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(rail transport) 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.
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.
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.
Use double-track when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Double-track means (rail transport) Having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions..
Common synonyms include twin-track.
Possible antonyms include single-track.
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.
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