passing loop
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English
Noun
passing loop (plural passing loops)
- (rail transport) On a single-track railway or tramway, an extra track provided at a certain place to allow two trains travelling in opposite directions to pass each other. It can also allow a faster train to overtake a slower one.
- 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243:
- From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.
- 1959 June, “Talking of Trains: North Eastern report”, in Trains Illustrated, page 293:
- In the east of Yorkshire, Mr. A. M. Ross reports the belief of local railwaymen that the N.E.R. plans to single the York-Beverley line, leaving an adequate provision of passing loops, and to operate it by C.T.C. from York; [...].
- 2019 October, “Vivarail EMUs for Island Line”, in Modern Railways, page 13:
- Provision of a passing loop at Brading [Isle of Wight] at a cost of £1 million will allow a half-hourly service to replace the current unbalanced 20/40-minute interval service.
Synonyms
Translations
place where two trains can pass each other
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References
- “passing loop”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.