rail lines

Locomotive travel paths

Rail lines are the tracks and routes along which trains travel, or the railway systems that operate them.

The term covers both physical infrastructure—the steel rails, ties, and roadbed—and the services running on them: Several rail lines connect the suburbs to downtown, The old rail lines have been converted to hiking trails.

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mainline · station · carriage · depot · train · signal box · sleeper · locomotive · steam engine · right-of-way · cross country · trolley · freight routes · passenger · freight train · caboose · conductor · subway

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transportation mode

rail lineshighways

Major intercity roads

roads · airways · sea lanes · shipping lanes · air routes

mobility/flexibility

rail lineshighways

Major intercity roads

off-road trails · cross-country routes · wilderness trails

Family

line, rail, railroad, railing, railway, monorail, railcar, railed, railroaded

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G