freight traffic
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffreightandtraffic
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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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traffic
noun[U]
uk/ˈtræf.ɪk/us/ˈtræf.ɪk/
the number of vehicles moving along roads, or the amount of aircraft, trains, or ships moving along ...
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(Definition offreightandtrafficfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This regime was unable to generate incentives for additional services in the light of rising passenger andfreighttrafficflows.
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Liberalisation and privatisation will improve the ability of rail to attract and retain passenger andfreighttraffic.
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We must add to that the problem offreighttraffic.
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Conversely, it must be economic to have long-distancefreighttrafficsent by rail rather than by road.
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The totalfreighttrafficconveyed on the nationalised inland waterways during 1967 was 7,106,000 tons.
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In any case, high-speed passenger services and much lower-speedfreighttrafficdo not mix.
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It remains policy to encourage the transfer to rail offreighttraffic, which the railways are best suited to handle, by means of grant.
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There must be facilities such as marshalling yards andfreighttrafficcentres to increase the possibilities of long-distance traffic.
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The driving public andfreighttrafficwill move on to them to avoid heavy congestion on existing roads.
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We should do anything we can to take heavy traffic, especiallyfreighttraffic, off the little country lanes.
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The problem is that there is no serious strategy on where international passenger andfreighttrafficshould go.
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The tunnel does not appear to be keen on attractingfreighttraffic.
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For the past 10 years, there has been a prima facie case for reopening the rail link to passengers; it already exists forfreighttraffic.
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Other countries make sure by way of public grants, that a much larger proportion offreighttrafficis taken by rail.
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A rail link will reduce journey times to continental destinations for passenger andfreighttrafficand will enable more frequent services to be made available.
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Only if these cost reductions are achieved will there be enoughfreighttrafficon the railway to contribute significantly to the case for electrification.
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After all, the key function of ports is to transfer passenger orfreighttrafficbetween transport modes.
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Over the past 10 years, a slightly lower volume offreighttraffichas been carried with considerably fewer resources.
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If there were morefreighttraffic, particularly in terms of small-volume, high-price commodities, this could have considerable beneficial effects on local industry.
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It seems to be wholly inconsistent with the need to increasefreighttraffic.
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