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railway time

railway time noun: a standardized time arrangement formerly used by railways to overcome the confusion caused by varying local times at different stations.

Noun

railway time (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A standardized time arrangement formerly used by railways to overcome the confusion caused by varying local times at different stations.
    • The disparate time zones of Britain were unified under 'railway time' - as Dickens famously observed in Dombey: 'It was if the sun itself had given in.'2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 15

Questions about railway time

What does railway time mean?
Railway time means a standardized time arrangement formerly used by railways to overcome the confusion caused by varying local times at different stations.
What part of speech is railway time?
Railway time is a noun.

Words near railway time in the dictionary

  1. railway stamps
  2. railway station
  3. railway stations
  4. railway tie
  5. railway ties
  6. railway time
  7. railway track
  8. railway tracks
  9. railway train
  10. railway trains
  11. railway truck

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