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various forms of Public/Mass Transit using rail as the fixed
guide path. The most common answer for this requirement is
Commuter trains and Amtrak trains. They often come to mind
because they use the same rails as freight services in the
United States. But we have many other types of passenger transit
which uses rail. The San Francisco Bay Area has many examples,
but you can check all around North America, and many other
countries for some of these other examples. |Light Rail
(examples are San Jose's Valley Transit Authority, the
Sacramento Regional Transit) - Light Rail trains usually use
overhead electric power, electric motors under each coach, and
using a rail gauge slightly different from standard trains. They
normally operate away from regular train lines, and close