Meanings
nounstabling siding (plural stabling sidings)
plural stabling sidings
- UKrail transportA storage siding for rolling stock, in particular passenger trains not being used in service.
The area now has an even more impressive web of railway junctions and lines than ever - especially as new stabling sidings have been added to take the pressure of [sic] the cramped Overground depot site at New Cross, which is hemmed in between running lines ([...]).
2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 48
Translations
Finnish seisontaraide
- seisontaraidestorage siding
French voie de garage
- voie de garagestorage siding
Polish bocznica
- bocznicastorage siding
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