trip working

noun — 2 senses

trip working

noun

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport UK The operation of short-distance freight trains, e.g. between goods yards.

The provision of the new yard permitted closure of four existing installations, between which there was a great deal of trip working.1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 267:

2

A freight train involved in such operation.

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