Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of resignal
- UKuncountablerail transportThe act of renewing signalling equipment.
It is hoped that this will be increased to 18tph [trains per hour], but this is dependent on resignalling.
2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 722 more examples
All layout remodelling and resignalling at Stafford has already been finished; the colour-light signals, with their route-indicators, and the power-operated points are operated from the lever frames of existing signalboxes.
1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The L.M.R. electrification”, in Modern Railways, page 220"The cost of resignalling is astronomical, and you'd be talking about hundreds of millions of pounds and a pretty lengthy blockade to rip all this stuff up and remodel the tracks."
2018, Rail, issue 857, July 18-July 31, article on Severn Bridge Junction signal box at Shrewsbury
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