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double-track en · ADJ

Etymology

From double + track.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions.
   • The double-track branch curves away southwards at the south end of the station and runs on a banked down gradient gradually losing sight of the main line. 1958 July 14, P. J. Norris, “The Bexhill West Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:
   • Determined to learn from Bouch's mistakes, they conducted a through ^([sic]) survey of the riverbed. Having learned what they needed to know, they submitted plans for a new double-track bridge by the end of 1880. 2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in RAIL, page 82:

Antonyms

single-track

Relateds

double track · double-tracking

Synonyms

twin-track

Translations (5)

ja 複線 (railways: having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions) · pl dwutorowy (railways: having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions) · ga déraonach (railways: having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions) · de zweigleisig (railways: having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions) · da dobbeltsporet (railways: having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions)

double-track en · VERB

Etymology

From double + track.

Meanings

1. To provide double track.
   • Other engineering upgrades include the reinstatement of Platform 4 at Birmingham Snow Hill, partially double-tracking the line between Ledbury and Shelwick, and freight loops between Nuneaton and Leicester. 2023 March 8, “Network News: Midlands presses for rail hub scheme”, in RAIL, number 978, page 14:

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