elevated railway

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First they bought control of the two elevated railway companies operating in the city, but they were barred by the law from merging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Priced at £1bn in 1991, this was a Vancouver-style elevated railway threading its way from Tingley through the city centre to St James's Hospital and Seacroft.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

Doyle, played by Gene Hackman in an Oscar-winning performance, barely misses making the arrest on a subway train, then hurries to his police car to follow the train as it emerges on an elevated railway.

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2023

The new park, to be built adjacent to the westernmost of the three 11th Street bridges, was inspired by projects such as New York’s High Line, an elevated railway line remade as a garden promenade.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2022

In the distance she saw a train whooshing over the fair’s all-electric elevated railway along the park’s perimeter.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson