Mainline, ''Main line'', or ''Main Line'' may refer to:

Transportation

Railway

Main line (railway) The main line, or mainline in American English, of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings, and spurs are connected. It generally refers to a route ...

, the principal artery of a railway system * Main line railway preservation, the practice of operating preserved trains on an operational railway network

Asia

;Bangladesh * Main line, MRT Line 2 of

Dhaka Metro Rail The Dhaka Metro Rail () is a rapid transit, mass rapid transit system serving Dhaka (currently from Uttara North to Motijheel), the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is operated by the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL). Toget ...

;India * Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line * Chennai Central–Mysuru main line * Gandhidham–Ahmedabad main line * Howrah–Bardhaman main line * Howrah–Chennai main line, between Chennai and Kolkata * Howrah–Delhi main line * New Delhi–Chennai main line ;Japan * Arashiyama Main Line *

Chichibu Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, owned by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway, linking and , both in Saitama Prefecture. Stations * Rolling stock , the Chichibu Railway operates the following fleet of rolling stock on the line ...

Chikuhō Main Line The is a railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Wakamatsu Station in Kitakyushu with Haruda Station in Chikushino, Fukuoka, Chikushino. Between Orio Station and Haruda Station, as ...

Chūō Main Line The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faste ...

* Eiden Eizan Main Line * Fukushima Rinkai Railway Main Line *

Hakodate Main Line The is a railway line connecting the cities of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Hakodate and Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Asahikawa via Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan. It is one of the trunk lines that is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The Sawa ...

Hankyū Kōbe Main Line The of Hankyu Railway is one of the three major commuter heavy rail lines in the Keihanshin conurbation of Japan. It links the urban centres of Osaka and Kobe by connecting the major stations of Umeda Station, Umeda in Osaka and Sannomiya Stati ...

* Hankyu Kyoto Main Line * Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line * Hanshin Main Line *

Hidaka Main Line The is a railway line in Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), between Tomakomai Station in Tomakomai and Samani Station in Samani, running along the coast of Hidaka Subprefecture. Services on the 116.0 ...

* Hiroden Main Line * Hōhi Main Line *

Hokuriku Main Line The Hokuriku Main Line () is a railway line owned by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Maibara Station in Maibara, Shiga, with Tsuruga Station in Tsuruga, Fukui. The line formerly extended as far as Naoetsu Station in ...

Kagoshima Main Line The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojiko Station, Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it ...

Kansai Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), with the boundary between both compan ...

* Keihan Main Line *

Keikyū Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. The line connects the Tokyo wards of Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Ōta, Tokyo, Ōta, and the Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa municipalities o ...

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* Kisei Main Line * Kyūdai Main Line * Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line * Mizushima Main Line *

Muroran Main Line The is a railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), between Oshamambe Station in Oshamambe, Hokkaido, Oshamambe and Iwamizawa Station in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Iwamizawa, approximately paralleling the coast of Ibu ...

* Nagasaki Main Line *

Nankai Main Line The is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Nankai Kōya Line, Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama, Wa ...

* Nayoro Main Line * Nemuro Main Line *

Nippō Main Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, in southern Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Also known as the Fukuhoku Nippo Line, The line connects Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, K ...

* Ohmi Railway Main Line * Ōigawa Railway Ōigawa Main Line * Osaka Monorail Main Line *

Ōu Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Fukushima Station (Fukushima), Fukushima Station through Akita Station to Aomori Station. Since the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen on July 1, 1 ...

Rumoi Main Line The is a Japanese railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) which connects Fukagawa Station in Fukagawa, Hokkaido, Fukagawa and Ishikari-Numata Station in Numata, Hokkaido, Numata. Following the discontinuation ...

San'in Main Line The is a railway line in western Japan, which connects Kyoto and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the major railway line of the San'in region, approximately paralleling the Japan Sea, crossing Kyot ...

* Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line * San'yō Main Line * Sekihoku Main Line * Senmō Main Line *

Shin'etsu Main Line The is a railway line, consisting of three geographically separated sections, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It was originally one continuous line connecting and via . Since the opening and later extension of ...

* Sōbu Main Line * Sōtetsu Main Line * Sōya Main Line * Takayama Main Line *

Tōhoku Main Line The Tōhoku Main Line () is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Uts ...

Tōkaidō Main Line The Tōkaidō Main Line () is one of the most important railway corridors in Japan, connecting the major cities of Tokyo and Kobe via Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. The line, with termini at Tokyo Station, Tokyo and Kōbe St ...

* Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line * Toyohashi Railroad Azumada Main Line *

Uetsu Main Line The is a railway line in the Tohoku and Chubu regions of Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects Niitsu Station in the city of Niigata, Niigata, Niigata and Akita Station in Akita, Akita, Akita. The name "Uet ...

