scissors crossover
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English
Noun
scissors crossover (plural scissors crossovers)
- (rail transport) A superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling the letter X, permitting travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks.
- Synonyms: diamond crossover, scissor crossover, scissors crossing
- Hypernym: double crossover
- 1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619:
- Here the line is joined by the Colne Valley branch, and both tracks are carried into Haverhill station upon a high embankment from which the town can be seen on the south side. The twin tracks, after traversing a scissors crossover, become the down and up roads through the station, which possesses an extensive goods yard.
- 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Liverpool Street layout remodelled”, in Modern Railways, page 222:
- Included in the new layout are four new scissors crossovers.
Translations
diamond crossover — see diamond crossover