platform loop
noun1
Rail transport, Railways, Transport A short stretch of railway line at a railway station which leaves a through line to serve a platform, before rejoining the through line beyond the station.
- Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Paddock Wood, Headcorn and Ashford stations have platform loops and there is a short four-track section between Cheriton and Folkestone Central.1962 August, G. M. Kichenside, “Resignalling for the Kent Coast electrification—Phase II”, in Modern Railways, page 110: