resignalling

resignalling is the present participle and gerund of resignal.

Meaning of resignal

resignal (third-person singular simple present resignals, present participle (US) resignaling or (UK) resignalling, simple past and past participle (US) resignaled or (UK) resignalled)

To signal again
To equip (a railway) with new signalling equipment.
- The Stage I electrified area has been resignalled throughout with colour-lights, which in due course will be associated with B.R. standard A.W.S., and 27 signalboxes now do the work of the steam age's 56.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 713

resignalling (uncountable)

(UK) The act of renewing signalling equipment.
- All layout remodelling and resignalling at Stafford has already been finished; the colour-light signals, with their route-indicators, and the power-operated points are operated from the lever frames of existing signalboxes.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The L.M.R. electrification”, in Modern Railways, page 220
- "The cost of resignalling is astronomical, and you'd be talking about hundreds of millions of pounds and a pretty lengthy blockade to rip all this stuff up and remodel the tracks."2018, Rail, issue 857, July 18-July 31, article on Severn Bridge Junction signal box at Shrewsbury

What does resignalling mean?: Resignalling means the act of renewing signalling equipment.
What is resignalling the present participle and gerund of?: Resignalling is the present participle and gerund of resignal.
What part of speech is resignalling?: Resignalling is a noun.

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