(rail, UK) Permission given in an agreement allowing one railway company to run trains over certain tracks belonging to another railway company.
(rail, UK) Permission given in an agreement allowing one railway company to run trains over certain tracks belonging to another railway company.
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(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.
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Philippines, and, Commonwealth) A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
(transitive, British) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
(chiefly, UK) An organization that runs a railroad.