subway line

collocation in English

meaningsofsubwayandline

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subway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.weɪ/us
/ˈsʌb.weɪ/
mainly US
a railway system in which electric trains travel through tunnels ...
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line
noun
uk
/laɪn/us
/laɪn/
a long, thin mark on the surface ...
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(Definition ofsubwayandlinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Assume now that an incident occurs on thesubwayline; the pieces of knowledge k1 to k4 are (or should be) immediately invoked.
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The firstsubwaylineentered into service in late 2012.
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However, the plan was eventually reworked as asubwayline.
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The newsubwaylinewill actually carry two services.
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Thesubwaylinethen continues under the clinic.
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In 1904, the firstsubwaylinebecame operational.
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The road is served by asubwaylineand many major bus routes.
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It was later used for the construction of the capitals firstsubwayline.
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As a result, asubwaylinewas planned to interface with the existing rail network.
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It opened in 1966 as one of the original stations of thissubwayline.
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The station opened in 1954 as part of the original section ofsubwayline.
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Despite being numbered 13, the line was only the thirdsubwaylineto enter into operation.
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Thesubwaylinewas shut down for five days following the incident.
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He refused to name whichsubwaylinewas the target of the plot.
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Thesubwaylineruns daily between the hours of 4:55 a.m. and 12:35 a.m.
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It was the firstsubwaylineto replace surface routes completely.
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Another plan projected the roadway to be completely underground also for this stretch, on top of thesubwayline.
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In the mid-1950s the trams themselves were abolished and the railway dismantled, being replaced by the modernsubwayline.
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In 1953 a development plan was set up for the area, and buildings and asubwaylinewas built in 1955 - 1957.
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The lotus pond was restored in 1949, although much of it was again accidentally drained in 1968 during work on a newsubwayline.
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Construction of 54.7 km ofsubwaylinewill be completed before 2016 with a total investment of 29.2 billion yuan ($4.3 billion).
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Construction of thesubwaylineis due to start in 2008 and date of completion is estimated to be in 2010.
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Although the honeybee waggle dance may involve some arbitrary symbols, they are combined with non-arbitrary ones, much like thesubwaylinesymbols.
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In a transit-card only transfer station, however, passengers have to exit and re-enter fare zones as they transfer from onesubwaylineto another.
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Some of their early accomplishments include passing the city's first zoning laws, contributing input to the planning of the cityssubwayline, and throughout the city.
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