mainline

Example Sentences

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Is there any scope to speed up the delivery of new stations along the south Wales mainline, the first of which aren't projected to get underway until 2029?

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The service has been installed on regional jets and United says it will be on 50% of its mainline fleet by the end of the year and 100% next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

It could have come to life as a lesser kind of Ferrari, a diminished derivative of one of the company’s mainline GT cars, with a turbocharged V8 under the hood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

There had been nothing going out on the West Coast mainline and hardly any announcements, she said.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Of a student body of 5,700, about 400 participate in one of three evangelical student groups—more than the number of active mainline Protestants, the campus chaplain says.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times