RER

rer English Etymology From en fr RER, often reinterpreted as "Regional Express Rail". Noun A type of railway system that generally runs from suburbs or satellite towns into a city centre, with a central tunnel or overground corridor with higher speeds and more widely spread stations than a subway or metro. en 1991 Working Paper the recently approved Crossrail link, together with the existing Thameslink, constitute the basis of an RER for London, which by the end of this decade will provide a single system, linking Reading with Colchester and Cambridge en 2021-11-10 Reinvented according to this model—called regional express rail (RER)—Metra's key hubs would be O'Hare Airport, the Loop, and McCormick Place. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/path-high-speed-rail-chicago-through-reinvented-metra A path to high-speed rail in Chicago—through a reinvented Metra Chicago Business https://web.archive.org/web/20250118233626/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/path-high-speed-rail-chicago-through-reinvented-metra 18 January 2025 Proper noun s Any of many RER systems in French-speaking countries. GO Expansion, a project to improve commuter rail in Ontario. en 2020-09-08 Mark Ovenden Underground Cities: Mapping the tunnels, transits and networks underneath our feet Frances Lincoln 9781781318942 42 GO Transit also uses some tunnels in the city. Its Metrolinx RER programme includes laying 150km (93 miles) of new track, and some of this, for example under Highways 401 and 409, will be in tunnel. en Transport French Etymology Réseau Express Régional (Regional Express Network) Pronunciation er-eu-er fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-RER.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) Proper noun m fr w:Réseau Express Régional, a Parisian tram, train and bus system Noun m A commuter rail or overground system, especially one with relatively high speeds and widely-spaced stations in urban areas. fr Switzerland Conventional translation of de S-Bahn in German-speaking regions of Switzerland, regardless of whether a system would otherwise be classed as an RER. fr Transport