slab track
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Faster trains also required more sophisticated junctions, and stronger slab track.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2025
This reflects a practice honed along the entirety of the country’s 15-year-old high-speed rail network, casting slab track at temporary outposts close to the construction site.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2018
It took 125 workers in three shifts round-the-clock to install the concrete slab track on which the trains will run, with some sections as deep as 1.4 miles.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2016
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