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joint line

joint line noun: a railway that is or was owned and operated by more than one company.

Noun

joint line (plural joint lines)

  1. A railway that is or was owned and operated by more than one company.
    • The engine was No. 60920, which was seen passing southbound through Preston and then at about 1.0 p.m. heading its train over the former joint line from Warrington via Helsby to the Chester district; [...]1959 April, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 221
    • One feature of company organisation which nationalisation has swept away is the joint line—the railway owned by two or more companies, and worked by a separate management or maybe by one of the partners.1960 June, R. M. G. Baker, “The Metropolitan & Great Central Joint Line—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 390

Forms of joint line

pluraljoint lines

Questions about joint line

What does joint line mean?
Joint line means a railway that is or was owned and operated by more than one company.
What part of speech is joint line?
Joint line is a noun.
What is the plural of joint line?
The plural of joint line is joint lines.

Words near joint line in the dictionary

  1. joint household
  2. joint households
  3. joint investigation team
  4. joint investigation teams
  5. joint life
  6. joint line
  7. joint lines
  8. joint lives
  9. joint lock
  10. joint locks
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