interurban

[ in-ter-ur-buhn ]

adjective

1. of, located in, or operating between two or more cities or towns.

noun

1. a train, bus, etc., or a transportation system operating between cities.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interurban¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; inter- + urban

Example Sentences

Even modestly sized American cities once enjoyed rail transit in the form of streetcars and electric-powered interurban systems linking towns together, not to mention an abundance of commuter trains.

From Seattle Times

Because of chronic runoff that seeped through cracks and old expansion joints, the soil became unstable below certain broken panels of I-5, near the Interurban Avenue South interchange.

From Seattle Times

The drivers in those shootings told troopers the gunman was in his 30s, driving a light blue Nissan 370Z with a large rear spoiler and chrome rims that was last seen leaving the freeway onto Interurban Avenue in Tukwila, Johnson said in the news release.

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One of the first West Coast reinforced concrete structures, the steam plant originally powered the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma and supplied direct current for Seattle streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown.

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The trail follows long-abandoned right of way from the Bellingham and Skagit Interurban Railway.

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