embankment
Example Sentences
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"We've planned these works carefully so that several essential upgrades, from tunnel repairs to platform extension work and embankment maintenance, can be delivered in one closure period."
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"The local landscape includes the M4 corridor and railway lines in cuttings and embankments," he said.
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The force of the crash pushed the carriages of the second train into an embankment, according to the transport minister.
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The force of the crash pushed the carriages of the second train into an embankment, according to Transport Minister Óscar Puente.
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It then collided with an oncoming train travelling from south Madrid to Huelva, which was forced into an embankment running alongside the track, Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente said on Sunday.
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