subway-surface

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsʌb.weɪ̯ ˈsɝːfɨs/
- (General American) IPA^(key): [ˌsəb.wej ˈsɚ.fɪs]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ˌsʌb.wej ˈsɝː.fɨs]
- (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): [ˌsʌb.we̞j ˈsəː.fəs]
- (Ghanaian) IPA^(key): [ˌsab.wej ˈsɜ.fɐs]

Noun

subway-surface (plural subway-surfaces)

(rail transport, US) streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both.

Translations

streetcar line or network with a rapid transit-style city center tunnel

French: prémétro (fr)
German: Stadtbahn (de)

Further reading

Hollywood Subway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Premetro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
SEPTA Subway-Surface trolley lines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tremont Street subway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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