rail line
Locomotive's fixed path
A rail line is a railroad route or the tracks that comprise it.
The term emphasizes the line as a connected path between destinations: The new rail line connects the airport to downtown.
Rail lines may be distinguished by purpose—commuter rail lines, freight rail lines—or by the company operating them.
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- iron horseSlang for steam engine
- trackPath or monitored route
- spurIncentive or heel device
- mainlineChief railway line
scenic route · terminus · last stop · junction · embankment · carriage · dining car · passenger · right-of-way · platform · ticket booth · freight · route · metro · train · conductor · subway · transit
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, power grid, roads, seaports
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, tracks
- transitbus, subway, train, metro, buses
- rail transitsubway, metro, tram, train, trains
rail linehighway
Major road for travel
road · motorway · freeway · airway · interstate
rail lineopen road
Unobstructed route ahead
open sea · open sky · airspace · off-road trail · uncharted waters
line, rail, railroad, railing, railway, monorail, railways, railed, railroaded