double-track

See also: doubletrack and double track

English

Etymology

double +‎ track

Adjective

double-track (not comparable)

1. (railways) Having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions.
   • 2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in Rail, page 82:

     Determined to learn from Bouch's mistakes, they conducted a through [sic] survey of the riverbed. Having learned what they needed to know, they submitted plans for a new double-track bridge by the end of 1880.

Related terms

• double track
• double-tracking

Translations

railways: having a pair of tracks in order to allow trains to pass in opposite directions

• Danish: dobbeltsporet
• German: zweigleisig (de)
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• Irish: déraonach
• Japanese: 複線 (ja) (ふくせん, fukusen)

See also

• single-track