road-rail
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
road-rail (not comparable)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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References[edit]
- “road-rail”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.