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Heavy Rail

Heavy rail (also called metro rail, subway, rapid transit, or rapid rail) is an electric railway on devoted rights-of-way that handles many passengers at once. Tracks may be placed in subway tunnels (like in New York City), on elevated structures (like in Chicago), or on fenced-off, ground-level tracks that do not cross roads.

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