"backshunt" meaning in English

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        "A section of railway track which gives access to a siding (or another section of railway line) only by reversing direction; also a train movement which uses such track."
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        "(rail transport, UK) A section of railway track which gives access to a siding (or another section of railway line) only by reversing direction; also a train movement which uses such track."
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