lineside

English

Etymology

From line +‎ -side.

Adjective

lineside (not comparable)

1. (rail transport) Alongside a railway line.

   Synonym: trackside

   lineside signalling

   • 1944 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: XXI—Driver H. Blunt, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 226:

     Having completed their task, Fireman Page telephoned from a lineside box to the next signal cabin, briefly reported the incident and said that, as no high explosive had dropped and the track was safe, they proposed proceeding "at caution".

Hypernyms

• side

Noun

lineside (plural linesides)

1. (rail transport) The area that borders a railway line.

   Synonym: trackside

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, pages 67–68:

     My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned. Evidence of the volte-face can be seen along the line at places such as Radley, where mast piles are already sunk or lie discarded at the lineside.

References

• “lineside”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• side-line, Seidelin, side line, disilene, sideline