Offline
High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Environmental Statement, Glossary, abbreviations and references, published by the Department for Transport in 2022, defines offline as: ‘Not connected or currently in use. Also used in engineering in relation to railways, roads, pipelines etc. to denote a route (or a structure on a route, such as a bridge) away from the original alignment.’
See also: Online.
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