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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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.branch line - a railway line connected to a trunk line
spur track, spur
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
branch line n (Rail) → linea secondaria


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It rained heavily all the way to Bright River, to which station they had to go, since the branch line train from Carmody did not connect with the boat train.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Formerly one was obliged to travel in India by the old cumbrous methods of going on foot or on horseback, in palanquins or unwieldly coaches; now fast steamboats ply on the Indus and the Ganges, and a great railway, with branch lines joining the main line at many points on its route, traverses the peninsula from Bombay to Calcutta in three days.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
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