single-tracking
noun1
Rail transport, Railways, Transport The reduction of a double-track rail line to a single track, when the extra capacity of a double-track line is no longer required.
- Why was there not more talk about destaffing, pay trains, or simplified signalling or single-tracking?2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:
- Related terms
- single-track, single track, one-track, narrowing