End-on

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a link between the tracks of two railway companies that meet end on, forming a through line, at a point called an end-on junction. not-comparable

    "Beyond the station an end-on junction was made with the L.N.W.R., which worked most of the M. & C. trains on to Workington and Whitehaven."

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"Beyond the station an end-on junction was made with the L.N.W.R., which worked most of the M. & C. trains on to Workington and Whitehaven."

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