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noun bar ADJ. guard, safety | curtain, picture, towel heated towel rails | altar, balcony, banister VERB + RAIL grip, hold on to, lean on She held tightly on to the rail. | hang from Lace curtains hung from the brass rails over the bed. | fit, fix PREP. on a/the ~ She sat on the rail. | over a/the ~ He folded the towel over the rail. (usually rails) tracks VERB + RAIL run along/on ~ Trams run alog rails. PREP. along (the) ~s The train thundered along the rails. | between the ~ Weeds grew between the rails. | off the ~s The train came off the rails. | on (the) ~s The gun is mounted on rails. railway system RAIL + NOUN fare, ticket | network modernizing the rail network | route | timetable | service | connection, line, link the Channel Tunnel rail link | journey | commuter, passenger, traveller, user | transport, travel | traffic | freight | bridge | accident, crash, disaster | employee, staff, worker | union | enthusiast PREP. by ~ We went from London to Budapest by rail.
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rail
rail + NOUN
the rail network/system
(= the system of railway lines in a country )
• The government has spent £2 billion on improving the country's rail network.
a rail service
• People want a safe, reliable rail service.
a rail ticket
• a first-class rail ticket
a rail fare
• Rail fares are to increase by up to 9.4%.
rail travel
• They had introduced measures to make rail travel safer.
a rail passenger
• Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.
a rail crash
• Police have named four more victims of the Selby rail crash.
a rail link
(= that makes train travel between two places possible )
• He proposed building a high-speed rail link between the two airports.
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