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A single track railway

A single track railway is one where traffic in both directions shares the same track. In the early days of railways, especially before the telegraph, operation of significant numbers of trains on a single track railway was fraught with difficulties, including delays and accidents, particularly head-on collisions.


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  • The train to Kyle of Lochalsh - geograph.org.uk - 467835

    A Class 158 DMU on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, a primarily single-track railway in Scotland

  • DE30 408 West Babylon DSC 0384

    A train on the Long Island Rail Road's single-tracked Central Branch

  • 201701 JWR-DF4B hauls 25B coaches on Jinhua–Wenzhou Railway over Daxi River

    A train on the Jinhua–Wenzhou Railway, a single-track railway in Southern Zhejiang Province, China

  • Tyabb railway station track level south 2018-02-02

    Single track on the Stony Point Line in the Australian state of Victoria

  • Kirkby Station - geograph.org.uk - 747868

    Kirkby railway station single-track railway interchange (former double-track railway)

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ferrocarril de vía única para niños

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