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double track

Speech parts

1. double track - Noun

2. double track - Adjective

3. double track - Verb

Meaning

double track

(rail transport) a section of railway line or tramline consisting of two parallel tracks, one being used in one direction and the other in the opposite direction.

double-track (not comparable)

(rail transport) Having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions.
Synonym: twin-track

double-track (third-person singular simple present double-tracks, present participle double-tracking, simple past and past participle double-tracked)

(rail transport) To provide double track.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

double-track

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Examples

A single track railroad may be rendered more safe and efficient, by a proper use of the telegraph, than a double track railroad without its aid. Daniel McCallum

For several decades this was the only long stretch of double-track mainline outside of urban areas on the CPR. Source: Internet

He said the rationale for the implementation of the double-track system was to absorb the large enrolment numbers occasioned by the Free SHS Policy. Source: Internet

In a confusing transfer of names, the label BAM applied from 1933 to 1935 to the project to double-track the Trans-Siberian east of Lake Baikal, constructing largely using forced labor. Source: Internet

“The fact is that without the double-track system, hundreds of thousands of students would not be able to access Free SHS. Source: Internet

Speaking on the government Flagship program, the free SHS Dr. Bawumia explained the logic behind the double-track system. Source: Internet

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