trunk line

trunk line

English

Noun

trunk line (plural trunk lines)

1. (rail transport) A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network.
2. The main line of a canal, from which other sections diverge.

Related terms

• main line

Translations

main railway line

Finnish: runkorata Norwegian: Bokmål: stambane m Nynorsk: stambane m or f

See also

• trunkline

References

• “trunk line” (US) / “trunk line” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.