# 🚈 Light rail emoji

🚈 Light rail is an emoji in the ground transport set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: arrived, monorail and railway.

- Emoji: 🚈
- Unicode name: light rail
- Code points: U+1F688
- Category: Travel & places, Ground transport
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :light_rail:
- Keywords: arrived, light, monorail, rail, railway
- Page: https://emojichart.com/light-rail-emoji

## What it means

A short electric passenger train for light rail, the lighter rail transit that runs through city streets and suburbs. You will see it used for light rail lines, public transit, commuting and getting around a city without a car.

## How to type 🚈

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “light rail”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “light rail”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “light rail”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “light rail”.
- GitHub: Type :light_rail: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | tren ligero | ferrocarril, transporte, tren, tren ligero |
| Français (fr) | métro léger | métro, métro léger, monorail, moyen de transport, rail, RER |
| Deutsch (de) | S-Bahn | Bahn, ICE, Monorail, S-Bahn, Zug |
| Italiano (it) | metrotranvia | arrivare, ferrovia, metrotranvia, mezzo, monorotaia, tram, trasporti, trasporto, treno, veicolo, viaggiare |
| Português (pt) | trem urbano | chegada, cheguei, leve, trem, trem urbano, veículo |
| Nederlands (nl) | lightrail | lightrail, monorail, spoor, vervoermiddel, voertuig |
| Svenska (sv) | snabbspårväg | anlänt, balkbana, enskensbana, lättbana, monorail, spårväg, spårvagn |
| Polski (pl) | kolej miejska | kolej, kolejka, metro, miejska, pociąg, podmiejska, podmiejski, pojazd |
| Türkçe (tr) | hafif raylı | demiryolu, hafif, hafif raylı, taşıt, tren, tren yolculuğu, tren yolu |
| Русский (ru) | легкий рельсовый транспорт | легкий рельсовый транспорт, метро, монорельс, трамвай, транспорт, электричка |
| Українська (uk) | швидкісний трамвай | електропоїзд, залізниця, поїзд, транспорт, швидкісний трамвай |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ελαφρύς σιδηρόδρομος | αφίχθη, ελαφρύς σιδηρόδρομος, όχημα, προαστιακός, σιδηρόδρομος |
| العربية (ar) | نقل خفيف | خفيف, سفر, سكة حديد, قطار, مركبة, مونوريل, نقل خفيف, نقل عام |
| עברית (he) | רכבת קלה | חדפס, קלה, רכבת, תחבורה |
| فارسی (fa) | قطار سبک شهری | راه‌آهن, ریل, قطار سبک شهری, وسیله نقلیه, وسیلهٔ نقلیه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | लाइट रेल | आगमन, रेल, रेलवे, लाइट रेल, वाहन |
| বাংলা (bn) | রেলের লাইট | যানবাহন, রেলওয়ে, রেলের লাইট, রেলের লাইন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | light rail | light, monorail, monorel, rail, tiba |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tàu điện nhẹ | đường sắt, tàu điện nhẹ, xe cộ |
| ไทย (th) | รถไฟรางเบา | ยานพาหนะ, รถไฟ, รถไฟรางเบา |
| 日本語 (ja) | ライトレール | モノレール, ライトレール, 乗り物, 鉄道, 電車 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 경전철 | 경전철, 교통수단, 기차, 도착, 모노레일, 바트 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 轻轨 | 到站, 单轨电车, 火车, 轻轨 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 輕軌 | 抵達, 捷運, 火車, 輕軌, 鐵道 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): smalspoortrein
- Akan (ak): kanea keteke
- Albanian (sq): metro e lehtë
- Amharic (am): ቀላል ባቡር
- Armenian (hy): վերգետնյա մետրո
- Assamese (as): পাতল ৰেইল
- Azerbaijani (az): işıq qatarı
- Bashkir (ba): еңел тимер юл
- Basque (eu): tren arina
- Belarusian (be): электрычка
- Bosnian (bs): svjetlosna pruga
- Breton (br): metro skañv
- Bulgarian (bg): лека железница
- Burmese (my): အပေါ့စား ရထား
- Canadian French (fr-CA): train de banlieue
- Cantonese (yue): 輕鐵
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 轻铁
- Catalan (ca): tren lleuger
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᏎᎧ ᏗᏐᏲ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 輕軌列車
- Chuvash (cv): ҫӑмӑл рельс
- Croatian (hr): laka željeznica
