(UK, railways) A system allowing more than one train at a time to be on the same line in a block section, a signal section or a dead-end platform line.
(UK, railways) A system allowing more than one train at a time to be on the same line in a block section, a signal section or a dead-end platform line.
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(rail, UK) Permission given in an agreement allowing one railway company to run trains over certain tracks belonging to another railway company.
(US, rail transport) An automatic operation mode of an absolute signal that reserves a route for several trains following one another, without the need for dispatcher to re-set the route for each train.
(rail transport, British, Australia) The track and ballast (bed) of a railway.
A list of trains that are expected to cross over a specified section of track during a specified time period.
(chiefly, UK) A group of railway tracks running parallel, allowing one track to be used for each direction (a double-track railway line), or allowing segregation of fast trains from stopping trains (a four-track railway line).