MAINLINE

Main Line

The Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It begins in Long Island City and runs along the middle of Long Island about 95 miles to Greenport. A mile east of Long Island City the four tracks of the East River Tunnels join the two tracks from Long Island City; most Main Line trains use those tunnels rather than running to or from Long Island City.

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Mainline

A mainline flight is a flight operated by an airline's main operating unit, rather than by regional alliances, regional code-shares or regional subsidiaries. In the USA, examples of mainline passenger airline flights include those operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and US Airways but it would not include flights operated by regional airlines American Eagle Airlines, Executive Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, or PSA Airlines with Regional jets or the services of mainline "non-airline" regional airline marketing brands such as AmericanConnection, Delta Connection, United Express, or US Airways Express aboard lower-capacity ...

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Main line

The main line or mainline of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings and spurs are connected.

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main line

Noun

  1. The principal route or line of a railway.
  2. In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
  3. A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.


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mainline

Verb

  1. To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.

Adjective

  1. normal, principal or standard.
  2. Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway
  3. Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.


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