Before revision: Lines and routes Continental European and Scandinavian transport network analysts and planners have long had a professional practice of using the following terminology (in their own languages) to draw a distinction between: a line – "an operational element of [a] public transport system"; and a route – as in "the route that [a] bus or rail vehicle follows through the city".
After revision: namelyLines and routes Continental European and Scandinavian transport network analysts and planners have long had a professional practice of using the following terminology (in their own languages) to draw a distinction between: a line – "an operational element of [a] public transport system"; and a route – as in "the route that [a] bus or rail vehicle follows through the city".