Editing Light rail (section)

===Higher capacity===
[[File:DLR unit 135 entering Canary Wharf station bound for Bank.jpg|thumb|The [[Docklands Light Railway]], a [[medium-capacity rail system]]]]
Light rail systems may also exhibit attributes of heavy rail systems, including having downtown subways, as in [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|San Francisco]] and [[Link light rail|Seattle]]. Light rail is designed to address a gap in interurban transportation between heavy rail and bus services, carrying high passenger numbers more quickly than local buses and more cheaply than heavy rail. It serves corridors in which heavy rail is impractical. [[Light metro]] systems are essentially hybrids of light rail and rapid transit.<ref name="GGW-19">{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Matt |date=4 April 2019 |title=Light rail? Heavy rail? Subway? Rail transit modes fall on a continuum |url=https://ggwash.org/view/71583/light-rail-heavy-rail-subway-rail-transit-modes-fall-on-a-continuum |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Greater Greater Washington |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-19 |title=Light-Rail Transit (LRT) |url=https://policy.tti.tamu.edu/strategy/light-rail-transit/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Transportation Policy Research |language=en-US}}</ref>

Metro trains are larger and faster than light rail trains, with stops being further apart.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Light Rail Transit (LRT) FAQs |url=https://www.torontoenvironment.org/campaigns/transit/LRTfaq#LRTvsstreetcarvssubway |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Toronto Environmental Alliance}}</ref>