Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
fjernbaner
English translation:
trunk lines
Added to glossary by
Diarmuid Kennan
Feb 21, 2007 15:22
17 yrs ago
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Danish term
Ireland
Reliable and accurate
Native in: English 
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English
fjernbaner
Danish to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Rail
Banedanmark oplyser at togpassagererne på fjernbanerne oplevede et samlet tidstab på 7,6 mio. timer i 2005
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | trunk lines (or longer distance routes) |
Christine Andersen
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| 4 | remote rails |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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| 3 | passenger traffic other than commuter rail |
Charlesp
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Proposed translations
+1
48 mins
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Danish to English, English
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trunk lines (or longer distance routes)
trunk lines
This sounds a little dated - or perhaps rather large-scale for Danish railways! But if you google, you will find it exists and is analogous to trunk calls (obsolescent for phone calls!) and trunk roads. It sounds like Indian Railways under the Raj to me, but was definitely used after Independence too!
Alternatively, you could say longer distance routes if this suits your target group better.
What is meant of course is the longer distance routes as opposed to commuters and local traffic on 'nærbaner'.
Inter-city routes are more express routes and would exclude some of the smaller and more peripheral stations - 'fjenbaner' is a wider concept.
This sounds a little dated - or perhaps rather large-scale for Danish railways! But if you google, you will find it exists and is analogous to trunk calls (obsolescent for phone calls!) and trunk roads. It sounds like Indian Railways under the Raj to me, but was definitely used after Independence too!
Alternatively, you could say longer distance routes if this suits your target group better.
What is meant of course is the longer distance routes as opposed to commuters and local traffic on 'nærbaner'.
Inter-city routes are more express routes and would exclude some of the smaller and more peripheral stations - 'fjenbaner' is a wider concept.
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39 mins
remote rails
This term was used by BaneDanmark in their April 26, 2004 documents names Railroad Maintenance FAB.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-21 16:40:54 GMT)
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"long-distance rails" can also be used, apparently. After reading further in the document, I found the term "long-dstance rail", but since I don't have the Danish document available, I cannot see if this term is on the same page. The term was hyphenated as "long-distance"
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-02-21 18:58:25 GMT)
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se page 66 in
ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/market/doc/lib2004-en.pdf
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-21 16:40:54 GMT)
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"long-distance rails" can also be used, apparently. After reading further in the document, I found the term "long-dstance rail", but since I don't have the Danish document available, I cannot see if this term is on the same page. The term was hyphenated as "long-distance"
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-02-21 18:58:25 GMT)
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se page 66 in
ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/market/doc/lib2004-en.pdf
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| thanks |
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passenger traffic other than commuter rail
as an alternative.
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| thanks |
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