What does facing points mean?

facing points

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

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"Harrison said he had such a horror of facing points that for many years in the 160 miles between York and Berwick there were, except in Darlington and Newcastle stations, only three examples. [...] For some years now facing points have been practically as safe as any other part of the track and are regularly taken at high speed."

facing point (singular)

trailing points

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