Double-track
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Double-track is an adjective meaning (rail transport) Having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions.
Meaning
(rail transport) Having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions.
More Meanings
- (rail transport) To provide double track.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- double-tracks
- double-tracking
- double-tracked
Synonyms for double-track
Depending on context, synonyms include twin-track.
Antonyms for double-track
Common opposites include single-track.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include twin-track, four-tracked, multitrack, single-track, double-ended, one-track.
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