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branch line

noun

  1. a rail line, directly or indirectly connected with a main line, having its own stations and service.


branch line

noun

  1. railways a secondary route to a place or places not served by a main line
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of branch line1

First recorded in 1840–50
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For the past 18 years, the only direct train you could get from the one-platform halt at Cardiff Bay is down the one-mile branch line to the country's second busiest station, Cardiff Queen Street.

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National Rail said water had risen above the tracks between Clifton Down in Bristol and Severn Beach, meaning trains could not run on the branch line.

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Amtrak does, however, control some of its own rails, and so most travel in the Northeast Corridor — including its popular Acela service between Boston and Washington — and on related branch lines to Albany, N.Y.;

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It said most travel in the Northeast Corridor and on related branch lines to Albany, N.Y.;

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It also said there would be no regional or branch lines operating.

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