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===Adjective=== |
===Adjective=== |
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# Relating to both road(s) and railway(s). |
# Relating to both road(s) and railway(s). |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1962|month=December|title=Talking of Trains: More maps|journal=Modern Railways|page=362|text=[...] the main road movement is alongside the most heavily occupied sections of railway, so that '''road-rail''' competition is inescapable.}} |
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1962|month=December|title=Talking of Trains: More maps|journal=Modern Railways|page=362|text=[...] the main road movement is alongside the most heavily occupied sections of railway, so that '''road-rail''' competition is inescapable.}} |
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# Accommodating both road and railway. |
# Accommodating both road and railway. |
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#: {{ux|en|a '''road-rail''' bridge}} |
#: {{ux|en|a combined '''road-rail''' bridge}} |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2021 October 20|author=Paul Stephen|title=Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line|journal=RAIL|issue=942|page=49|text=A proposal to construct it as a '''road/rail''' bridge was considered but ultimately rejected on the grounds of cost.}} |
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# Occurring between road and rail. |
# Occurring between road and rail. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1959|month=September|title=The Re-appraisal of the B.R. Modernisation Plan|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=409|text=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.}} |
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1959|month=September|title=The Re-appraisal of the B.R. Modernisation Plan|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=409|text=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.}} |
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# Of a vehicle, able to be driven on both road and rail, being fitted with retractable railway wheels. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2023 November 29|author=Paul Clifton|title=West is best in the Highlands|journal=RAIL|issue=997|page=40|text="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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====Derived terms==== |
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* {{l|en|road-railer}} |
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* {{l|en|road-rail vehicle}} |
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===References=== |
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Latest revision as of 16:34, 2 July 2024
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."
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “road-rail”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.