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"ref": "2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 33",
"text": "\"Secondly, we have to find more cost-effective ways of electrifying. And we've had a real breakthrough in the last couple of years in terms of bridge clearances and immunisation, meaning we've been able to take hundreds of millions of pounds off the cost of electrification.",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kosteffektiv"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "omkostningseffektiv"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "profitiga"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "taloudellinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kustannustehokas"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "rentable"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kosteneffizient"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "költséghatékony"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "cost-éifeachtúil"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kostnadseffektiv"
},
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kostnadseffektiv"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "opłacalny"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "lönande"
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"word": "kostnadseffektiv"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kosteffektiv"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "omkostningseffektiv"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "profitiga"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "taloudellinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kustannustehokas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "rentable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kosteneffizient"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "költséghatékony"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "cost-éifeachtúil"
},
{
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kostnadseffektiv"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kostnadseffektiv"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "opłacalny"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "lönande"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "kostnadseffektiv"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "return of benefit justifying an investment",
"word": "lönsam"
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"word": "cost-effective"
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