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railway line

 noun
     
railway line
Related topics: Trains, Railways
railway line [countable] British English
1TTT one of the two metal tracks fixed to the ground that trains move along [= railroad track, train track American English]
2TTT a part of the railway system that connects two places [= railroad line American English]
an old disused railway line
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