rail line
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2.8
- noun
- /reɪl laɪn/
- The train travels along the rail line that connects the two cities.
- a new rail line
- subway rail line
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Watch on YouTubeThey have built high speed rate rail lines to get people out of slow trains and into fast trains.
- They have built high speed rate rail lines to get people out of slow trains and into fast trains.
- And, you know, Fred would argue that that we should, we should just forget about all this stuff and just build more, more rail lines, you know, in, in certain places.
- And we found that there were a lot of interface with the fast rail line and with other elements.
Examples
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With the rail lines throughout the South in tatters, it was decided to send them North by steamboat.
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A new east-west rail line will emerge from below ground, connecting with the city's subways, light rail system, and buses.
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I guess the King County light rail line is so new, no one can find it yet.
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The South had no industry or transportation like rail lines, as did the North.
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Original plans for the bridge included a subway rail line connection across the bridge.
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Three of the five new rail lines are about half finished; that's the good news.
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You can see the main rail lines right here and where Tesla's rail lines are being connected.
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After the opening of the first rail line in Japan in 1872, many businesses connected with railway transportation were established.
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Simply electrifying a freight rail line increases capacity by about 15%.
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Engineers are leading the way in planning light rail, bus rapid transit systems, and even high-speed rail lines.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.1
Tracks and other parts that trains run on
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2.5
Two metal rails on the ground that trains run on
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2.1
A set of tracks that trains use to travel between places
How Long
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5.6
10
3.2
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2.8
1
3.9
- Specialized
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7.0
- Specialized
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6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a set of railroad tracks forming a route for trains' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'rail' (relating to railways) with 'line' (a route or linear formation). This noun phrase is a common, literal collocation with clear cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g. 'línea férrea', 'voie ferrée'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should readily understand it.
Etymology
Rail line comes from the simple image of long metal rails laid in a straight line across the ground to carry trains. So rail line today means the tracks and the ground that support them, or 'a route for trains'.