Rail directions, the Glossary
Rail directions are used to describe train directions on rail systems.[1]
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64 relations: Adelaide, Beijing railway station, Beijing West railway station, Belfast, Borders Railway, Brisbane, Cardiff, Cardinal direction, Central line (London Underground), Central station (MTR), Centre (geometry), Chicago "L", Circle line (London Underground), Circle route, City Circle, Commuter rail, CrossCountry, Derby, Disneyland Resort line, Dublin, East Coast Main Line, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Waverley railway station, Exeter St Davids railway station, Facebook, Flying Scotsman (railway service), Homophone, Japan Railways Group, Left- and right-hand traffic, Lhasa railway station, London, London King's Cross railway station, London Underground, Ma On Shan line, Manhattan, Melbourne, Midland Railway, Milestone, New South Wales, New York City, New York City Subway, NI Railways, Night Riviera, Osaka Loop Line, Passing loop, Points of the compass, Port Augusta, Queensland, Rapid transit, Scotland, ... Expand index (14 more) »
Adelaide
Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.
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Beijing railway station
Beijing railway station, or simply Beijing station, is a passenger railway station in Dongcheng District, Beijing.
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Beijing West railway station
Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station, colloquially referred to as West Station, is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District.
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Belfast
Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.
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Borders Railway
The Borders Railway connects the city of Edinburgh with Galashiels and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders.
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Brisbane
Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.
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Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.
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Cardinal direction
The four cardinal directions, or cardinal points, are the four main compass directions: north, south, east, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, S, E, and W respectively.
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Central line (London Underground)
The Central line is a London Underground line that runs through central London, from, Essex, in the north-east to and in west London.
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Central station (MTR)
Central is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island.
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Centre (geometry)
In geometry, a centre (British English) or center (American English) of an object is a point in some sense in the middle of the object.
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Chicago "L"
The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.
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Circle line (London Underground)
The Circle line is a spiral-shaped London Underground line, running from Hammersmith in the west to Edgware Road and then looping around central London back to Edgware Road.
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Circle route
A circle route (also circumference, loop, ring route, ring line or orbital line) is a public transport route following a path approximating a circle or at least a closed curve.
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City Circle
The City Circle is a mostly-underground railway line located in the Sydney central business district and Haymarket, in New South Wales, Australia, that forms the core of Sydney's passenger rail network.
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Commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.
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CrossCountry
CrossCountry (legal name XC Trains Limited) is a British train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains, operating the current CrossCountry franchise.
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Derby
Derby is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England.
Disneyland Resort line
The Disneyland Resort line is a commuter rail line connecting Sunny Bay to the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, coloured pink on the network diagram.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.
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East Coast Main Line
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between its northern terminus at and southern terminus at London King's Cross station.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
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Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Edinburgh Waverley (also known simply as Edinburgh; Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Exeter St Davids railway station
Exeter St Davids railway station is the principal and largest railway station in Exeter, also the busiest station in Devon.
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Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.
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Flying Scotsman (railway service)
The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that operates between Edinburgh and London, the capitals respectively of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line.
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Homophone
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning.
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Japan Railways Group
The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the or simply JR, is a group of railway companies in Japan that underwent division and privatization (see also the article about the reform on the Japanese Wikipedia) of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
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Left- and right-hand traffic
Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the right side of the road, respectively.
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Lhasa railway station
Lhasa railway station is a railway station in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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London King's Cross railway station
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.
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London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
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Ma On Shan line
The Ma On Shan line was a rapid transit line that formed part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong.
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Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
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Melbourne
Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.
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Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844.
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Milestone
A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary.
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New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.
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NI Railways
NI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways (NIR; Iarnród Thuaisceart Éireann; and for a brief period Ulster Transport Railways; UTR), is the railway operator in Northern Ireland.
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Night Riviera
The Night Riviera is a sleeper train operated by Great Western Railway (GWR).
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Osaka Loop Line
The is a railway loop line in Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
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Passing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.
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Points of the compass
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography.
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Port Augusta
Port Augusta (Goordnada in the revived indigenous Barngarla language) is a small coastal city in South Australia about by road from the state capital, Adelaide.
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Queensland
Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.
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Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Single-track railway
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track.
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South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.
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Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.
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Sydney Trains
Sydney Trains is the operator and brand name of the principal train network serving the Greater Sydney metropolitan area in New South Wales, Australia.
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Tokyo
Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.
Tuen Ma line
The Tuen Ma line is a rapid transit line that forms part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong.
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Tung Chung line
The Tung Chung line is one of the ten lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong, linking the town of Tung Chung with central Hong Kong.
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Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes
Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes (Llwybrau Lleol y Cymoedd a Chaerdydd) (formerly Valley Lines) is the network of passenger suburban railway services radiating from Cardiff, Wales.
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Victoria (state)
Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.
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Washington Metro
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States.
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West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh.
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West Rail line
The West Rail line was a rapid transit line that formed part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong until 27 June 2021.
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Wu Kai Sha station
Wu Kai Sha is the northeastern terminus of the of the MTR rail transit system in Hong Kong.
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Yamanote Line
The Yamanote Line (Yamanote-sen) is a loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_directions
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