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block section

block section noun: in railway signalling, a section of track on which, in normal circumstances, only one train is allowed at one time.

Noun

block section (plural block sections)

  1. In railway signalling, a section of track on which, in normal circumstances, only one train is allowed at one time.
    • "Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of...1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232

Forms of block section

pluralblock sections

Questions about block section

What does block section mean?
Block section means in railway signalling, a section of track on which, in normal circumstances, only one train is allowed at one time.
What part of speech is block section?
Block section is a noun.
What is the plural of block section?
The plural of block section is block sections.

Words near block section in the dictionary

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