track bed

A form of trackbed — The layer of gravel or other foundation on which a railway track is laid.

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Meanings

nountrack bed (plural track beds)

plural track beds

  1. alternativeAlternative form of trackbed.

    The Bicester–Bletchley section is being rebuilt on the alignment of the line that closed to passengers in 1968. Since 2019, the track bed and bridges have been rebuilt, and this work is mostly complete.

    2022 September 7, “East–West track laying heads westwards”, in Rail, number 965, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “track bed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/track%20bed.

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