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French to English translations [Non-PRO] Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Railway report | |||||||
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4 | late formation |
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4 | Late formation of trains |
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3 | late composition (of the train) |
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late formation Explanation: We left Euston 5 mins. late, owing to a late formation of the train http://books.google.com/books?id=-mlIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA... |
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Late formation of trains Explanation: As an English speaker I had to look up this term as it was not something I had come across before. Formation of trains means the setup of the train (number and type of carriages). Reference: http://122.252.243.98/ZRTI1/statistics.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1Qw24A... |
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late composition (of the train) Explanation: Hello I would say "train composition" and there are references to back this. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/9yq05/an-empirical-study-of-the-variability-in-the-composition-of-british-freight-trains https://cms.rne.eu/pcs/pcs-documentation/train-composition |
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