route mile

English

Noun

route mile (plural route miles) (usually plural)

  1. (rail transport) A mile of track on a route between places.
    • 1952 January, “Notes and News: The Indian Regrouping Scheme”, in Railway Magazine, pages 62-63:
      In June, 1950, therefore, the Railway Board prepared a tentative regrouping scheme, which contemplated the formation of six new railway systems, each serving a specific zone, and consisting of approximately 5,000 to 6,000 route-miles of line, the total mileage being 33,000.
    • 1956 April, H. A. Vallance, “To Oslo via Stavanger”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
      The mountainous nature of Norway has always been a serious obstacle to the development of railways, and although some 2,700 route miles are now open for traffic, several schemes have yet to be completed.

Usage notes

The measurement is for a single track. The route miles of each route can be added together to give a figure for total route miles. This is compared with track miles, which includes parallel tracks (where there are double or multiple tracks), yards, sidings and passing loops.

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