slab track

noun, verb — 2 senses

slab track

nounalso spelled slab-track

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport Railway track mounted on a concrete (or asphalt) base, without the use of ballast.

When the railway is built, Phase 1 and Phase 2A will use slab-track. Rayner says this decision has been driven by the tonnages that 18 trains per hour will produce.2020 July 1, Chris Rayner tells Richard Clinnick, “High Speed 2 is speeding up...”, in Rail, page 65:

slab-track

verb

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport To lay slab track on a section of railway line.

"Going to W12 gauge requires some significant work in those tunnels. The current scheme is showing that we're going to slab-track both of those tunnels.2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “Trans-Pennine... transformative”, in RAIL, number 970, page 40:

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