overhead line

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overhead line (plural overhead lines)

  1. A wire or cable, suspended between poles or by a catenary, used to provide trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity.
    Synonym: overhead power line
    • 2025 May 1, Gavin Blair, “Snake on a train line: Japan’s busiest bullet train route brought to a halt”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      The outage happened at 5.25pm between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima stations, after the snake appeared to have climbed an electricity pole, meeting its demise as it attempted to slither along the overhead line. Power was not restored until after 7pm.

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