Rail or rails may refer to:

Rail transport

Rail transport Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a p ...

and related matters *

Rail (rail transport) A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as permanent way or simply track, is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, ...

or railway lines, the running surface of a railway

Arts and media

Film

* ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' (1967 film), a film by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films *''

Mirattu ''Thodari'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action-romance film co produced, written and directed by Prabhu Solomon. It stars Dhanush and Keerthy Suresh, with D. Imman composing the film's music. Set on an express train, ''Thodari'' follows a ...

'' or ''Rail'', a Tamil-language film and its Telugu dub

Magazines

* ''Rail'' (magazine), a British rail transport periodical * ''Rails'' (magazine), a former New Zealand based rail transport periodical

Other arts

The Rails The Rails is a folk rock band from London, England, composed of husband and wife James Walbourne and Kami Thompson. Thompson and Walbourne first met during the recording sessions for ''Versatile Heart'' by Thompson's mother Linda Thompson in 2 ...

, a British folk-rock band *

Rail (theater) In theaters, a batten (also known as a ''bar'' or ''pipe'') is a long metal pipe suspended above the stage or audience from which lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, and theater drapes and stage curtains may be hung. Battens that are located ...

or batten, a pipe from which lighting, scenery, or curtains are hung

Technology

Rails framework Ruby on Rails (simplified as Rails) is a server-side web application framework written in Ruby (programming language), Ruby under the MIT License. Rails is a model–view–controller (MVC) framework, providing default structures for a databas ...

or Ruby on Rails, a web application framework *

Rail system (firearms) Rail systems on firearms are straight mounting brackets (usually made of strips of metal or polymer) on the gun's receiver, handguard or fore-end stock to allow sliding/variable-position attachment of Iron sights, Scopes , Holographic Si ...

, a mounting system for firearm attachments *

Front engine dragster The front-engine dragster is a type of racing car purposely built for drag racing. Commonly known as a "rail", "digger", or "slingshot", it is now considered obsolete, and is used only in nostalgia drag racing. Wheelbases ranged from . History ...

*Runway alignment indicator lights, a configuration of an

approach lighting system An approach lighting system (ALS) is a lighting system installed on the approach end of an airport runway and consisting of a series of lightbars, strobe lights, or a combination of the two that extends outward from the runway end. ALS usually ...

*Rule Augmented Interconnect Layout, a specification for expressing guidelines for printed circuit boards; companion to the Input/output Buffer Information Specification

Other uses

Rail (bird) The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized, ground-living birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules. Many species are associated with wetlands, althoug ...

, a family of birds *

Rail (name) Rail is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: ;Given name * Rail Malikov (born 1985), Azerbaijani football defender * Rail Rozakov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey defenceman * Rail Zaripov (born 1995), Russian football play ...

Rail, Missouri Rail is an extinct town in east central Wright County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States. The GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physi ...

, a ghost town in the United States *

Rail drink A well drink or rail drink is an alcoholic beverage served using the lower-cost liquors stored within easy reach of the bartender in the counter "speed rail", "speed rack", or "well". In any given establishment, the rail/well liquors available ma ...

, an alcoholic beverage ordered with house liquors *

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, an American non-profit organisation *Rail, a line of

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