double-track

See also: doubletrack and double track

English

Etymology

From double +‎ track.

Adjective

double-track (not comparable)

  1. (rail transport) Having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions.
    Synonym: twin-track
    • 2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in RAIL, page 82:
      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.

Translations

Verb

double-track (third-person singular simple present double-tracks, present participle double-tracking, simple past and past participle double-tracked)

  1. (rail transport) To provide double track.
    • 2023 March 8, “Network News: Midlands presses for rail hub scheme”, in RAIL, number 978, page 14:
      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.

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