Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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standard gauge

Transportation; Railway

Railway track with the standard 1.435 m gauge, the most widely used gauge in the world.

cinders

Transportation; Railway

Refers to the fine dust rejected from steam engines and always ending up in the eye!

wrongly routed

Transportation; Railway

A wrongly routed train is forced to run on a different route to its a normal one, which generally gives rise to a delay and is dreaded by all drivers.

standardised

Transportation; Railway

Equipment designed by the former networks that has been modified to bring it in line with equivalent standardised equipment.

closing

Transportation; Railway

The switch blade must be closed to one or other of the rails, depending on the required direction. An incorrectly closed switch blade could lead to a derailment or double-tracked running.

working time table (WTT)

Transportation; Railway

The Working Time Table was used by operators and included the times of all regular trains (not just passenger trains), as well as conditional trains (not regular, but running when required).