"road-rail" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1962 December, “Talking of Trains: More maps”, in Modern Railways, page 362",
          "text": "[...] the main road movement is alongside the most heavily occupied sections of railway, so that road-rail competition is inescapable.",
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        "Relating to both road(s) and railway(s)."
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          "text": "a combined road-rail bridge",
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          "ref": "2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49",
          "text": "A proposal to construct it as a road/rail bridge was considered but ultimately rejected on the grounds of cost.",
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        "Accommodating both road and railway."
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          "ref": "1959 September, “The Re-appraisal of the B.R. Modernisation Plan”, in Trains Illustrated, page 409",
          "text": "Intensive study is being devoted to finding a cheaper and quicker means of road-rail transfer and to improving the payload/tare weight of containers, and there will be more containers of special types.",
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          "ref": "2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 40",
          "text": "\"We have some areas on the Mallaig line where you have no road access at all,\" Phil explains. \"This is where the road-rail vehicles come into their own.\"",
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        "Of a vehicle, able to be driven on both road and rail, being fitted with retractable railway wheels."
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        {
          "ref": "1962 December, “Talking of Trains: More maps”, in Modern Railways, page 362",
          "text": "[...] the main road movement is alongside the most heavily occupied sections of railway, so that road-rail competition is inescapable.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Relating to both road(s) and railway(s)."
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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        {
          "text": "a combined road-rail bridge",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49",
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        }
      ],
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        "Accommodating both road and railway."
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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  "word": "road-rail"
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