr. Bowen lived on Madison avenue. 
 The Telegraph Boy 

New York City began elevated railway service in the early 1870s, running in Manhattan on Ninth Avenue and Greenwich Street. 
 Wired 

Then the Stockholm man takes his new friend to a station to travel on the elevated railway through New York. 
 From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People 

The elevated railway has already been tried to a limited extent, but is not regarded with much favor by the citizens. 
 Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati... 