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Noun: railway siding
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: railroad siding)
  1. A short stretch of railway track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
    "The freight train pulled into the railway siding to let the passenger train pass";
    - siding, railroad siding [N. Amer], turnout [N. Amer], sidetrack

Derived forms: railway sidings

Type of: railroad [N. Amer], railroad track [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway track [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Railway siding