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platform loops

platform loops is the plural of platform loop.

Meaning of platform loop

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

Questions about platform loops

What is platform loops the plural of?
Platform loops is the plural of platform loop.

Words near platform loops in the dictionary

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

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