- Czech (cs): rychlodrážní tramvaj
- Danish (da): letbane
- Estonian (et): kergraudtee
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): metro de superfície
- Faroese (fo): nærtok
- Filipino (fil): light rail
- Finnish (fi): kevytraidejuna
- Galician (gl): tren lixeiro
- Georgian (ka): მსუბუქი რკინიგზა
- Gujarati (gu): લાઇટ રેલ
- Hausa (ha): reluwe na cunkoso mara yawa
- Hungarian (hu): hév
- Icelandic (is): léttlest
- Igbo (ig): nwa obere ọkụ okporoigwe
- Irish (ga): iarnród éadrom
- Javanese (jv): sepur LRT
- Kalaallisut (kl): letbane
- Kannada (kn): ಲಘು ರೈಲು
- Kazakh (kk): тар табанды темір жол
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تار تاباندى تەمىر جول
- Khmer (km): រថភ្លើងក្នុងក្រុង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): gariyamoshi yoroheje
- Konkani (kok): लायट रेल
- Kyrgyz (ky): чакан метро
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Uwach jurujik ch’ich’
- Lao (lo): ລາງລົດເບົາ
- Latvian (lv): piepilsētas vilciens
- Lithuanian (lt): miesto tramvajus
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): měsćańska zeleznica
- Luxembourgish (lb): Stadbunn
- Macedonian (mk): лесна железница
- Malay (ms): rel ringan
- Malayalam (ml): ലൈറ്റ് റെയിൽ
- Maltese (mt): ferrovija ħafifa
- Marathi (mr): लाइट रेल
- Mongolian (mn): хөнгөн төмөр зам
- Māori (mi): rerewē māmā
- Nepali (ne): हल्का रेल
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Laít Rel
- Northern Sotho (nso): seporo sa lebone
- Norwegian (no): lokaltog
- Odia (or): ହାଲକା ଟ୍ରେନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): baabura salphaa
- Pashto (ps): کوچنی اور کاډی
- Punjabi (pa): ਲਾਈਟ ਰੇਲ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): لائٹ ٹرین
- Quechua (qu): tren ligero
- Romanian (ro): tren ușor
- Romansh (rm): tren urban
- Sardinian (sc): metrotranvia
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): rèile aotrom
- Serbian (sr): градска железница
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): градска жељезница
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gradska železnica
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): gradska željeznica
- Shan (shn): လူတ်ႉလဵၼ်းသၢႆၾႆး
- Sindhi (sd): برقي جي ري گاڏي
- Sinhala (si): සැහැල්ලු දුම්රිය
- Slovak (sk): ľahké metro
- Slovenian (sl): ozkotirna železnica
- Somali (so): tareenka fudud
- Swahili (sw): reli nyepesi
- Tajik (tg): метрои сабук
- Tamil (ta): லைட் ரயில்
- Telugu (te): తక్కువ పరిమాణ రైలు
- Tigrinya (ti): ዜጋ
- Tongan (to): kiʻi lēlue
- Tswana (tn): lebone la seporo
- Turkmen (tk): ýeňil metro
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): měšćanska železnica
- Urdu (ur): لائٹ ریل
- Uyghur (ug): يېنىك تۆمۈريول
- Uzbek (uz): tor izli temiryo‘l
- Welsh (cy): rheilffordd ysgafn
- Wolof (wo): otoraay bu moome fépp
- Xhosa (xh): intonga yokukhanya
- Yoruba (yo): Ọkọ oju-irin kekere
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɔkɔ oju-irin kekere
- Zulu (zu): isitimela esingengethilamu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F688` |
| HTML | `🚈` |
| CSS | `\1F688` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F688}` |
| Python | `\U0001F688` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 9A 88` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE88` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%9A%88` |

## Questions

### What does the 🚈 light rail emoji mean?

A short electric passenger train for light rail, the lighter rail transit that runs through city streets and suburbs. You will see it used for light rail lines, public transit, commuting and getting around a city without a car.

### How do I type the 🚈 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “light rail”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :light_rail:.

### When was the 🚈 emoji added?

🚈 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🚈?

U+1F688. In HTML you can write 🚈, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F688}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/light-rail-emoji