Light rail Emoji

Travel

A side profile of a modern train car moving along a single rail. It features sleek windows and a metallic body, meant to depict an urban transit vehicle operating on a dedicated track.

Usage Context

Used to discuss public transit, commuting, or urban travel. It is a go-to for people complaining about train delays or sharing their route to work. Often grouped with related transit markers like 🚇 or 🚆 to differentiate between subway systems and heavy rail networks.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 during the surge of mobile integration. It was designed to help users specify ground-level transit options, distinguishing these lighter commuter vehicles from the massive, long-distance locomotives popularized in early rail iconography.

Details

Glyph

🚈

Unicode

U+1F688

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f688:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE88;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-ground

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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