🚂
Translingual
Description
Symbol
🚂
- (cartography, signage) A heritage railway.
- (signage, transport, Britain, dated) A crossing with no barrier.
Usage notes
- Second sense: in the United Kingdom, the traffic sign of a steam locomotive is being phased out in favour of a depiction of a modern bullet train in order to avoid confusion amongst newer drivers and younger pedestrians.[1]
References
- “Why is this road sign set to be removed from UK roads?”, in RAC, 2022 April 13, retrieved 12 November 2023
| Text style | Emoji style |
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| 🚂︎ | 🚂️ |
| Note: Character's appearance may be different on each system. Text style is forced with ︎ and emoji style with ️ | |
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