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English: passing loop

Welsh: dolen basio

Part of speech

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural

dolenni pasio

Definition

A passing loop (UK usage), passing siding (US), (also called a crossing loop, crossing place or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.