freight operation

collocation in English

meaningsoffreightandoperation

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freight
noun[U]
uk
/freɪt/us
/freɪt/
goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting ...
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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition offreightandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffreight operation

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The passing loops are allegedly required forfreightoperation, allowing high-speed trains to pass.
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No longer will the complicated and discouraging process explained at question 61 be a deterrent for railfreightoperation.
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The existingfreightoperationmight be expanded, as might business usage.
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A small increase in the minerals traffic may be expected, but it is in general merchandise that the railways will succeed in theirfreightoperation.
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It is essential in goodfreightoperationto have the possibility of moread hocdropping and picking up than now exists.
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That simply sabotages thefreightoperationwhich we wish to see flourish.
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This is the highest level of efficiency yet produced forfreightoperationin this small and crowded country.
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Is he aware that disruption tofreightoperationthrough the channel tunnel is costing freight operators £500,000 a day?
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If the commuter is being blamed for these massive losses when part of them is caused by thefreightoperationwe must be given the facts.
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The withdrawal of passenger trains would leave the freight customer to meet the full cost of keeping that particular stretch of track open, thereby jeopardising the wholefreightoperation.
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New bypass trackage was constructed around some towns forfreightoperationto partially solve this problem.
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Passenger service ended in 1936, butfreightoperationcontinued.
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It is mainly used forfreightoperationbut also serves more than 23 destinations for passengers (mainly charters).
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Freightoperationusing electric locomotives continued into the 1960s.
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Freightoperationcontinued but was hobbled by tight street running in some towns requiring very sharp radius turns.
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This could be disruptive to automobile traffic as well as create loud noise, thus many towns restricted interurbanfreightoperationto late night to dawn, and even that was discouraged.
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I understand that they have studied both systems and found them to be unsuitable for their rail freight operations.
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We also learned something regarding certain segments of the freight operations, particularly steel carryings and coal carryings.
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It is my belief that at present the concealment of the true costs on the freight operations is working to the detriment of the commuter.
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However, we envisage that the new organisation will assess at a strategic level network capacity, future demand and the balance between passenger and freight operations.
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