stabling siding
noun1
Rail transport, Railways, Transport UK A storage siding for rolling stock, in particular passenger trains not being used in service.
- The area now has an even more impressive web of railway junctions and lines than ever - especially as new stabling sidings have been added to take the pressure of [sic] the cramped Overground depot site at New Cross, which is hemmed in between running lines ([...]).2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 48:
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- stable