de-electrify

verb

de-electrify

verb

Etymology From de- + electrify.

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport To remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.

It formed part of the LNER's electrified North Tyneside system until it was de-electrified by BR in 1963.2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 32:

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