double-track

1. not comparablerail transportHaving a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions.

   The double-track branch curves away southwards at the south end of the station and runs on a banked down gradient gradually losing sight of the main line.

   1958 July 28, P. J. Norris, “The Bexhill West Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 496

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   Determined to learn from Bouch's mistakes, they conducted a through ^([sic]) survey of the riverbed. Having learned what they needed to know, they submitted plans for a new double-track bridge by the end of 1880.

   2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in RAIL, page 82

   Synonyms: twin-track · Antonyms: single-track

present singular third person double-tracks · participle present double-tracking · participle past double-tracked · past double-tracked

1. transitiverail transportTo provide with a double track.

   Other engineering upgrades include the reinstatement of Platform 4 at Birmingham Snow Hill, partially double-tracking the line between Ledbury and Shelwick, and freight loops between Nuneaton and Leicester.

   2023 March 8, “Network News: Midlands presses for rail hub scheme”, in RAIL, number 978, page 14