rail depot

collocation in English

meaningsofrailanddepot

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rail
noun
uk
/reɪl/us
/reɪl/
the system of transport that ...
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depot
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdep.əʊ/us
/ˈdiː.poʊ/
a building where supplies or vehicles, especially buses, ...
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(Definition ofrailanddepotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrail depot

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I believe that it is right that there is araildepotper 600 factories in this country as things are at the moment.
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Some of my constituents already have to put up with theraildepot.
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For such a short journey as this it would not be worth sending the cattle by road to an alternativeraildepot.
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I am going further and saying that to bring araildepothandling oil to the island is to add yet a further hazard.
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It may be argued that by itself the proposed rail link andraildepotfor the handling of oil products is not a major fire risk.
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However, output from, and consequently input to, araildepotis intermittent and irregular, and thus continuous pumping of heavy fuel oil to it via a pipeline is not practicable.
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There is a majorraildepot3 km west of the town.
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In 2001, araildepotdating from 1899 was discovered within a warehouse on the site.
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The bank was purposely located next to theraildepot, the source of much of the prosperity it had helped to finance.
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In 1863 araildepotwas built with a roundhouse and a turntable opposite the entrance building, requiring the locomotive shed to be partly demolished.
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It was in operation as araildepotuntil 1974.
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Heaton also has a majorraildepot.
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The village was relocated to this new location - its current location - to be closer to theraildepot and some of the original buildings were relocated to the new site.
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Williamsburg moved down to the newraildepot.
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A popular pastime for city residents was to gather at theraildepoton the edge of town to watch the trains in the mornings and evenings.
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It was common for development companies to locate hotels near rail depots to introduce visitors to new suburbs.
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Cornell employed a common speculation strategy of the day by developing near rail depots.
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