English Dictionary

axle counter

名詞

(rail transport) A safety device fitted to railway track which counts the axles in a train as it passes over it. A check is carried out when the train passes the next axle counter to make sure the train is still complete.

日本語の意味

鉄道の安全装置の一つで、列車が通過する際に車軸の数をカウントし、列車が完全な状態にあるかどうかを検証する装置

The signalman relied on the axle counter to confirm that the freight train had cleared the section.

信号係は、貨物列車が区間を通過したことを確認するために車軸計数装置を頼りにした。

意味（1）

(rail transport) A safety device fitted to railway track which counts the axles in a train as it passes over it. A check is carried out when the train passes the next axle counter to make sure the train is still complete.

Twenty-seven axle counters have been installed on the 49-mile East Suffolk Line, to improve level crossing safety and reduce waiting times at user-worked crossings. The Lowestoft-Ipswich line has 28 user-worked crossing/footpath level crossings where the signaller must give permission for people to cross. … Signallers use the axle counters to authorise users to cross at the user-worked crossings.

axle counters （ plural ）