The Docklands Light Railway ( the DLR ) is an automated light metro or light rail system opened in 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London.

Light rail systems are currently being planned for Turku and Tampere, two of the country's other major urban centres.

It is the second largest metro system in the world in terms of route miles, after the Shanghai Metro and part of the largest system in terms of route miles when taken together with the Docklands Light Railway. The light metro lines in London are operated by the Docklands Light Railway, whereas the Shanghai Metro is a group of four companies which operate heavy rail rapid transit and light metro lines.

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The other major form of transportation within Singapore is rail: the Mass Rapid Transit which runs the length and width of Singapore, and the Light Rail Transit which runs within a few neighbourhoods.

Singapore has a Mass Rapid Transit ( MRT ) and Light Rail Transit ( LRT ) rail system consisting of five lines.

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* Light rail

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** Docklands Light Railway: normally abbreviated DLR, this is the automatically driven light rail network in east London, although actual operation and maintenance is undertaken by a private sector franchisee.

On 1 June 2008, the drinking of alcoholic beverages was banned on Tube and London Overground trains, buses, trams, Docklands Light Railway and all stations operated by TfL across London but not those operated by other rail companies.

* Link Light Rail, a light rail project in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, US

Leiden is on the planned route of the RijnGouweLijn, the Netherland's first Light rail project.

Public transportation is primarily operated by TriMet and includes buses, the Westside Express Service commuter rail, and MAX Light Rail.

Light rail or light rail transit ( LRT ) is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems.

Light rail may use shared or exclusive rights-of-way, high or low platform loading and multi-car trains or single cars.

Light rail is a generic international English phrase for these types of rail systems, which means more or less the same thing throughout the Anglosphere.

At the highest degree of separation, it can be difficult to draw the line between light rail and metros, as in the case of Wuppertal's Schwebebahn hanging rail system or London's Docklands Light Railway, which would likely not be considered " light " were it not for the contrast between it and the London Underground ; many consider these not to be " light rail " lines but light metros.

Light, especially daylight, is always bad for wine.

* " Absalom, Absalom " is the title of a song on the 1996 Compass CD Making Light of It by singer / songwriter Pierce Pettis, incorporating several elements of the biblical narrative.

Alfheim (, " elf home ") is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Light Elves in Norse mythology and appears also in Anglo-Scottish ballads under the form Elfhame ( Elphame, Elfame ) as a fairyland, sometimes modernized as Elfland ( Elfinland, Elvenland ).

That which is called Álfheim is one, where dwell the peoples called Light elves ; but the Dark-elves dwell down in the earth, and they are unlike in appearance, but by far more unlike in nature.

Light therapy is one of several approaches to treating bipolar disorder.

Anheuser-Busch uses what is in many jurisdictions a legally-protected mark-of-origin indicating Czech provenance and humorous advertising campaigns to promote Budweiser, such as the " Real Men of Genius " radio and television commercials for Bud Light.

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* Light roux: The secret to making a good gumbo is pairing the roux with the protein.

Light interaction is often approximated by the even simpler models: diffuse reflection and specular reflection, although both can be BRDFs.

One of Dublin's newest monuments is the Spire of Dublin, or officially titled " Monument of Light ".

Light incident at a given point in the space downstream of the slit is made up of contributions from each of these point sources and if the relative phases of these contributions vary by 2π or more, we may expect to find minima and maxima in the diffracted light.

The system is owned by Docklands Light Rail Limited, part of the London Rail division of Transport for London.

Light of composite wavelengths ( natural sunlight ) disperses into a visible spectrum passing through a prism, because of the wavelength dependent refractive index of the prism material ( dispersion ); that is, each component wave within the composite light is bent a different amount.

# Kōmyō ( 光明 ) is a phrase used in Japanese Jodo Shinshu Buddhism to refer to the Infinite Light of Amitabha Buddha.

Light is inverted through a small hole or lens from outside, and projected onto a surface or screen.

