The green line is definitely what most of the country would refer to as “light rail” at this point, whereas the other lines are more consistent with what people consider a subway or heavy rail. The “light rail” terminology just wasn’t all that popularly used until the last few years when a lot of cities began building light rail systems. Even here in San Francisco people mostly refer to the MUNI as light rail, while BART is more of a heavy rail/subway.
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The green line is definitely what most of the country would refer to as “light rail” at this point, whereas the other lines are more consistent with what people consider a subway or heavy rail. The “light rail” terminology just wasn’t all that popularly used until the last few years when a lot of cities began building light rail systems. Even here in San Francisco people mostly refer to the MUNI as light rail, while BART is more of a heavy rail/subway.