rail corridor

Railway passage zone

A rail corridor is a strip of land designated for railroad tracks and associated infrastructure, including the right-of-way, stations, and maintenance facilities.

The term appears in urban planning and transportation policy, where corridors may be preserved for future rail development or converted to other uses: The abandoned rail corridor became a popular bike trail.

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embankments · land acquisition · eminent domain · wildlife crossings · transit line · freight trains · freight line · sleepers · linear park · scenic route · viaducts · trackbed · green corridors · grade crossing · noise barriers · buffer zone · habitat preservation · passenger trains

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transportation mode

rail corridorhighway

Major road for travel

freeway · motorway · shipping lane · sea route · trucking route

land use type

rail corridorgreenway

Conserved trail corridor

nature preserve · wilderness area · undeveloped land · green belt · open space

infrastructure type

rail corridorroad network

Interconnected system of streets

open terrain · undeveloped land · wilderness · green space

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