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rail terminal

rail terminal noun: a rail-served facility used for the transfer of freight or passengers to or from other modes of transportation.

Noun

rail terminal (plural rail terminals)

  1. A rail-served facility used for the transfer of freight or passengers to or from other modes of transportation.
    • This is a result of a switch from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69

Forms of rail terminal

pluralrail terminals

Questions about rail terminal

What does rail terminal mean?
Rail terminal means a rail-served facility used for the transfer of freight or passengers to or from other modes of transportation.
What part of speech is rail terminal?
Rail terminal is a noun.
What is the plural of rail terminal?
The plural of rail terminal is rail terminals.

Words near rail terminal in the dictionary

  1. rail savers
  2. rail shooter
  3. rail shooters
  4. rail spike
  5. rail spikes
  6. rail terminal
  7. rail terminals
  8. rail tour
  9. rail tours
  10. rail track
  11. rail tracks

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