by rail

Meaning

by rail

Via a train.
Cotton was increasingly shipped by rail.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail. Marilyn vos Savant

We're going to move a lot of crude (oil) in this country, and we have to learn how to do it very safely. "Buffett: Moving Oil By Rail Safely Is A Major Industry Concern" Investing.com (24 April 2014) Warren Buffett

A big reason why both numbers declined was an eight-day strike by rail workers during the month, a disruption that wreaked havoc with supply chains both in and out of the country. Source: Internet

Consequently, its armies could be transported by rail only as far as the German border and could only use Prussian railways with captured locomotives and rolling stock. Source: Internet

As the rise in natural gas and renewable energy production in the last 20 years caused a sharp downturn in the transport of coal by rail, AAR lobbied heavily against new regulations limiting the train transport of liquified natural gas and crude oil. Source: Internet

Antananarivo is connected to Toamasina, Ambatondrazaka and Antsirabe by rail, and another rail line connects Fianarantsoa to Manakara. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

by rail

Close letter words and terms

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