rail transport

collocation in English

meaningsofrailandtransport

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rail
noun
uk
/reɪl/us
/reɪl/
the system of transport that ...
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transport
noun
uk
/ˈtræn.spɔːt/us
/ˈtræn.spɔːrt/
the movement of people or goods from one place ...
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(Definition ofrailandtransportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrail transport

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While it is not representative of policy in general, competition rules apply to such diverse sectors as telecommunications,railtransport, or food retailing.
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In mining,railtransport, and manufacturing apart from textile and chemical production, labor already had achieved union organization of between 80 and 100 percent of the workforce.
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Energy use by the transport sector refers to the energy used by air, road andrailtransport.
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In an ideal, pollution-free world,railtransportwould go everywhere.
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Therailtransportof coal has been reorganised in several ways during the war.
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That figure sounds rather low forrailtransport, but it is not the right figure and it is deliberately misleading.
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There is, as he has so well illustrated, no coordination between road andrailtransport.
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That issue does not relate only torailtransport, but it is relevant to it.
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I also suggest that fair competition between road andrailtransportcould best be obtained by payment of transit dues on international road transport.
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Therefore, the ground is cleared for genuine, economic competition between road transport andrailtransport.
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We ought to stop thinking ofrailtransport, road transport and inland water-days transport.
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Then there are the great problems ofrailtransport.
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Although we are having only a short debate onrailtransporttoday, great interest in it is again developing in the country.
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All those are reasons for requiringrailtransport.
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Occupations in which vacancies are available are mainly engineering, road andrailtransportand coal mining.
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These responsibilities include the provision and regulation of rail services andrailtransportsecurity, with the exceptions set out.
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They do not believe in co-ordinating road andrailtransport.
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In particular the boost torailtransportis to be warmly welcomed.
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The use of buses is becoming even more important in relation torailtransport.
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