A train meet is the situation in
railroading
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...
or
rail transit operations in which a train traveling in one direction "meets" another traveling in the opposite direction, either while traveling on parallel
double
Double, The Double or Dubble may refer to:
Mathematics and computing
* Multiplication by 2
* Double precision, a floating-point representation of numbers that is typically 64 bits in length
* A double number of the form x+yj, where j^2=+1
* A ...
or multiple
tracks, or while stopping and waiting on a
railroad siding for the other train to pass on a
single track mainline. Determining the time and location of where such trains meet is paramount in
railroad engineering particularly in single track sections to avoid
collisions or to allow faster trains to bypass slower service trains.
Determining when and where a train meet occurs is also a classic
mathematics
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problem.
See also
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Passing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains o ...
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Rail transport operations
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