Back قطار معلق Arabic Estakada nəqliyyatı Azerbaijani উড়াল রেলপথ Bengali/Bangla Højbane Danish Hochbahn German Supertera fervojo Esperanto Tren elevado Spanish Ligne ferroviaire aérienne French Nadzemna željeznica Croatian Magasvasút Hungarian
An elevated railway or elevated train (also known as an el train or el for short) is a railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure (usually constructed from steel, cast iron, concrete, or bricks). The railway may be a broad-gauge, standard-gauge or narrow-gauge railway, light rail, monorail, or a suspension railway. Elevated railways are normally found in urban areas that would otherwise require impracticably many level crossings. Usually, the tracks of elevated railways that run on steel viaducts can be seen from street level.