Trackbed

Quick meaning: Trackbed is a noun meaning The layer of gravel or other foundation on which a railway track is laid.

Meaning

The layer of gravel or other foundation on which a railway track is laid.

More Meanings

1. (loosely) The land on which a railway (especially one that has been closed or dismantled) was built; the roadbed for a railroad.

Example Sentences

Holonym: right of way

Just before Bloworth Crossing, you'll walk a short distance along the trackbed of the old mineral railway that connected the ironstone mines at Rosedale with the blast furnaces of Middlesbrough.

The Bicester–Bletchley section is being rebuilt on the alignment of the line that closed to passengers in 1968. Since 2019, the track bed and bridges have been rebuilt, and this work is mostly complete.

The trackbed of the majority of the ten miles from Padstow to Boscarne Junction is still intact and used as a cycle way, although the section where the railway once went through Wadebridge has been lost to development.

Word Forms

• trackbeds
• track-bed
• track bed

Synonyms for trackbed

Depending on context, synonyms include bed, railbed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include roadbed, substructure, tracklaying, subgrade, trackway, ballast.

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