Meanings
nounrecovery time (plural recovery times)
plural recovery times
- rail transportAdditional time built into a train timetable to allow the train to recover from any delays en route, without arriving at its destination late according to the published arrival time.
Actually, the point-to-point times in general were not varied; the additions were all in the form of blocks of recovery time over certain selected stretches of line.
1959 October, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 475
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