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(rail transport) A secondary railroad route or one subsidiary to a railroad's mainlines.

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branch line

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(rail transport) A secondary railroad route or one subsidiary to a railroad's mainlines.

Japanese Meaning

鉄道の主要路線に対して、副次的または枝分かれした路線、つまり支線として用いられる路線

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The old branch line that once connected several mining towns was closed last year.

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かつて複数の鉱山町を結んでいた古い支線は昨年廃止されました。

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(rail transport) A secondary railroad route or one subsidiary to a railroad's mainlines.

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They saddled themselves with the handling of light flows on a multiplicity of branch lines, and they sacrificed the speed, reliability and low cost of through train operation, even over the main arteries of the system.

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branch lines

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