What is "feeder line"

n. a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline)

A feeder line is a peripheral route or branch in a network, which connects smaller or more remote nodes with a route or branch carrying heavier traffic. The term is applicable to any system based on a hierarchical network

In telecommunications, a feeder line branches from a main line or trunk line.

In electrical engineering, a feeder line is a type of transmission line. In radio engineering, a feeder connects radio equipment to an antenna, usually open wire (air-insulated wire line) or twin-lead from a shortwave transmitter. In power engineering, a feeder line is part of an electric distribution network, usually a radial circuit of intermediate voltage.

The concept of feeder lines is also important in public transportation. The term is particularly used in US air travel and rail transport. Efficient, high-capacity routes connect important nodes while feeder lines connect these nodes to departure and destination points.

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Feeder line may refer to:

• Feeder line (network), a branch line of a communications or other network
• Feeder line development program, a part of the 1980 Staggers Rail Act that allows the Interstate Commerce Commission (now the Surface Transportation Board) to order sale of a line over which inadequate service is being provided
• Feeder line (manufacturing), a secondary assembly line which provides parts used in a primary assembly line

A feeder line is a secondary assembly line which provides parts for use in a primary assembly line. Researchers assert that the traditional level scheduling methodology of assembly line planning is not effective unless feeder lines provide parts to the primary assembly line.