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branch line
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branch line
n
(Transport / Railways) Railways a secondary route to a place or places not served by a main line
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Noun1.branch line - a railway line connected to a trunk line
rail line, railway line, line - the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
loop-line - a railway branch line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it later on
Translations
branch line n (Rail) → linea secondaria


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That discrepancy was highlighted recently when the Santa Fe Southern Railway tourist train collided with a car crossing the spur line on Rabbit Road, just south of the city limits.
In turn, the gas goes to a refining facility at the Mubarek gas plant and from there it is exported via the Central Asia-Centre Pipeline, tied in from a spur line linking Mubarek to Dengizkul.
Internal goods and services, such as Diesel Electric's recently purchased nine locomotives, can be handled through the spur line and warehouse.
 
 
 
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