According to its schedule, a train leaves A and arrives at B. It does it everyday just like, well, trains should. We've all been there.
Now – what's the most natural word for this scheduled journey? Is it a "route from A to B"? "Route" seems to refer to a line in space… Or should we say "today's travel/journey has been interrupted by a bomb threat"? But aren't they too general? Service, maybe?
The context is as follows: "They ensure that the trains are both loaded and unloaded during/within one ______________ as often as possible."
Best Answer
RUN(S)
How about, "the train [makes] two [runs] from London Paddington to Penzance and back - one in the morning, one in the afternoon".
Run noun plural noun: runs:
Actual example,