A system of referencing locations along a linear project by their distance from a fixed starting point. It is typically measured along the centerline of a road, pipeline, or railway. The distance is often expressed in stations, where a reading like 10+50 means 1,050 feet or meters from the start.
Heard on the job
The culvert needs to be installed exactly at chainage 14+25.
Insider tip
In the US, this is almost universally called stationing, while chainage is standard in the UK, Australia, and Canada.
Also heard as
- stationing