A branch line is a minor line running off the main route. Ride the branch line.
Most of Britain's were closed in the 1960s and are now footpaths and cycle tracks. A branch line is judged on passengers and misses everything else it does for a place.
1nounbranch lineA minor line running off the main route.
“The branch line ran four times a day and stopped in 1964.”
branch line is a line.
Practised in Railways