commuter line
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommuterandline
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commuter
noun[C]
uk/kəˈmjuː.tər/us/kəˈmjuː.t̬ɚ/
someone who regularly travels between work ...
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line
noun
uk/laɪn/us/laɪn/
a long, thin mark on the surface ...
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(Definition ofcommuterandlinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is an extremely busycommuterline; literally thousands of people travel on it each day.
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I urge the use of at least onecommuterlinefor experimental purposes in the improvement of communications.
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This may be how thecommuterlinecostings are done.
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The line is an earlycommuterlinerunning through many suburban stations.
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Originally running through rural land, the line is now surrounded by suburbs and has developed into a suburbancommuterline.
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A lightly used line might have blocks many kilometres long, but a busycommuterlinemight have blocks a few hundred metres long.
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That is a matter not just of price, but of reliability and of providing reasonably clean carriages on commuter lines.
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The position on commuter lines out in the provinces is very different.
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The income repercussions of a marked change in the pattern of commuting will be considerable unless freight is carried on commuter lines.
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Secondly, in my view, all commuter lines ought in any event to be considered as being in a quite different category from the others.
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But we could run the inter-city and commuter lines without such a large subsidy if we considered the future of the country lines.
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Even if priced competitively, these commuter lines whether public or private would be profitable.
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Nowhere is this clearer than in my own area, where two heavily used commuter lines run parallel to two inadequate trunk roads.
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We rely upon generalisations such as the claim that all commuter lines make losses and need heavy subsidies.
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We must ask whether it is inevitable that commuter lines make losses.
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There are serious losses on the commuter lines, because they are used fully only for a short period of the day.
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I have already described how, through the franchising authority or the regulator, controls will continue on commuter lines.
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The line is one of the most heavily-used commuter lines in the country.
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Again, on the vexed question of investment, there are problems not only on commuter lines but on main lines.
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Another thing to remember is that cities which are already congested will grind to a halt unless we keep the commuter lines going.
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