>>1040471>>A tram (also known as tramcar; and in North America known as streetcar, trolley or trolley car)>>Light rail, light rail transit (LRT) or fast tramYour very own sources contradict you pretty much.
I don't like American terminology, it's really misleading.
The very name "streetcar" implies that it's a car riding on the street, as contrary to a "railcar", riding on the rail. The term "trolley" is even more confusing, being more often understood as a trolleybus –a bus with catenary.
US language also fucks up and misuses the term "tram", applying it to so distinct concepts, as trolleybus and even cable car.
Now with light rail, how is it different from busy tram line? Is it a term describing only a subset of tram networks? What is its name even meant to describe?
>Unless of course you're referring to commuter rail as "rail used by people to commute to work", in which case you can apply it to everything from horse tramway to maglev trains.Or maybe it's using commuter in its name, because of meaning of the word commuter (adj.), "designed for use by commuters", which relates to noun of the same spelling, meaning "a person who regularly travels from one place to another, typically to work"?
And because of that, it's not called, I don't know, passenger train? tourist train? electric train? diesel train? hybrid train? express train? intercity train? regional train? high-speed rail?
The names often reflect what they are meant to express.
