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nounsingle-tracking (uncountable)
- uncountablerail transportThe reduction of a double-track rail line to a single track, when the extra capacity of a double-track line is no longer required.
Why was there not more talk about destaffing, pay trains, or simplified signalling or single-tracking?
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51Synonyms: dedoubling, singling
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe reduction of a double-track rail line to a single track, when the extra capacity of a double-track line is no longer required.
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