branch line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A secondary railroad route or one subsidiary to a railroad's mainlines.
  2. A non-through line which joins a mainline (or another branch or secondary line) and ends at a terminus.

Word forms

branch line branch lines
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