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single-tracking

single-tracking noun: the reduction of a double-track rail line to a single track, when the extra capacity of a double-track line is no longer required.

Noun

single-tracking (uncountable)

  1. The reduction of a double-track rail line to a single track, when the extra capacity of a double-track line is no longer required.
    • Why was there not more talk about destaffing, pay trains, or simplified signalling or single-tracking?2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51
    Synonyms:
    dedoubling, singling

Synonyms of single-tracking

Questions about single-tracking

What does single-tracking mean?
Single-tracking means the reduction of a double-track rail line to a single track, when the extra capacity of a double-track line is no longer required.
What part of speech is single-tracking?
Single-tracking is a noun.

Words near single-tracking in the dictionary

  1. single-stream
  2. single-striped grass mouse
  3. single-tasking
  4. single-taxism
  5. single-track
  6. single-tracking
  7. single-tree
  8. single-trees
  9. single-use
  10. single-user
  11. single-valued

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