railway network
Interconnected rail lines
A railway network is the interconnected system of train routes, stations, and infrastructure across a region or country.
The term emphasizes how individual lines connect to form a unified whole: The railway network links every major city.
In British usage especially, it refers to the national train system: Delays affected the entire railway network.
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- stationsFixed stops on routes
- platformsElevated flat surfaces
- depotsStations or storehouses
- train schedulesListed departure and arrival times
sidings · tracks · signals · tunnels · locomotive · nationalisation · high-speed rail · junctions · bridges · early railroads · metro systems · steam engines · switches · signal box · passenger services · commuter rail · electrification · transcontinental railways
- networksMAN, PAN, cloud computing, router, Wi-Fi
railway networkroad network
Interconnected system of streets
highway system · air routes · canal network · shipping lanes · sea lanes