train routes

Locomotive travel schedules

Train routes are the established paths that passenger or freight trains follow between stations or terminals.

The term covers both the physical track layout and the scheduled service pattern: The train route from Chicago to Seattle takes two days.

Route maps show major stops, connections, and travel times.

We're looking at different train routes through the Alps.

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mode of transportation

train routesflight paths

Predetermined aerial travel corridors

air routes · airline routes · airways · shipping lanes · sea routes

fixedness of path

train routesoff-road trails

Unpaved routes through wilderness

free roaming · wandering

infrastructure fixedness

train routesoff-road trails

Unpaved routes through wilderness

open water · trailblazing

Family

line, train, route, railroad, railway

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