Meanings
nounrailway line (plural railway lines)
plural railway lines
- UKA railway track; a pair of rails on which a railway train runs.
- UKA group of railway tracks running parallel, allowing one track to be used for each direction (a double-track railway line), or allowing segregation of fast trains from stopping trains (a four-track railway line).
- UKAn organization that runs a railroad.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounline that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鐵路線 /铁路线
- 鐵路線 /铁路线 (tiělùxiàn)stretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Czech železniční trať
- železniční traťstretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Danish jernbanelinje, togforbindelse
- jernbanelinjestretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
- togforbindelsestretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Dutch spoorlijn, spoorweglijn
- spoorlijnstretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
- spoorweglijnstretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Estonian raudteeliin
- raudteeliinstretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Finnish rata, rautatie
- ratastretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
- rautatiestretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
French ligne de chemin de fer, ligne ferroviaire
- ligne de chemin de ferstretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
- ligne ferroviairestretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
German Eisenbahnlinie, Eisenbahnstrecke
- Eisenbahnliniestretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
- Eisenbahnstreckestretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Hungarian vasútvonal
- vasútvonalstretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Italian linea ferroviaria
- linea ferroviariastretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Japanese 鉄道路線
- 鉄道路線 (tetsudō rosen)stretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Korean 철도 노선, 철도 로선
- 철도 노선 (cheoldo noseon)stretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
- 철도 로선 (cheoldo roseon)stretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Norwegian Bokmål jernbanelinje
- jernbanelinjestretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Polish linia kolejowa
- linia kolejowastretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Portuguese trilho, linha do trem
- trilhostretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
- linha do tremstretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
- linha de tremstretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
- linha ferroviáriastretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Russian железнодоро́жная ли́ния
- железнодоро́жная ли́ния (železnodoróžnaja línija)stretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Slovak železničná trať
- železničná traťstretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Swedish järnvägslinje
- järnvägslinjestretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Ukrainian залізни́чна лі́нія
- залізни́чна лі́нія (zaliznýčna línija)stretch of track(s) connecting two points and associated infrastructure — see also railway
Cite this entry
APA
railway line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railway%20line
MLA
“railway line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railway%20line. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “railway line,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railway%20line.
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