rail line

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Alresford became the centre of the watercress industry in 1865, when the rail line to the Georgian town opened, enabling farmers to get their leaves to market in Covent Garden.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The Southeast Gateway Line, a new 14.5-mile light rail line connecting the A Line to Artesia, will add nine stations serving largely working-class Latino communities across southeast L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

But some think the remaining uncertainty of further closures on this arterial rail line shows the South West is being sidelined.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

One day it might provide an efficient transoceanic option on a smaller scale if the ports on either side are modernized and the rail line is made sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

In the boxcar, Shin befriended a young man of about twenty who said he was headed home to Gilju, a city of sixty-five thousand people on the main rail line to Chongjin.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden