A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place...
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immediately uphill of the passing loop. Some four-rail funiculars have their tracks interlaced above and below the passing loop; this allows the system...
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Sekishō Line (section Komasato Passing Loop)
Shin-Karikachi Passing Loop (新狩勝信号場, Shin-Karikachi Shingōjō) is a passing loop in Shintoku, Hokkaidō with two tracks and two snow shelters. The loop is located...
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approximately 900 m (1⁄2 mile) west of the passing loop at Talerddig, Powys. The trains had been scheduled to pass at the loop, but the first train failed to stop...
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central passing loop. The lower terminal and first 150 m (492 ft) of the line is in tunnel, and there is a short tunnel above the passing loop, but the...
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Preliminary investigation revealed that the Coromandel Express entered a passing loop line instead of the main line at full speed and crashed into the stationary...
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Abbey Line (section Passing loop)
subsidy the line received, as the new infrastructure required, such as a passing loop would be cheaper for light rail than heavy rail. Longer-term proposals...
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in 1953 and completely in 1957. Under Southern Railway ownership, the passing loop was extended southwards from Brading to Sandown in 1927, forming a second...
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Single-track railway (section Passing loops)
more than one train at a time, it must have passing loops (also called passing sidings or crossing loops) at intervals along the line to allow trains...
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(calculated without middle station stops). The single track line has a passing loop just above the middle station. During ascent, the maximum gradient is...
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up loop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Loop or LOOP may refer to: Loop (mobile), a Bulgarian virtual network operator and co-founder of Loop Live...
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the Wakebridge tram stop and passing loop, which is located some 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Town End. Beyond the passing loop, the track returns to single...
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Ongar always remained single, apart from a passing loop at North Weald on opening. The eastern end of the loop was severed in 1888, converting it into a...
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train, controlling the speed by the application of brakes as needed. At passing loops, trains passed on the right and this continues to be a feature of Ffestiniog...
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Hines Hill train collision (section Loop lengthening)
Australia. Two trains entered a passing loop simultaneously in opposing directions, although signals at the end of the passing loop were correctly showing red...
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trams are required for its operation. As it is a single track tramway, a passing loop is needed for the two trams to pass each other - this is located just...
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Gwernol extension opened in 1976, Abergynolwyn also became a passing loop. Each passing loop is controlled by a small signal box, known as a block-post...
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Passing loop, a section of railway where trains can pass each other Buck passing, or passing the buck, transferring responsibility to another Passing...
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Thuxton railway station (section Passing loop)
provide a passing loop for trains running between Dereham and Wymondham, was completed in time for the September 2010 diesel gala. The loop is intended...
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first passing loop (red token), the passing loop and Halfway (yellow token), Halfway to the next passing loop (blue token), and the passing loop to Black...
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station, as well as a passing loop which allows trains running in opposite directions to pass each other. The original passing loop was closed and lifted...
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engine shed was demolished in 2006. Work began in early 2010 to develop a passing loop at Beccles to allow services to operate hourly on the single-track line...
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Penryn railway station (section Passing Loop)
as Penryn for Helston. It originally had 2 platforms either side of a passing loop, a goods shed with several sidings to south, one of which was equipped...
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Shinonoi Line (section Passing loops and switchbacks)
Iiyama Line is at Toyono, trains on the line run through to Nagano. A passing loop is located in Azumino, known as Hirase shingōjō (平瀬信号場). It has two tracks...
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baggage/freight service. Stations on a single-track line often have a passing loop to accommodate trains travelling in the opposite direction. Locations...
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loops with video games and other interactive media, where a character in a loop learns about their environment more and more with each passing loop,...
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stations have passing loops controlled by signal boxes, with the block controlled by EKT. Williton to Blue Anchor: both stations have passing loops controlled...
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in the United Kingdom. The line is entirely single-track, with only passing loops at some intermediate stations allowing trains to pass each other. Like...
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tunnel includes the midpoint of the route, and thus the passing loop. North of the passing loop, and while still in the tunnel, the line changes character...
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operation, the line is 4.868 km (3 mi 44 yd) long, has a single track with passing loops and runs on 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tracks. It is a popular tourist...
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