Meanings
adjectivegrade-separated (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving routes that cross each other on different levels, avoiding the conflicts that occur with a flat junction at only one level.
Potential answers here include remodelling the north junction to be grade-separated, adding an extra platform and track to allow more parallel moves, or by changing services so that trains from Wigan go towards Piccadilly and trains from Bolton head for Victoria.
2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Is there relief to congestion along Castlefield Corridor?”, in RAIL, page 23
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