light railway
light railway noun: a railway built at a lower cost, with a lighter track and to a lower standard than a main-line railway.
Noun
light railway (plural light railways)
- A railway built at a lower cost, with a lighter track and to a lower standard than a main-line railway.
- Under a Light Railway Order of 1904, the line was extended to Appledore, and opened thence on May 1, 1908, bringing the route length up to a fraction over 7 miles. The whole system was worked under this Order as a light railway, but this caused some friction with the local authorities when, under...1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 459
- Although the line is officially a light railway, it is of standard gauge, and the traffic, particularly during and since the war years, is anything but light.1948 September and October, G. E. C. Webb, “By Light Railway to Fawley”, in Railway Magazine, page 307
Forms of light railway
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Questions about light railway
- What does light railway mean?
- Light railway means a railway built at a lower cost, with a lighter track and to a lower standard than a main-line railway.
- What part of speech is light railway?
- Light railway is a noun.
- What is the plural of light railway?
- The plural of light railway is light railways.
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