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Meaning of "railway line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAILWAY LINE

railway line  [ˈreɪlˌweɪ laɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAILWAY LINE

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determiner
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Railway line is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAILWAY LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Glossary of rail transport terms

Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term railroad and the international term railway is the most obvious difference in rail terminology. There are also others, due to the parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world. Various terms are presented here alphabetically; where a term has multiple names, this is indicated. The note "US" indicates a term peculiar to North America, or "CA" may represent Canada while "UK" refers to terms originating in the British Isles and normally also used in former British colonies outside North America. The abbreviation "UIC" refers to standard terms adopted by the International Union of Railways in its official publications and Thesaurus. Exceptions are noted; terms whose currency is limited to one particular country, region, or railway are also included. ▪ For terminology specific to the types of lines used for passenger trains, see passenger rail terminology. ▪ For terminology specific to Australia, see Glossary of Australian railway terms. ▪ For terminology specific to the United Kingdom, see Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms.

Definition of railway line in the English dictionary

The definition of railway line in the dictionary is a route between two points on a railway. Other definition of railway line is a railway track, including the roadbed, sleepers, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAILWAY LINE


airline
ˈɛəˌlaɪn
align
əˈlaɪn
aline
əˈlaɪn
Caroline
ˈkærəˌlaɪn
dateline
ˈdeɪtˌlaɪn
deadline
ˈdɛdˌlaɪn
decline
dɪˈklaɪn
headline
ˈhɛdˌlaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
Klein
klaɪn
landline
lænd laɪn
ligne
laɪn
line
laɪn
main-line
meɪn laɪn
offline
ˈɒfˌlaɪn
online
ˈɒnˌlaɪn
outline
ˈaʊtˌlaɪn
skyline
ˈskaɪˌlaɪn
timeline
ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn
waterline
ˈwɔːtə laɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAILWAY LINE

railroader
railway
railway bridge
railway carriage
railway crossing
railway engine
railway guide
railway journey
railway network
railway police
railway porter
railway station
railway timetable
railway track
railway worker
railway yard
railwayman
railwaymen
railwoman
railworker

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAILWAY LINE

all along the line
bottom line
cell line
command line
credit line
discipline
dotted line
finish line
front line
hold the line
land line
lay on the line
on line
product line
production line
red line
sign on the dotted line
six-yard line
step out of line
tag line
toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of railway line in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «railway line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAILWAY LINE

Find out the translation of railway line to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of railway line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «railway line» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铁路线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

línea ferroviaria
570 millions of speakers

English

railway line
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेलवे लाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط للسكك الحديدية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

железнодорожная линия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

linha ferroviária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রেল লাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ligne de chemin de fer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

landasan kereta api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eisenbahnlinie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鉄道線路
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jalur sepur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuyến đường sắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரயில்வே கோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेल्वे मार्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tren yolu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

linea ferroviaria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

linia kolejowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

залізнична лінія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linie de cale ferată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σιδηροδρομική γραμμή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spoorlyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

järnvägslinje
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jernbanelinjen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of railway line

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILWAY LINE»

The term «railway line» is regularly used and occupies the 59.794 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of railway line
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILWAY LINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «railway line» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «railway line» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about railway line

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAILWAY LINE»

