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double-track

double-track adjective: having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions.

Adjective

double-track (not comparable)

  1. 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.1958 July, P. J. Norris, “The Bexhill West Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 496
    • 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 1880.2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in RAIL, page 82
    Synonyms:
    twin-track
    Antonyms:
    single-track

Verb

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

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

Synonyms of double-track

Antonyms

Forms of double-track

third-person singular presentdouble-tracks
present participledouble-tracking
past participledouble-tracked
pastdouble-tracked

Origin of double-track

From double + track.

Questions about double-track

What does double-track mean?
Double-track means having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions.
What part of speech is double-track?
Double-track can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near double-track in the dictionary

  1. double-tongue
  2. double-tongued
  3. double-tongues
  4. double-tonguing
  5. double-tonguings
  6. double-track
  7. double-tracking
  8. double-tree
  9. double-trees
  10. double-trouble
  11. double-u

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