Meanings
alternative centralized traffic control
- UKuncountablerail transportA form of railway signalling that does away with intermediate signallers over a long stretch of track, often single track with loops where trains can pass each other, by remote control from one location.
A sixty-mile section of the Central Wales Line of the Western Region, from Craven Arms to Llandovery, mainly single track, is to be equipped for centralised traffic control.
1960 April 29, “Centralised Traffic Control on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 224Synonyms: CTC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of railway signalling that does away with intermediate signallers over a long stretch of track, often single track with loops where trains can pass each other, by remote control from one location.
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