⬆️ Raised up 🏛️ Noble or lofty 📈 Higher than normal 🚆 A raised railway 🖥️ Higher access

elevated

7.0

A railway that runs on raised tracks above the street

noun
/ˈɛlɪˌveɪtɪd/

: tren elevado

Passengers boarded the train at the elevated station downtown.

It's by the Elevated, what is what is the group called express elevator service.

Examples

The city plans to extend the elevated railway to connect more neighborhoods.
Skytran runs up in the air on elevated, we call a micro freeways, guideways.
The government invested in improving the elevated transit system to reduce traffic congestion.

Synonyms

vselevated

1 8.6

A train that runs on tracks above the street in a city

is the standard North American term in formal use

elevated railway

vselevated

3.6

A train line that runs on tracks raised above the street, often in cities

is the North American name for that specific raised electric railway

elevated railroad

vselevated

3.8

A raised track where electric trains run above the street on metal columns

is the general North American term without stressing support structure

overhead railway

vselevated

4.1

A train line that runs on tracks high above the street

is the North American variant of this above-street railway term

Compounds

elevated sed rate

Specialized

1 7.1

A faster than normal fall of red blood cells in a blood test that shows inflammation in the body

elevated railroad

3.8

A raised track where electric trains run above the street on metal columns

elevated railway

3.6

A train line that runs on tracks raised above the street, often in cities

Surface Forms

elevated singular

elevateds plural

Morphology

elevated = elevated (semi-transparent) = elevate + ed

The noun is a substantivized use of the adjective 'elevated', referring specifically to an elevated railway rather than simply something raised.

Etymology

The word elevated as a noun comes from the idea in Latin elevare 'to raise up', because people said 'elevated railway' for trains that run above the street and then shortened this to 'the elevated'. So the name tells you the train runs on tracks raised above the road.