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scissors crossover en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling the letter X, permitting travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks.
   • Here the line is joined by the Colne Valley branch, and both tracks are carried into Haverhill station upon a high embankment from which the town can be seen on the south side. The twin tracks, after traversing a scissors crossover, become the down and up roads through the station, which possesses an extensive goods yard. 1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619:
   • Included in the new layout are four new scissors crossovers. 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Liverpool Street layout remodelled”, in Modern Railways, page 222:

Forms

Hypernyms

double crossover

Synonyms

diamond crossover · scissors crossing · scissor crossover