"loop line" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: loop lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} loop line (plural loop lines)
  1. (rail transport) A secondary route which leaves a mainline, following a different route to the main line, before rejoining it several miles further on. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-loop_line-en-noun-DKhUYH1t Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  2. A secondary route which forms a loop between two main lines, so that trains using it return to the same place.
    Sense id: en-loop_line-en-noun-WqBlEaXT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: loopline

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