1850 22 Nov. 10/3 A detached house wanted..within a 6d. omnibus or 1s. rail distance from town.
1882 E. FitzGerald 20 Oct. (1889) I. 489 An hour's Rail distance from here.
1910 L. G. McPherson v. 116 A country where the greatest continuous rail distance is less than a thousand miles.
2006 (Nexis) 1 Apr. 174 It cuts the rail distance from the capital to the north of the country by more than 700 km.