artery
noun
an important road, railway, or river
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noun
a railway track between small towns on which small and fairly slow trains run. A track between larger towns, with larger and faster trains, is called a main line.
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one of two metal springs at the front and back of a train and at the end of a railway line that helps to protect the train if it crashes
a train tunnel under the English Channel between England and France
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a passage cut through something such as rock to allow a road or railway to pass through
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the distance between the two metal rails (=tracks) of a railway, or between the wheels of the train
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a place where a road crosses a railway and gates are used to stop cars when a train is coming
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a section of railway track that moves between two sets of track so that a train can cross from one to the other
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a part of something such as a railway or an electrical circuit that goes in a different direction from the main part
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