English Dictionary

signal check

名詞

(rail transport) An instance where a train must stop at a red signal, or slow down before passing a signal displaying a yellow aspect.

日本語の意味

鉄道において、列車が赤信号により停止、または黄色信号に先立って減速する必要がある状況を指す用語。

During the morning commute, the freight train experienced a signal check that delayed it for twenty minutes.

朝の通勤時間帯に、その貨物列車は赤信号での停止が原因で20分遅れました。

意味（1）

(rail transport) An instance where a train must stop at a red signal, or slow down before passing a signal displaying a yellow aspect.

Of the failures to do so on the 23 other occasions, six only were attributed to the performance of the locomotives and the remainder to signal checks and permanent way cautions, particularly in the week following a parcels train derailment at Northallerton.

signal checks （ plural ）