passing loop

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passing loop (plural passing loops)

  1. (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.

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