Singling

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005301",
  "term": "Singling",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The process of reducing a double-track railway line to a single track, often for maintenance, construction, or operational reasons. This requires careful planning and implementation of temporary signalling arrangements to manage trains on the remaining track. It can also refer to the permanent removal of one track from a multi-track section.",
  "synonyms": [
    "dedoubling",
    "single-tracking"
  ],
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Eingleisigkeit",
    "es": "reducción a vía única",
    "fr": "mise à voie unique"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/singling/"
}