road-rail vehicle

noun

A vehicle that can be driven along roads to a place where retractable railway wheels can be lowered onto railway track to allow it to be used on the railway, often used for maintenance and construction purposes.

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Meanings

nounroad-rail vehicle (plural road-rail vehicles)

plural road-rail vehicles

  1. rail transportA vehicle that can be driven along roads to a place where retractable railway wheels can be lowered onto railway track to allow it to be used on the railway, often used for maintenance and construction purposes.

    The importance of track workers obeying site rules has been stressed after a man was hospitalised after being hit by a moving road-rail vehicle (RRV) and falling into the 'four foot' between the rails.

    2024 June 26, “Network News: RAIB stresses importance of road-rail vehicle vehicle safety procedures”, in RAIL, number 1012, page 17

    Synonyms: road-railer, RRV

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA vehicle that can be driven along roads to a place where retractable railway wheels can be lowered onto railway track to allow it to be used on the railway, often used for maintenance and construction purposes.

Similar
road-railerRRV
Also see
road-railer
Cite this entry
APA

road-rail vehicle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/road-rail%20vehicle

MLA

“road-rail vehicle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/road-rail%20vehicle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “road-rail vehicle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/road-rail%20vehicle.

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