trip working

noun

The operation of short-distance freight trains, e.g. between goods yards.

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Meanings

nountrip working (countable and uncountable, plural trip workings)

plural trip workings

  1. UKuncountablerail transportThe operation of short-distance freight trains, e.g. between goods yards.

    The provision of the new yard permitted closure of four existing installations, between which there was a great deal of trip working.

    1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 267
  2. countableA freight train involved in such operation.
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