Sentence examples for lost rail from inspiring English sources

Homegrown manufacturers of products like hacksaw blades and push lawnmowers and ladies' handbags got nudged over the brink, casualties, in part, of the lost rail link.

And in many of those communities -- towns that have lost rail service and bus service and lack high-speed Internet connections -- that symbol of establishment still means what it always has.

As of 1965, Beeching also ensured that Whitby lost its rail link to nearby Scarborough, and was left with only a snail's-pace line to Middlesbrough.

During a visit to Dawlish in Devon, which lost its rail link in last week's storms, Mr Cameron said: "We are in for the long haul but the government will do everything it can to co-ordinate the nation's resources".

Significantly, in these high rail-share countries, rail lost market share every year after the end of World War II, until rail's fortunes reversed, in recent decades.

✒ I see "Sir" Richard Branson wants an apology from the prime minister for losing his rail franchise.

Soon after, the street-level 11th Avenue rail line was rerouted to an elevated viaduct, and the Terminal Stores lost their direct rail connection.

Another gate lost its guiding rail.

Sir Richard Branson's transport empire has suffered a rare reversal after his Virgin Trains business lost the Cross Country rail franchise.

Investors were disappointed after it lost five huge rail bids last year, including the London-to-Scotland East Coast Main Line and the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern deal, the biggest rail contract in Europe.

WHEN Virgin Rail lost its West Coast Main Line franchise in August, Sir Richard Branson, the firm's boss, criticised FirstGroup's winning bid as "insane" and filed a legal challenge.