Discover the use of railway line in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to railway line and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Report of the International American Conference Relative to ...
Northwest Argentine Railway. — Line projeoted from La Madrid, on the Central Northern Railway, to Tncnman. The first section to Santa Ana, 30 miles, wag opened in Jnly, 188S and the whole line was to bo completed in the snmmer of 1889.
‎1890
2
Prospectus for a Direct Railway Line Between New York and Boston
New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company. 5 climbing a fence. On this road it will be possible to run trains between the two cities without making a stop. It will have no grades of more than fifty feet to the mile, and no curves of more than two  ...
New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company, 1886
3
The upgrade of the Belfast to Bangor railway line
Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Audit Office. Figure 2: Departmental Funding of Northern Ireland Railways (Emillion) 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004 -05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 We examined the effectiveness of the ...
Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Audit Office, 2007
4
A railway line to fortune; or, The power of a good name, by ...
Harriet Carson. " Why, the place at the gin-palace, to be sure," replied Jem ; " Mr. Beerhaven wants a boy to attend the tap-room, and he says he thinks I'll do. There's no chance of anything turning up on the line ; and you said the other day it ...
Harriet Carson, 1881
5
Railway Management and Engineering
Railway engineers and managers should therefore be very careful when trying to assess the construction cost of a new railway line. Finally, the distribution of construction cost of a new railway line to the various components of the railway ...
Vassilios A. Profillidis, 2006
6
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
(a) I would like to clarify that the Voi-Taveta Railway line is not specifically included in the national development plan for the Vision 2030. However, plans are underway and consideration to upgrade and modernize the railway line as part of the ...
7
Railway Track Engineering
When a new railway line is planned, soil surveys and exploration must be undertaken according to the Guidelines for Earthwork described later. An effort is made to locate it in such a manner that the amount of material excavated from the  ...
J. S. Mundrey, 2010
8
Poverty Amidst Prosperity: Survey of Slums
Name Distance from Location city-core (in m) I. Kota 3,761.1 Along railway line 2. Ramkund 2,825.3 Near tank 3. Gccta Nngar 3.375.0 Near tank 4. Ashok Nagar 3,339.0 Near tank 5. Ambcdkar Nagar 3,476.0 Along railway line and road 6.
Pushpa Agnihotri, 1994
9
Cost-effective Maintenance of Railway Track: Proceedings of ...
The Orthodox method is a system whereby a maintenance unit (gang) are accommodated alongside the railway line and each gang covers a track length of about 7 km depending on the standard of track and formation conditions. The basic ...
R. A. Vickers, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1992
10
Polish-Slovak Borderland: Transport Accessibility and Tourism
For example, the average speed on railway line 106 Rzeszów – Jasło is 35 km/hr . The functioning railway lines on the Polish side of the borderland include: railway line 190 Bielsko-Biała – Cieszyn, railway line 191 Goleszów – Wisła Głębce, ...
Marek Więckowski, Daniel Michniak, Maria Bednarek-Szczepańska, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAILWAY LINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term railway line is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Edinburgh to Tweedbank on Borders railway line in minutes
Footage shows a journey along the new railway line between Edinburgh and the Scottish ... This footage was filmed from the rear of a train and speeded up. «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Londonderry to Coleraine railway line upgrade to cost additional £6m
Work on the second part of a major upgrade to the railway line between Londonderry and Coleraine is to get under way at the cost of a further £6m. «BBC News, Jun 15»
3
Riders 'hate it': Metra's least-reliable train on its worst-performing line
I hate it," Marchiel said of the BNSF Railway Line Train 1279 to Aurora. "But I have no recourse, I have to take it." For Marchiel and thousands like her, that ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
4
Banbury to Leamington railway line to reopen three weeks ahead of …
The line was expected to remain closed until Easter but Network Rail has today, Wednesday, said passenger services will resume on Friday, March 13 - with ... «Banbury Guardian, Mar 15»
5
Trains hit and kill at least 5 horses after animals find themselves …
Trains have hit and killed at least five horses after the animals found themselves on a railway line near an airport station. Train services between Middlesbrough ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»
6
Dawlish rail line: Closure 'costs economy up to £1.2bn'
The destruction of the main railway line connecting Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the UK could have cost the economy up to £1.2bn in the two months it was ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
7
Welsh rail electrification impact 'will be huge', PM says
A deal to electrify railway lines in the south Wales valleys will have a "huge" impact, the prime minister says. The UK government will fund the upgrade of the ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
8
China to construct new railway line near Arunachal Pradesh
BEIJING: China has approved construction of a new strategically important railway line in Tibet which would come close to the Indian border in Arunachal ... «Times of India, Oct 14»
9
Norwich to London railway line to get £170m of improvements
A railway line across East Anglia is to receive a £170m upgrade to make it "more ... Schofield said the work would "bring the railway into the 21st Century". «BBC News, Oct 14»
10
Dawlish's storm-damaged railway line reopens
The main railway line through Dawlish in Devon has reopened after part of the track was ... The rail track was swept away along with part of the sea wall in early ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»

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