trolley line
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈtrɑːli laɪn/
- US
:
línea de tranvía
- One had recently taken a desk job running a horse-drawn trolley line.
- end of the trolley line
Examples
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Having the program didn't help, and when a hoped-for trolley line from DC to Glen Echo didn't materialize, their development failed.
Blog text (34) -
In June, after the new trolley line had begun running across the bridge to Papula, there were increased numbers of customers who came to stroll around the park and admire the new pavilion.
Fiction book (1992) -
Golden was at the end of the trolley line, and she could make it if she left work early.
Fiction book (1993) -
The trolley line on Broadway?
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While cities had once evolved along trolley lines, they began to change based on automobile travel (Flink, 1988).
Academic text (2012) -
If it was just a matter of $15M to extend trolley lines, plus some money to add signal priority to achieve a better alignment from Broadway, Metro, and ST would have done it.
Blog text (12) -
Association members thwarted an attempt by local businessmen to build a trolley line to Bar Harbor by setting up a rival company that bought the best route but did not develop it.
Academic text (1993) -
He remembered when the trolley line downtown had been buried, tunneling down beneath the city as if crawling through catacombs.
Fiction book (2001) -
The trolley line made it to Glen Echo in 1897, too late for the Baltzley brothers but not too late for subsequent owners, who turned the property into an amusement park in the early 20th century.
Blog text (34) -
The new apartment complex is conveniently located near the trolley line for easy access to the city center.
Synonyms
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2.8
Tracks and the ground they sit on that form a route for trains
3
2.1
A set of tracks that trains use to travel between places
2
3.2
A route where buses or trains run regularly
1
3.4
Rails in a street that trams travel on
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3.3
Rails in a city that trams run on
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3.7
A track that trams run on along city streets
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6.0
A small private train route that connects local towns to main railway lines
A main train route that connects important towns and cities
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward noun–noun composition where 'line' denotes a route or service and 'trolley' names the vehicle; a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer 'a route or tracks for trolleys'. The compositional pattern (e.g., tram line, bus line) is common cross-linguistically, so the meaning is immediately transparent.
Etymology
Trolley line comes from the simple picture of a streetcar, the trolley, running along a fixed line of metal tracks with wires above the street. So, 'trolley line' means the 'route or system of tracks' that trolleys travel on.