"platform loop" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1962 August, G. M. Kichenside, “Resignalling for the Kent Coast electrification—Phase II”, in Modern Railways, page 110:",
          "text": "Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Paddock Wood, Headcorn and Ashford stations have platform loops and there is a short four-track section between Cheriton and Folkestone Central.",
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        "A short stretch of railway line at a railway station which leaves a through line to serve a platform, before rejoining the through line beyond the station."
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          "railway line",
          "railway line"
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          "railway station",
          "railway station"
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        "(rail transport) A short stretch of railway line at a railway station which leaves a through line to serve a platform, before rejoining the through line beyond the station."
      ],
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        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
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  "word": "platform loop"
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        "(rail transport) A short stretch of railway line at a railway station which leaves a through line to serve a platform, before rejoining the through line beyond the station."
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        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
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