single-tracking

English

Noun

single-tracking (uncountable)

  2. (rail transport) The reduction of a double-track rail line to a single track, when the extra capacity of a double-track line is no longer required.
    Synonyms: dedoubling, singling
    • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:
      Why was there not more talk about destaffing, pay trains, or simplified signalling or single-tracking?

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