Assertion: refuge siding | /r/Synonym | a form of switchback
Facets:
value: locally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: On the Japanese railway network, 8 refuge sidings (known locally as a form of switchback) remain in day-to-day use - Obasute Station, Hatsukari Station, Nihongi Station, Tsubojiri Station, Shingai Station, Kuwanaohara Signal Box (ja:桑ノ原信号場), Takiyama Signal Box (ja:滝山信号場) and Nakazaike Signal Box (ja:中在家信号場) - while 48 former refuge sidings, now converted into conventional passing loops or abandoned, are attested.