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train stop

train stop noun: a train protection device that automatically stops a train if it attempts to pass a signal when the signal aspect and operating rules prohibit such movement, or (in some applications) if it attempts to pass at an excessive speed.

Noun

train stop (plural train stops)

  1. A train protection device that automatically stops a train if it attempts to pass a signal when the signal aspect and operating rules prohibit such movement, or (in some applications) if it attempts to pass at an excessive speed.
    • In the simpler operating conditions of the London Transport lines, plain automatic train stops, applying the brake if a red indication is passed, give all that is required. With improvements in design, they have been in use over half-a-century.1957 July, T. S. Lascelles, “British Signalling Developments since 1897”, in Railway Magazine, page 467

Forms of train stop

pluraltrain stops
alternative formtrainstop

Questions about train stop

What does train stop mean?
Train stop means a train protection device that automatically stops a train if it attempts to pass a signal when the signal aspect and operating rules prohibit such movement, or (in some applications) if it attempts to pass at an excessive speed.
What part of speech is train stop?
Train stop is a noun.
What is the plural of train stop?
The plural of train stop is train stops.

Words near train stop in the dictionary

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