Main line and Route

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Main line noun - The principal route of a transportation system.

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Route and main line are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Route" instead a noun phrase "Main line".

Route noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Main line and route are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Main line" instead a noun "Route".

Nearby Words: rout, routed, routing, router

The Chuo Main Line takes another route to Nagoya, this one being the Nakasendo, through the rugged, mountainous Japanese Alps of central Honshu.

Source: Useful Notes / Tokyo Train Lines
The Chuo Linear Shinkansen, the world's first maglev line, will open in 2027 between Tokyo and Nagoya, but will take a more southerly route to Kofu than the current Chuo Main Line.

Source: Useful Notes / Tokyo Train Lines
In fact, though the railroad's route followed the old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe itself was only served by a branch line that was built as the main line was being extended towards the Pacific Ocean, and Kansas City displaced Atchison as the eastern terminus in the railroad's early years.

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