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platform loop

platform loop noun: a short stretch of railway line at a railway station which leaves a through line to serve a platform, before rejoining the through line beyond the station.

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Noun

platform loop (plural platform loops)

  1. A short stretch of railway line at a railway station which leaves a through line to serve a platform, before rejoining the through line beyond the station.
    • Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Paddock Wood, Headcorn and Ashford stations have platform loops and there is a short four-track section between Cheriton and Folkestone Central.1962 August, G. M. Kichenside, “Resignalling for the Kent Coast electrification—Phase II”, in Modern Railways, page 110

Forms of platform loop

pluralplatform loops

Questions about platform loop

What does platform loop mean?
Platform loop means a short stretch of railway line at a railway station which leaves a through line to serve a platform, before rejoining the through line beyond the station.
What part of speech is platform loop?
Platform loop is a noun.
What is the plural of platform loop?
The plural of platform loop is platform loops.

Words near platform loop in the dictionary

  1. platform edge door
  2. platform edge doors
  3. platform edges
  4. platform game
  5. platform games
  6. platform loop
  7. platform loops
  8. platform rocker
  9. platform rockers
  10. platform scale
  11. platform scales

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