;Korea * Trans-Korean Main Line ;Pakistan * Karachi–Peshawar Line, also referred to as Main Line 1 ;Philippines *

PNR North Main Line The PNR North Main Line (, simply known as PNR North or Northrail) is one of the two main line (railway), trunk lines of the Philippine National Railways in the island of Luzon, the other being the PNR South Main Line. The line during its maximu ...

PNR South Main Line The PNR South Main Line (, also known as Southrail and formerly the Main Line South) is one of the two trunk lines that form the Philippine National Railways' network in the island of Luzon, Philippines. It was opened in stages between 1916 a ...

;Sri Lanka * Main Line (Sri Lanka) ;Thailand * Chiang Mai Main Line, between Bangkok and Chiang Mai * Ubon Ratchathani Main Line, between Ban Phachi Junction and Ubon Ratchathani ;Turkey * Adana – Mersin Main Line

Europe

* Main Line for Europe ;Finland * Finnish Main Line, between Helsinki and Oulu ;Germany * Baden main line, between Baden and Constance ;Sweden * Northern Main Line, between Gävle or Storvik and Ånge * Southern Main Line, between Malmö and Katrineholm * Western Main Line, between Stockholm and Gothenburg ;United Kingdom *

Brighton Main Line The Brighton Main Line is a railway line in southern England linking London to Brighton. It starts at two termini in the capital, and , and the branches from each meet at , from where the route continues southwards via to the coast. The line ...

Caledonian main line The Caledonian Railway main line in Scotland connected Glasgow and Edinburgh with Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle, via Carstairs and Beattock. It was opened in 1847 by the Caledonian Railway. The approach to Glasgow used railways already built, pr ...

* Chatham Main Line *

Chiltern Main Line The Chiltern Main Line is a railway line which links London () and Birmingham (Birmingham Moor Street railway station, Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill railway station, Snow Hill) on a route via High Wycombe, Bicester, Banbury, Leamington ...

Cornish Main Line The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth, crossing from Cornwall into Devon over the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. It directly serves Truro, St Austell, Bodmin (by ...

East Coast Main Line The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between its northern terminus at and southern terminus at . The key towns and cities of , , , , and are on the line. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Grea ...

* Great Central Main Line *

Great Eastern Main Line The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a major railway line on the British railway system which connects Liverpool Street station in central London with destinations in east London and t ...

Great Western Main Line The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs between London Paddington and . It connects to other main lines such as those from Reading to Penzance and Swindon to Swansea. The GWML is presently a part of t ...

Highland Main Line The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. It is long and runs through the central Scottish Highlands, mainly following the route of the A9 road (Scotland), A9, and linking a series of small towns and villages with Perth, Scotland, ...

* Main Line Preservation Group, an organisation that eventually became the Great Central Railway heritage railway *

Mainline Freight Mainline Freight was a trainload rail freight operator based in Islington, London, England with operations extending to Yorkshire in the north and Somerset in the west. It was formed from part of British Rail's Trainload Freight division as par ...

, a defunct UK railfreight company *

Midland Main Line The Midland Main Line (MML), sometimes also spelt Midland Mainline, is a major Rail transport in Great Britain, railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras railway ...

** Midland Mainline (train operating company), a defunct UK train-operating company * North British Railway Main Line * Penrhyn Main Line class, three narrow-gauge steam locomotives built for the Penrhyn Quarry Railway * South Eastern Main Line * South Humberside Main Line, between Doncaster and Cleethorpes *

South Wales Main Line The South Wales Main Line (), originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain. It diverges from the co ...

* South West Main Line * West Anglia Main Line *

West Coast Main Line The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...

Wessex Main Line The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central. Diverging from this route is the Heart of Wessex Line from Westbury to Weymouth. The Wessex Main Line intersects the Reading to Taunton Line at and ...

North America

;United States * Cape Main Line, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts * IRT Manhattan Main Line, in New York City * Main Line (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad), now the CSX A Line * Main Line (Seaboard Air Line Railroad), now the CSX S Line * Main Line (Columbus to Chicago), a Pennsylvania Railroad line in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois * Main Line (Columbus to Indianapolis via Bradford), a Pennsylvania Railroad line in Ohio *

Main Line (Pennsylvania Railroad) The Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was a rail line in Pennsylvania connecting Philadelphia with Pittsburgh via Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. The rail line was split into two rail lines, and now all of its right-of-way is a cross- ...

, between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *

Main Line (Long Island Rail Road) The Main Line is a Track (rail transport), rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It begins as a two-track line at Long Island City station in Long Island City, Queens, and runs ...

