Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

Industry: Transportation

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narrow-gauge track

Transportation; Railway

Railway track with a smaller than normal gauge.

not to be moved in traffic

Transportation; Railway

General term used to designate the results obtained by either applying protective measures or technical measures to enforce a prohibition of traffic order.

To ensure that decisions can be taken rapidly in the case of a problem, there is always a manager on call, in other words someone who can be called anytime of the day or night, including Sundays and ...

one-way lever

Transportation; Railway

To ensure that certain levers can be moved after being immobilised by an electrical interlocking fault, such as with a point, the corresponding installations are equipped with a device to cancel out ...

out of correspondence

Transportation; Railway

Term designating a set of points that have not been correctly set.

out of course

Transportation; Railway

A train that is significantly late is said to be out of course. Although the train may continue to run with a slight delay, particularly with crossings (single track) or passing tracks, things start ...