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TPH

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006094

The number of trains that pass a point or run on a line in one hour, abbreviated from trains per hour. It expresses service frequency and line capacity, and is used by timetable planners and signalling designers. It is the inverse view of headway: a line running 30 trains per hour has a two-minute headway between trains.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006094
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectRail equipment
TranslationsGerman: TPH; Spanish: TPH; French: TPH
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006094",
  "term": "TPH",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The number of trains that pass a point or run on a line in one hour, abbreviated from trains per hour. It expresses service frequency and line capacity, and is used by timetable planners and signalling designers. It is the inverse view of headway: a line running 30 trains per hour has a two-minute headway between trains.",
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "TPH",
    "es": "TPH",
    "fr": "TPH"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/tph/"
}

Record 6,614 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.