railway timen.

Brit.

/ˈreɪlweɪ ˌtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈreɪlˌweɪ ˈtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: railway n., time n.

Etymology: < railway n. + time n. Compare slightly later railroad time n. at railroad n. Compounds 2.

Now chiefly historical.

A standard time adopted throughout a railway system to supersede local time for the purposes of railway operations.

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the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day

time1646

apparent time1694

local timea1703

Greenwich Mean Time1782

sun time1837

GMT1840

railway time1847

railroad time1849

Greenwich time1861

Eastern time1878

Pacific time1880

Universal Time1882

Eastern Standard Time1883

Mountain time1883

British Standard Time1908

daylight saving1908

zone time1908

LMT1909

British Summer Time1916

summertime1916

U.T.1929

B.S.T.1930

EST1935

British Double Summer Time1941

war time1942

B.D.S.T.1943

ephemeris time1950

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xv. 155 There was even railway time observed in clocks, as if the sun itself had given in.

1898 Murray's Handbk. India (ed. 3) p. xvi Railway time throughout India is Madras time... Karachi time is 52 min. behind railway time.

1926 M. Monmarché & F. Muirhead Southern France p. xxvii Railway time in France is West Europe time, which is the same as Greenwich or English time, save for discrepancies arising from the beginning of ‘summer time’ at different dates.

1975 Times 21 June 12/2 From 1840 Greenwich or ‘London’ time began to be used as ‘railway time’ throughout Great Britain.

2001 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 14/1 Bristolians who set their clocks by local time found they kept missing the trains, which ran on London time. As a result, ‘railway time’ and the station clock took over from the clocks on the town hall and the church.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	railway time
释义	railway timen. Brit. /ˈreɪlweɪ ˌtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈreɪlˌweɪ ˈtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: railway n., time n. Etymology: < railway n. + time n. Compare slightly later railroad time n. at railroad n. Compounds 2. Now chiefly historical. A standard time adopted throughout a railway system to supersede local time for the purposes of railway operations. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day time1646 apparent time1694 local timea1703 Greenwich Mean Time1782 sun time1837 GMT1840 railway time1847 railroad time1849 Greenwich time1861 Eastern time1878 Pacific time1880 Universal Time1882 Eastern Standard Time1883 Mountain time1883 British Standard Time1908 daylight saving1908 zone time1908 LMT1909 British Summer Time1916 summertime1916 U.T.1929 B.S.T.1930 EST1935 British Double Summer Time1941 war time1942 B.D.S.T.1943 ephemeris time1950 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xv. 155 There was even railway time observed in clocks, as if the sun itself had given in. 1898 Murray's Handbk. India (ed. 3) p. xvi Railway time throughout India is Madras time... Karachi time is 52 min. behind railway time. 1926 M. Monmarché & F. Muirhead Southern France p. xxvii Railway time in France is West Europe time, which is the same as Greenwich or English time, save for discrepancies arising from the beginning of ‘summer time’ at different dates. 1975 Times 21 June 12/2 From 1840 Greenwich or ‘London’ time began to be used as ‘railway time’ throughout Great Britain. 2001 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 14/1 Bristolians who set their clocks by local time found they kept missing the trains, which ran on London time. As a result, ‘railway time’ and the station clock took over from the clocks on the town hall and the church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
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