track-circuiting

English

Etymology

From track circuit +‎ -ing.

Noun

track-circuiting (uncountable)

  1. (rail transport) The provision of track circuits.
    • 1957 January, “Modernisation Plan Progress”, in Railway Magazine, page 16:
      Other signalling modernisation works cover the provision of track circuiting and colour-light signalling in a large number of localities, where the existing signalling systems are inadequate to deal efficiently with the higher speeds and frequency of the future services.
    • 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Modernisation at Plymouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 122:
      [...] full track-circuiting throughout the area is to be carried over the Royal Albert Bridge so that the employment of single-line tokens over this single-line section can be abandoned.
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