curtailment

CEFRB2

/kɚˈteɪlmənt/

noun

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The curtailment of services was announced.
Curtailment was said to be imminent of services on the ex-Caledonian Glasgow-Carlisle main line via Carstairs, also between Glasgow and Lanark and on other ex-C.R. lines in the Glasgow area.
The railways are fully alive to the position, and are sparing neither effort nor expense to provide more attractive trains and to effect economies, but in such circumstances some curtailment of services is inevitable.

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The railways are fully alive to the position, and are sparing neither effort nor expense to provide more attractive trains and to effect economies, but in such circumstances some curtailment of services is inevitable.
1958 May 26, “Railway Difficulties in the U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 296
Curtailment was said to be imminent of services on the ex-Caledonian Glasgow-Carlisle main line via Carstairs, also between Glasgow and Lanark and on other ex-C.R. lines in the Glasgow area.
1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Drastic cuts in Scotland?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 644

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From curtail + -ment.