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Branch line
noun
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Noun
- 1 A secondary railroad route or one subsidiary to a railroad's mainlines.
"But the states were generally concerned with the location of trunk lines and left it to cities and counties to worry about branch lines."
- 2 a railway line connected to a trunk line wordnet
- 3 A non-through line which joins a mainline (or another branch or secondary line) and ends at a terminus.
"This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line."
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