, between Long Island City and Greenport, New York * Main Line (New York to Hoffmans), a nickname for the CSX Hudson Subdivision *

Main Line (NJ Transit) The Main Line (or Erie Main Line) is a commuter rail line owned and operated by New Jersey Transit running from Suffern, New York, Suffern, New York (state), New York to Hoboken, New Jersey, Hoboken, New Jersey, in the United States. It runs da ...

, formerly part of the Erie Railroad, between Hoboken and Suffern, New Jersey * Main Line (Pittsburgh to St. Louis), a Pennsylvania Railroad line between Ohio and Illinois *

Main Line (Reading Company) The Main Line of the Reading Company was a railway line in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The main line (railway), main line ran from Philadelphia to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, following the Schuylkill River. Following the Reading Company's ba ...

, the former Reading main line between Philadelphia and Pottsville, Pennsylvania * Main Line of Mid-America, a nickname of the former Illinois Central Railroad * Main Line Subdivision, owned by CSX Transportation in Kentucky and Tennessee * Main Street Line (MATA Trolley), a streetcar line in Memphis, Tennessee * Metropolitan main line, a former rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois * North Side main line, a rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois * Old Main Line Subdivision, between Relay (outside Baltimore) and Point of Rocks, Maryland *

Park Avenue main line The Park Avenue main line, which consists of the Park Avenue Tunnel and the Park Avenue Viaduct, is a railroad line in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Manhattan, running entirely along Park Avenue. The line carries four ...

, the former New York Central Railroad (now Metro-North Railroad) from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan to Mott Haven Junction in the South Bronx *

Philadelphia Main Line The Philadelphia Main Line, known simply as the Main Line, is an informally delineated historical and Social class in the United States, social region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lying along the former Pennsylvania Railroad's onc ...

Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line The Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by Amtrak in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. This is the only electrified Amtrak line in the United States outside of the main line of the Northeast Corridor. The line ...

, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line now owned by Amtrak * Philadelphia-to-Washington Main Line * RF&P Subdivision, former Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac (RF&P) Main Line * SEPTA Main Line, between West Philadelphia and Lansdale, Pennsylvania * South Side Main Line (Chicago Transit Authority), in Chicago, Illinois * Washington to Atlanta Main Line, owned by Norfolk Southern Railway

Oceania

;Australia * Main Line railway, Queensland * South Line, Tasmania, Australia, also called the Main Line * Tasmanian Main Line Company, a privately-owned railway that existed from 1872 to 1890 ;New Zealand * Canterbury Interior Main Line, a proposed railway on the South Island

Other transport

* Mainline (aeronautics), an airline carrier's non-regional service * Main Line of Public Works, a package of legislation establishing freight transport between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh * A

toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or ''Toll (fee), toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented to help recoup the costs of road construction and ...

system where all vehicles stop at various locations on the highway to pay a toll *

BCN Main Line The BCN Main Line, or Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line is the evolving route of the Birmingham Canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton in England. The name ''Main Line'' was used to distinguish the main Birmingham to Wolverhampton ro ...

(Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line), a canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, England * Ford Mainline, a car model * South Yorkshire Transport, a large bus operator in South Yorkshire, England which was renamed "Mainline" in 1993

Music

* McKenna Mendelson Mainline, a seminal Canadian blues band * "Mainline", a song by KISS on their 1974 album '' Hotter Than Hell'' * "Mainline", a 1979 disco song by Black Ivory * ''Mainline'', a 2014 album by Australian hip-hop collective One Day.

Businesses

* Main Line Broadcasting, a defunct American media company * Main Line Health, a not-for-profit health system in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Mainline Corporation, former Australian construction company * Mainline Railways, a model railway brand now owned by Bachmann

Computing

BitTorrent (software) BitTorrent is a proprietary adware BitTorrent client developed by Bram Cohen and Rainberry, Inc. used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent was the first client written for the protocol. It is often nick ...

, nicknamed ''mainline'' by developers denoting its official origins * Mainline Linux, the Git repository of Linus Torvalds * Trunk or mainline, the primary branch of a software project

Other uses

* Main line, a primary variation in chess * Main line (political) (''Mainlinie''), a historical and political boundary between Northern and Southern Germany, roughly following the River Main * Mainline Drive-In, a drive-in theatre in Gepps Cross, South Australia *

Mainline Protestant The mainline Protestants (sometimes also known as oldline Protestants) are a group of Protestantism in the United States, Protestant denominations in the United States and Protestantism in Canada, Canada largely of the Liberal Christianity, theolo ...

, a group of Christian church denominations * "Mainlining," a slang term for

intravenous drug use Drug injection is a method of introducing a drug into the bloodstream via a hollow hypodermic needle, which is pierced through the skin into the body (usually intravenously, but also at an intramuscular or subcutaneous, location). Intravenous ...

, a collection of suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania