Interurban

Word INTERURBAN
Character 10
Hyphenation in ter ur ban
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Definitions and meanings of "Interurban"

What do we mean by interurban?

Relating to or connecting urban areas. adjective

Existing between cities; connecting cities or towns; running or plying between two or more cities or towns: as, an interurban railway.

Going between, or connecting, cities or towns. adjective

Of, pertaining to, involving or joining two or more urban centres adjective

A railway connecting two or more urban centres. noun

A railway carrying mainly passengers between two or more urban centres.

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The word "interurban" in example sentences

Nothing herein shall be construed as now affecting the possession, operation and control of street electric passenger railways, including railways commonly called interurban, whether such railways be or be not owned or controlled by such railroad companies or systems. ❋ Woodrow Wilson (1890)

There are ten thousand cities in the United States to-night lighted by the companies owned or controlled by Standard Oil, and in as many cities all the electric transportation, -- urban, suburban, and interurban, -- is in the hands of Standard Oil. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Such regional "artifacts" raise the real question--need such places be facade-based shells, largely touristic, dominated in the summer by strangers rejoicing not just in local wine and pesto, but, ironically, the lack of cars and the wonders of a small-scale, interurban trek? ❋ Charles R. Wolfe (2011)

I abandoned my horse and saddle at Xochimilco, and, catching an interurban electric car, rode into the capital. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am hopeful that within 20 years, this country will have the same or better electric interurban rail service we had 80 years ago. charles Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

He also mentioned the interurban line and rights of way in the City of Vancouver a reference to the Arbutus line and maybe the South Vancouver CP route. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This could be the solution needed for Rail for the Valley and indeed exactly describes how the interurban was running 100 years ago! ❋ Unknown (2010)

South of the river the SRY occupies the old interurban line and is the first choice to link proposed tram systems in Surrey, Langley and Abbotsford. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many of those stations are off the beaten path because the city grew up around the streetcar lines rather than the interurban lines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Take for example these Starr observations about the interurban Pacific Electric system that linked communities across the region during the first decade of the last century. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Speedy, efficient, unhampered by competing automobile traffic, the interurban cars allowed Los Angelenos to live in 45 communities scattered over a 35-mile radius while working downtown or in the adjacent industrial areas. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The yellow cars of the urban Los Angeles Railway ... and the red cars of the interurban Pacific Electric found themselves in increasingly disadvantageous competition. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now, with gridlock commonplace, the focus is back on high-capacity transit systems – light rail, interurban heavy rail, dedicated busways – to catch up with the transportation demands of millions of people. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Through the industrial wastelands along the Gary, Elgin and South Shore interurban tracks, the route twists like the stitching on a major league baseball. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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