road-rail

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road-rail (not comparable)

  1. Relating to both road(s) and railway(s).
    • 1962 December, “Talking of Trains: More maps”, in Modern Railways, page 362:
      [...] the main road movement is alongside the most heavily occupied sections of railway, so that road-rail competition is inescapable.
  2. Accommodating both road and railway.
    a combined road-rail bridge
    • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49:
      A proposal to construct it as a road/rail bridge was considered but ultimately rejected on the grounds of cost.
  3. Occurring between road and rail.
    • 1959 September, “The Re-appraisal of the B.R. Modernisation Plan”, in Trains Illustrated, page 409:
      Intensive study is being devoted to finding a cheaper and quicker means of road-rail transfer and to improving the payload/tare weight of containers, and there will be more containers of special types.
  4. Of a vehicle, able to be driven on both road and rail, being fitted with retractable railway wheels.
    • 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 40:
      "We have some areas on the Mallaig line where you have no road access at all," Phil explains. "This is where the road-rail vehicles come into their own."

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