heavy rail
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (rail transport) A term generally applied to main-line railways, but this varies from country to country. It has no relation to the weight of the rails used.
- 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
- This section of line is a rarity, with heavy rail passenger and freight services sharing tracks with the Tyne and Wear Metro as far as Pelaw, where the Metro services run onto dedicated tracks.
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Further reading[edit]
- heavy rail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia