Third rail (disambiguation)

Third rail (disambiguation)

Third rail may refer to:

*Third rail, an extra rail used for supplying electricity to trains
*The extra rail on a dual gauge railway
*"Third Rail" (song), a song by Squeeze
*Third rail (metaphor), a political metaphor
*The Third Rail, an online magazine about transportation
*Chicago Aurora and Elgin, an American interurban railway that was powered almost exclusively by a third rail


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