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"ref": "1987, William H. Rehnquist, The Supreme Court",
"text": "But the states were generally concerned with the location of trunk lines and left it to cities and counties to worry about branch lines.",
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"A secondary railroad route or one subsidiary to a railroad's mainlines."
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"ref": "1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 377",
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"ref": "2023 February 8, Christian Wolmar, “Pressing issues to help Eurostar fulfil its ambitions”, in RAIL, number 976, page 39",
"text": "Above all, Eurostar needs to be proactive in improving the service, reducing fares, and getting back to a post-COVID normal, despite Brexit. Or is it that SNCF just feels London is on a branch line from the rest of Europe, and not worth bothering about?",
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"A non-through line which joins a mainline (or another branch or secondary line) and ends at a terminus."
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"(rail transport) A non-through line which joins a mainline (or another branch or secondary line) and ends at a terminus."
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"sense": "non-through line",
"word": "sivurata"
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"word": "ramal"
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"(rail transport) A secondary railroad route or one subsidiary to a railroad's mainlines."
],
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"transport"
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},
{
"ref": "2023 February 8, Christian Wolmar, “Pressing issues to help Eurostar fulfil its ambitions”, in RAIL, number 976, page 39",
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"(rail transport) A non-through line which joins a mainline (or another branch or secondary line) and ends at a terminus."
],
"topics": [
"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
]
}
],
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"sense": "non-through line",
"word": "sivurata"
},
{
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"sense": "non-through line",
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"word": "embranchement"
},
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"sense": "non-through line",
"word": "vetka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "non-through line",
"word": "pekanga"
},
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"sense": "non-through line",
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"word": "sidebane"
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"sense": "non-through line",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "sidelinje"
},
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"sense": "non-through line",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "sidebane"
},
{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "non-through line",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "sidelinje"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "non-through line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ramal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "non-through line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ramal ferroviario"
}
],
"word": "branch line"
}
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