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four-tracking

four-tracking noun: provision of four running lines on a stretch of railway track, usually two in each direction.

Noun

four-tracking (uncountable)

  1. Provision of four running lines on a stretch of railway track, usually two in each direction.
    • Arlesey: Demolition of Three Counties station in connection with four-tracking through Arlesey.1960 June, “Talking of trains: Sunday on the G.N. line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 322
    • DfT said the £589m that has been released will be used on design and enabling works for TRU. This includes partial electrification, a new through platform at Huddersfield, and around eight miles of extra four-tracking.2020 August 12, “Network News: Release of £589 million kick-starts Trans-Pennine Route upgrade”, in Rail, page 9

Questions about four-tracking

What does four-tracking mean?
Four-tracking means provision of four running lines on a stretch of railway track, usually two in each direction.
What part of speech is four-tracking?
Four-tracking is a noun.

Words near four-tracking in the dictionary

  1. four-to-the-floor
  2. four-top
  3. four-tops
  4. four-track
  5. four-tracked
  6. four-tracking
  7. four-twenty
  8. four-vector
  9. four-vectors
  10. four-velocities
  11. four-velocity

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