upbound

[uhp-bound]

adjective

traveling or affording passage toward the north or in a direction regarded as up: an upbound freighter; the upbound lane of a highway.

Origin of upbound

First recorded in 1880–85; up- + bound⁴

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The nine forty-five was the upbound train to Cranston, the state capital.
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