In the future, it is expected to be made up of around 10 lines, with some over-capacity expected lines considered to be made Light Metro or Heavy Metro.

Light sent down into a gravity well is blueshifted, whereas light sent in the opposite direction ( i. e., climbing out of the gravity well ) is redshifted ; collectively, these two effects are known as the gravitational frequency shift.

* Jesus is the Light of the World

The battle of Balaclava is noted for its famous ( or rather infamous ) charge of the Light Brigade.

William Gibson ( who wrote an early script for Alien 3 ) seems particularly fascinated: a minor character in Virtual Light, Lowell, is described as having New York XXIV tattooed across his back, and in Idoru a secondary character, Yamazaki, describes the buildings of nanotech Japan as Giger-esque.

The song " Jill ", on the album Blue Light, Red Light ( 1991 ) is about her.

The Australian Light Horse were similar to dragoon regiments in many regards, being mounted infantry which normally fought on foot, their horses ' purpose being transportation.

The Light Dragoons were formed as light cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars, and were similar to hussars.

Light mild is generally similar, but pale in colour, for instance Harveys Brewery Knots of May.

Light mild is generally similar, but paler in colour.

The hydrodynamic radius is numerically similar, and can be measured with Dynamic Light Scattering ( DLS ).

" Rods may be classified as Ultra-Light, Light, Medium-Light, Medium, Medium-Heavy, Heavy, Ultra-Heavy, or other similar combinations.

Typically the experience includes such factors as: a sense of being dead ; a feeling of peace and painlessness ; hearing of various non-physical sounds, an out-of-body experience ; a tunnel experience ( the sense of moving up or through a narrow passageway ); encountering people of Light ; God-like figures, helpers, spiritual guides, or similar forces ; being given a " Life review ", and a reluctance to return to life.

Some have claimed that portions of the book Contact Juggling and any juggling performances that contain elements similar to Michael Moschen's original " Light " performance are breaches of Moschen's intellectual property or copyright.

Each location in the Light World corresponds to a similar location in the Dark World, usually with a similar physical structure but an opposite nature ( e. g. a desert in the Light World corresponds to a swamp in the Dark World, a peaceful village in the Light World corresponds to a dilapidated town of thieves in the Dark World ).

OpenEXR is a high dynamic range imaging image file format, released as an open standard along with a set of software tools created by Industrial Light and Magic ( ILM ), released under a free software license similar to the BSD license.

The MG 42 barrel shroud houses a quick barrel change device similar to the Thompson Light Rifle.

As soon as a Chao transforms, if it has become a Light or Dark Chao, it will unlock for the player the Hero Garden or the Dark Garden, which are vertically positioned in Chao World similar to common Western descriptions of Heaven and Hell.

* Cell On Light Truck: similar to Cell on wheels, but built on to a small truck, instead of a trailer

A similar idea had appeared in the 2002 " Dark and Light " anime adaptation of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children where guns called " Devilizers " were used to summon and power up their fighting monsters.

To defeat him, Link usually requires the mystic Master Sword and Light Arrows, or a similar legendary weapon, obtained after many trials and battles gathering magical objects or using other items such as musical instruments and weaponry.

The 4th Light Horse and 5th Mounted Yeomanry Brigades managed similar advances on their sectors but nowhere were the Ottoman trenches reached and given the inferior position of the attackers, there was no prospect of making a successful bayonet charge.

Other exempted railways were light railways authorised under the Light Railways Act 1896, and similar lines ; although some such lines still chose to join the Groups.

This was Lynne's second tongue-in-cheek response to allegations of hidden Satanic messages in earlier Electric Light Orchestra LPs by Christian fundamentalists which led up to early 1980s American congressional hearings ( a similar response had been made by Lynne on the Face the Music album, during the intro to the " Fire On High " track ).

* At the end of False News Travel Fast, Jani Liimatainen plays a riff that is closely similar to the main riff of the song Speed Of Light by Stratovarius ( a similar riff is also used in Future Shock ).