Refuge siding

A refuge siding is a single-ended, or dead-end, siding off a running line,[1] which may be used to temporarily accommodate a train so that another one can pass it. For example, a refuge siding might be used by a slow goods train to allow a fast passenger train to pass.[2] It is similar in concept to a passing loop but is connected to the main line at only one end, rather than both ends.

  1. ^ Ellis, Iain (2006). Ellis' British Railway Engineering Encyclopaedia. Lulu, p. 293. ISBN 978-1-84728-643-7.
  2. ^ Jackson, Alan A. (2006). The Railway Dictionary, 4th ed., Sutton Publishing, Stroud, p. 282. ISBN 0-7509-4218-5.