reballastingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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reballasting (uncountable)

1. (rail transport) The process of renewing the ballast under railway track.
   • 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:

     The most welcome progress from a short-term viewpoint, however, is that reballasting of the Trent Valley section is almost completed and as a result accelerations of express passenger trains are likely in this summer's timetable; we hear that over this section alone it should be possible to cut 20min from the timings of three Anglo-Scottish day trains and that other services will be speeded up by 8-15min.