Rail or rails may refer to:

Rail transport

Rail transport Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

and related matters * Railway track 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 * ''Rail'' (2024 film), a Tamil-language film

Magazines

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

Other arts

* The Rails, a British folk-rock band * Rail (theater) or batten, a pipe from which lighting, scenery, or curtains are hung

Technology

* Rails framework or Ruby on Rails, a web application framework * Rail system (firearms), a mounting system for firearm attachments * Front engine dragster *Runway alignment indicator lights, a configuration of an approach lighting system *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), a family of birds * Rail (name) * Rail, Missouri, a ghost town in the United States * Rail drink, an alcoholic beverage ordered with house liquors * Rural Appalachian Improvement League, an American non-profit organisation *Rail, a line of cocaine

*Curtain rail, a rail from which curtains are hung *Door rails, a horizontal outside member on a door or in a frame and panel construction * Guard rail, for protective separation * Hand rail, for physical support, such as on stairways and steps * Picatinny rail, a bracket used on some firearms as a mounting platform * Power supply rail or voltage rail, a single voltage provided by a power supply unit * Rail profile, the cross sectional shape of a railway rail * Railing (disambiguation) * Railway (disambiguation) * Railways (disambiguation) * Rayl (disambiguation) * Riding a rail or being "run out of town on a rail" * Third rail, a method of providing electric power to a railway train * * * {{Disambiguation