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Meaning of railway time | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A standardized time arrangement formerly used by railways to overcome the confusion caused by varying local times at different stations.

historical, uncountable

Examples

“The disparate time zones of Britain were unified under 'railway time' - as Dickens famously observed in Dombey: 'It was if the sun itself had given in.'”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

railway track railway train railway truck railway vehicle railway wagon railway wrapper