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train stops

train stops is the plural of train stop.

Meaning of train stop

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

Questions about train stops

What is train stops the plural of?
Train stops is the plural of train stop.

Words near train stops in the dictionary

  1. train spotters
  2. train spotting
  3. train station
  4. train stations
  5. train stop
  6. train stops
  7. train surf
  8. train surfing
  9. train ticket
  10. train tickets
  11. train time

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