end-on

adjective

Of a link between the tracks of two railway companies that meet end on, forming a through line, at a point called an end-on junction.

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Meanings

adjectiveend-on (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerail transportOf a link between the tracks of two railway companies that meet end on, forming a through line, at a point called an end-on junction.

    Beyond the station an end-on junction was made with the L.N.W.R., which worked most of the M. & C. trains on to Workington and Whitehaven.

    1939 December, “Notes on the Maryport & Carlisle Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 417
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APA

end-on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/end-on

MLA

“end-on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/end-on. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “end-on,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/end-on.

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