branch line

branch line ExamplesWord Origin noun

a rail line, directly or indirectly connected with a main line, having its own stations and service.

Origin of branch line First recorded in 1840–50 Examples from the Web for branch line Historical Examples of branch line

Maids, courier, and heavier luggage had been sent on earlier by the branch-line.

E. M. Forster

I got to some little junction at last where I had to wait an hour for a branch-line train.

Herbert George Wells

He was still tied and blindfolded, and I hope to be buried alive in a branch-line town if he wasn’t getting bored.

George Fitch

Branch-line service in every part of the land has been a neglected feature of railroad opportunity—as we shall see in due course.

Edward Hungerford

For branch-line passenger service is closely related to this last phase of automobile competition.

Edward Hungerford

British Dictionary definitions for branch line branch line noun