# Road & Rail Advanced

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- Theme: Travel & Transportation
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Road and rail vocabulary for transport engineering, including a toll, an interchange and mass transit, plus light rail, a monorail and a level crossing.

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## Word list

* **toll** /toʊl/: Money you must pay in order to use a particular road, bridge or tunnel. — “You pay a small **toll** to cross the bridge.”
* **puncture** /ˈpʌŋktʃər/: A small hole in a tyre that lets the air escape and leaves it flat. — “I got a **puncture** on the way home and had no spare.”
* **roadworthy**: In good enough condition to be driven safely and legally. — “The old van was no longer **roadworthy**.”
* **tailback**: A long queue of traffic caused by an obstruction ahead. — “There was a three-mile **tailback** after the accident.”
* **roadside assistance**: Help sent to drivers whose vehicle has broken down away from home. — “We called **roadside assistance** when the car wouldn't start.”
* **hazard lights**: Flashing signals used to warn other drivers of danger or a problem. — “He turned on his **hazard lights** after the breakdown.”
* **congestion charge**: A payment some cities require drivers to make for entering busy areas by car. — “Drivers must pay the **congestion charge** to enter the city centre.”
* **defensive driving**: A cautious approach to controlling a vehicle, always expecting possible dangers ahead. — “The course teaches **defensive driving** to new employees.”
* **aquaplane**: When a car's tyres lose contact with a wet road and slide uncontrollably. — “The car began to **aquaplane** in the heavy rain.”
* **verge** /vɜrdʒ/: The narrow strip of grass at the edge of a road. — “He pulled over onto the **verge** to check the map.”
* **cable car**: A vehicle that hangs from a thick steel wire and takes people up a mountain or across a valley. — “The **cable car** takes eight minutes to reach the top.”
* **interchange** /ˌɪntərˈtʃeɪndʒ/: A large station where several routes meet and passengers change between them. — “Get off at the **interchange** and take the northbound line.”
* **mass transit**: Public transport systems designed to move large numbers of people, like subways and buses. — “The city invested heavily in **mass transit**.”
* **light rail**: A type of urban train system that is smaller-scale than a full underground or national network. — “The new **light rail** line connects the airport to downtown.”
* **monorail** /ˈmɑnərˌeɪl/: A raised urban train system that runs along a single elevated track. — “Visitors can ride the **monorail** across the theme park.”
* **multimodal**: Involving more than one type of transport in a single journey. — “The new hub allows **multimodal** journeys between train, bus and bike.”
* **decongest**: To reduce crowding or traffic in a place. — “The new line was built to **decongest** the busy city centre.”
* **patronage** /ˈpætrənɪdʒ/: The number of customers who use a service regularly. — “Bus **patronage** fell sharply during the pandemic.”
* **accessibility** /ˌæksɛsəˈbɪlɪti/: The quality of being easy to reach, enter or use, especially for disabled people. — “The council promised to improve station **accessibility**.”
* **throughput** /ˈθruˌpʊt/: The amount of people or things a system can carry or process in a given time. — “The new gates increased passenger **throughput** at rush hour.”
* **level crossing**: The place where a road goes straight across a railway, with barriers that close when a train approaches. — “The barriers at the **level crossing** stay down for ages.”
* **derail** /dɪˈreɪl/: To come off the metal lines that a train runs along, usually causing a crash. — “Heavy flooding caused the last carriage to **derail** near the bridge.”

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