Trenino cittadino

[Florianap]

Ciao!

Qualcuno sa dirmi come si dice in inglese "trenino cittadino", cioé quei trenini usati per gli spostamenti in città?

Grazieeee

 

[MStraf]

In AE, si usa "light rail", "light rail system", "light rail transit"

 

[Florianap]

Good to know, thanks!

 

[MGT747]

If I'm understanding correctly, in Washington DC, we call it the Metro. In New York, it's called the subway.

 

[MStraf]

If I'm understanding correctly, in Washington DC, we call it the Metro. In New York, it's called the subway.

And in San Francisco is called BART and none of them are "light rail" systems, that are much slower and lighter (one or two cars) and run mostly on street. It is very similar to the streetcar, but often it runs on its own road and is therefore faster.

 

[Pietruzzo]

What's called in English the "trenino" you may find eg. in parks or in other tourist resorts? I think this is what the OP was asking for but I'm not sure the question has been properly answered so far.

 

[Angel.Aura]

Ciao Pietruzzo,
il collegamento non funziona.
Riproviamo?

 

[alfaalfa]

Quello suggerito da Pietruzzo è anche detto "trenino lillipuziano".

 

[Angel.Aura]

Quello suggerito da Pietruzzo è anche detto "trenino lillipuziano".

Quindi a te il link funziona?

 

[alfaalfa]

Quindi a te il link funziona?

Si, ma riproviamo clic

 

[Angel.Aura]

Si, ma riproviamo clic

Questo sì
Forse si chiama sightseeing train/tourist train.

 

[Tegs]

It depends on the context. As a local person who is not going to be seen dead riding around town in that train, you'd call it a tourist train. If you're trying to sell people tickets to go on it, then as a ticket seller you would call it a sightseeing train

 

[Pietruzzo]

Sorry about the broken link and thanks you all for the answers. When we say "trenino" in Italian it's clear that we're speaking of a "treno gommato" (with tyres). Does "tourist train" convey the same idea?

 

[sound shift]

No. If I read or hear "tourist train", tyres don't spring to mind.

 

[Tegs]

Is it important that it be immediately obvious that it's got wheels? What's your particular context? (There is no short and snappy way of conveying this "road-based on wheels" element in English.)

 

[Pietruzzo]

I want to say that in summer there is in my town a "trenino" that tourists and residents can use to easily move around.

 

[Tegs]

Ok, it sounds to me as though the fact that it's on wheels is immaterial.

 

[Incommunicado]

The English Wikipedia suggests it translates "trackless train" - do you agree?

 

[tsoapm]

I don’t think we’d usually attach an adjective to it: ‘trackless’ would be a rather technical, whereas I think in English we’d usually just call it a ‘train’, in a context where it’s clear that it isn’t a real train on rails.

It depends on the context.

 

[london calling]

I don’t think we’d usually attach an adjective to it: ‘trackless’ would be a rather technical, whereas I think in English we’d usually just call it a ‘train’, in a context where it’s clear that it isn’t a real train on rails.

This is a trackless train: