interurban
Connecting separate municipalities
Interurban describes something connecting or operating between cities or towns, particularly transportation systems: interurban rail lines, interurban bus service.
The term evokes early 20th-century electric railways that linked neighboring cities before automobiles dominated.
As a noun, an interurban is such a railway or one of its cars.
Rail-bound urban trolley
- trolleyWheeled cart or railcar
- tramwayRail system for carriages
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
- trackPath or monitored route
right-of-way · passenger · terminal · depot · farebox · timetable · express · local
Large passenger vehicle
- motorcoachBus for longer trips
- shuttleShort-distance transport
- serviceAid or maintenance
- routePath from A to B
passenger · ticketing · scheduling · fare · transfer · commuter · ridership · frequency
Major road for travel
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- thoroughfareMain public road
linkage · junction · interchange · network · infrastructure · access · bypass · right-of-way
Inherited cultural legacy
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- bygoneOf earlier times
- vintageQuality from past eras
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
restoration · landmark · relic · excursion · enthusiast · railfan · memorabilia · postcard
Of a major city
- intercityBetween different urban areas
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- districtBounded administrative area
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
province · countryside · periphery · hinterland · catchment · conurbation · megalopolis
streetcar
Rail-bound urban trolley
- trolleyWheeled cart or railcar
- tramwayRail system for carriages
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
track · right-of-way · passenger · terminal · depot · farebox · timetable · express · local · railcar
bus
Large passenger vehicle
- motorcoachBus for longer trips
- shuttleShort-distance transport
- serviceAid or maintenance
route · passenger · ticketing · scheduling · fare · transfer · commuter · ridership · frequency · headway
highway
Major road for travel
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
thoroughfare · linkage · junction · interchange · network · infrastructure · access · bypass · right-of-way · bridge
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
preservation · restoration · landmark · relic · excursion · enthusiast · railfan · memorabilia · postcard · photograph
metropolitan
Of a major city
- intercityBetween different urban areas
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- districtBounded administrative area
territory · province · countryside · periphery · hinterland · catchment · conurbation · megalopolis
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- rail transitsubway, metro, tram, train, trains
- electric trainssubway, metro, light rail, commuter train, electric locomotive
- rail linesred line, blue line, green line, yellow line, A train
- streetcarsstreetcar, trolley, tram, streetcars, tramways
- Transit Historystreetcars, trams, trolleys, electric trams, steam trains
interurbanintracity
Within one urban area
urban · local · municipal · neighborhood · citywide
interurbanrural
Of the countryside
countryside · backcountry · rustic · pastoral · hinterland
urban, suburban, urbane, suburbia, urbanity, suburbanite, urbanize, exurban, urbanism