railroad line
Noun
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Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight (synset 104055680)
is a type of: line - a commercial organization serving as a common carriersubtypes:
- cable railway, funicular, funicular railway - a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
- cog railway, rack railway - railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction
- el, elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway - a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
- metro, subway, subway system, tube, underground - an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- monorail - a railway having a single track
- rail - short for railway
- scenic railway - small railway in an amusement park
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