trunk line

English

Noun

trunk line (plural trunk lines)

(rail transport) a main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network.

Related terms

main line

Translations

main railway line

Finnish: runkorata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stambane m

Nynorsk: stambane m, f

See also

trunkline

References

“trunk line” (US) / “trunk line” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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