feeder routes
Connecting minor roads
Feeder routes are smaller transportation lines that channel passengers or traffic into larger, main routes.
In transit systems, a feeder bus brings riders to a subway or rail station.
In aviation, regional flights serve as feeders to major hub airports: The airline operates feeder routes connecting small cities to its Chicago hub.
The term emphasizes the tributary relationship—smaller streams feeding into larger ones.
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- branchDivision or woody limb
- branch lineSecondary railway from trunk
- connectorThing that joins others
- localOf this area
local stop · shuttle · spur · arterial · bus · bus line · commuter · commuter rail · junction · hub · transfer · connecting flight · network · suburban · metro · link · loop · interchange
feeder routesarterial roads
Primary high-volume roadways
interstate highways · expressways · motorways · superhighways · main lines
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