How to Use commuter rail in a Sentence

commuter rail

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  • There are 13 commuter rail lines, all of which will take you out to various suburbs of the city.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Coastal commuter rail has long been planned for South Florida.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Utah County’s Vineyard now has its own commuter rail stop.
    — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The development is on about 14 acres between the bank tower and DART’s commuter rail line.
    — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Around the country, some local commuter rail lines also depend on tracks owned by the big freight railroads.
    — David Koenig, Chron, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The amount was lowered in response to a dispute over the Silver Line commuter rail extension.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • The entire Metrolink regional commuter rail system will be shut down at the end of December for four days.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Residents have been vocal over light rail and commuter rail.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The heavy rains also prompted South Florida's high-speed commuter rail service to shut down.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Gilbert Town Council could once again vote on a commuter rail ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting, for the second time in as many weeks.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The vast bulk of that is earmarked for massive statewide upgrades to Connecticut’s parks, prisons, highways, bridges and commuter rail lines.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024
  • But that wasn’t enough for one beleaguered commuter rail monthly pass holder.
    — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The commuter rail service gradually expanded the schedule and span of its network over the years.
    — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2024
  • New locomotives on the commuter rail lines will also be delayed.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
  • The district’s Coaster commuter rail has eight stations between Oceanside and downtown San Diego.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The SunRail is the city's commuter rail, originating north of Sanford and taking passengers southbound, all the way to Kissimmee.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The commuter rail line already is planning to introduce Saturday trips next year.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
  • In the case of commuter rail, there are additional steps that would need to be followed before there a strike would be allowed to start, compared to the rules that apply at freight railroads and airlines.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • At some point, the transit agency plans to raze buildings and create a rail yard for when the T increases commuter rail frequency and expands South Station.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Those hubs can also support better access to transit or commuter rail.
    — Brad Plumer, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • New Jersey Transit, one of the largest commuter rail services in the country, is now facing the same kind of labor problems that nearly brought service on the nation’s freight railroads to a halt last year.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Metro-North commuter rail service from Manhattan was suspended for much of the day but began resuming by evening.
    — CBS News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • To date Amtrak, many commuter rail and short line companies are part of this program, but not a single Class I railroad participates.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The draft budget also allocates funding to other rail expansion projects to build roughly 200 miles of new commuter rail lines across the region.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The briefcase has made riding the commuter rail between Connecticut and Manhattan much more pleasant.
    — Sebastien Laforest, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Both Amtrak and Metra, the regional commuter rail service, said masks still are required, but some passengers walking through the station didn’t wear them.
    — Curt Anderson and Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Instead, the commuter rail remains powered by outdated diesel locomotives and wait times between trains can be longer than an hour.
    — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • In today’s newsletter: Arizona’s doctor shortage, a state senator’s war against commuter rail and what the Kansas City shooting might mean for Phoenix.
    — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The idea of extending service from the airport to the downtown train depot, or even a commuter rail out to Palmer or beyond, hasn’t ever really taken off, McMurren said.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022
  • Last year, daily commuter rail service between south Orange County and San Diego was halted for several months.
    — Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024

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