loopline

plural looplines · alternative loop line

1. alternativerail transportAlternative form of loop line.

   Between Raniganj railroad and the Rajmahal loopline a number of coal mines existed.

   2006, Bhagawati Sharan Singh, Aspects of Industries in Bihar During the 19th Century, page 37

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   […] with the necessary looplines to avoid the broad gauge points at the intermediate stations, with a view to the direct transit of goods traffic along the Northern Railway and its extensions.

   1882, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, volume 1, page 237

   In settling the 1925–26 General Strike-Boycott, the British offered a $ 10 million loan to develop Whampoa Port, conditional upon the chief engineer and accountant being British, and upon the construction of the loopline.

   1995, R. Yin-Wang Kwok, The Hong Kong-Guangdong Link: Partnership in Flux

   It might be hidden away but it actually covers 30 hectres in all and can be reached from Salford's network of looplines or the historical Bridgewater Canal.

   2020 February 25, Emma Gill, “The best family parks and walks in Salford”, in Manchester Evening News