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heritage railway

heritage railway noun: a railway operating a line with preserved and restored locomotives, trains and infrastructure, and usually providing train services for visitors; in effect a working open-air museum.

Noun

heritage railway (plural heritage railways)

  1. (UK) A railway operating a line with preserved and restored locomotives, trains and infrastructure, and usually providing train services for visitors; in effect a working open-air museum.
    • The heritage railway [Isle of Wight Steam Railway] argued that passenger numbers on both operators would increase, bringing economic benefit to a deprived area of the town [of Ryde].2019 October 23, Rail, page 18

Forms of heritage railway

pluralheritage railways

Questions about heritage railway

What does heritage railway mean?
Heritage railway means a railway operating a line with preserved and restored locomotives, trains and infrastructure, and usually providing train services for visitors; in effect a working open-air museum.
What part of speech is heritage railway?
Heritage railway is a noun.
What is the plural of heritage railway?
The plural of heritage railway is heritage railways.

Words near heritage railway in the dictionary

  1. heritage Americans
  2. heritage interpretation
  3. heritage interpretations
  4. heritage language
  5. heritage languages
  6. heritage railway
  7. heritage railways
  8. heritage river
  9. heritage rivers
  10. heritage speaker
  11. heritage speakers

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