railhead
IPA: rˈeɪɫhɛd
noun
- (rail transport) A point on a railway system where goods (or passengers) are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport.
- The furthest point on a railroad/railway under construction to which rails have been laid.
- (rail transport) The top surface (head) of a rail.
- (military) An area of hostile territory at the end of a rail line that, when captured, serves for the continuous movement into position of further troops and materiel.
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Examples of "railhead" in Sentences
- Meghalaya does not have any railhead.
- There is a railhead at the port of Chipoka.
- Tinsukia is also a major railhead of Assam.
- By analogy with beachhead, bridgehead, railhead.
- Other ferries serve non railhead ports on the lake.
- The town is the railhead for the line to the capital.
- Douglas, also a railhead, survives to the present day.
- The lack of a railhead doomed Bessemer in favor of Casper.
- The station was also the railhead for the town of Salcombe.
- Constantine is the railhead of a prosperous and diverse agricultural area.