rail routes
Locomotive travel lines
Rail routes are the paths or lines along which trains travel, connecting stations and destinations.
The term encompasses both the physical tracks and the scheduled services that run on them: We compared rail routes to find the fastest connection to Paris.
Rail routes may be distinguished by type—commuter, freight, high-speed—or by the regions they serve.
- luxury trainsHigh-end rail journeys
- stationFixed stopping point
- trackPath or monitored route
- iron horseSlang for steam engine
- Orient ExpressFamed continental passenger railway
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- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- train infotrain schedules, arrival times, express trains, commuter lines, travel times
- rail transitsubway, metro, tram, train, trains
- historical mapshistorical maps, atlas, ancient maps, atlases, antique maps
transportation mode
rail routeshighways
Major intercity roads
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