Noun

platform loop (plural platform loops)Category:English lemmas#PLATFORMLOOPCategory:English nouns#PLATFORMLOOPCategory:English countable nouns#PLATFORMLOOPCategory:English multiword terms#PLATFORMLOOPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLATFORMLOOPCategory:Pages with entries#PLATFORM%20LOOPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PLATFORM%20LOOP

1. (rail transportCategory:en:Rail transportation#PLATFORMLOOP) A short stretch of railway line at a railway station which leaves a through line to serve a platform, before rejoining the through line beyond the station.
   • 1962 August, G. M. Kichenside, “Resignalling for the Kent Coast electrification—Phase II”, in Modern Railways, page 110:

     Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Paddock Wood, Headcorn and Ashford stations have platform loops and there is a short four-track section between Cheriton and Folkestone Central.

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