The
rubber-tyred metro
A rubber-tyred metro or rubber-tired metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tires that run on rolling pads inside guide bars for traction, as well as traditional ...
systems that incorporate
track
Track or Tracks may refer to:
Routes or imprints
* Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity
* Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across
* Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shorte ...
have
angle irons as guide bars, or guiding bars, outside of the two
roll ways. The
Busan Subway Line 4, that lacks a
rail track
A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as permanent way or simply track, is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, ...
, has
I-beams installed as guide bars. The
flanges are vertical. The
Sapporo Municipal Subway, that lacks a rail track as well, has no guide bars. It has a
central guide rail instead.
Image:M2-Ouchy-train-arrive+track.jpg, Ouchy M2 station, Showing the angle iron
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guide bars, the I-beam roll ways and the bumper posts
Image:QC-STM GarageBeaugrand 20040706-132759 VoieEssai.jpg, View of a track from a sandpile, in the Montreal Metro
The Montreal Metro (french: Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, ...
near the Beaugrand Station, showing the inverted L cross-section of the guide bars (the extreme flared ends are a fabricated inverse U), precast concrete roll ways and conventional track
See also
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Automated guideway transit
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Bracket
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'r ...
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Flangeways
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Fourth rail
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Guided bus
Guided buses are buses capable of being steered by external means, usually on a dedicated track or roll way that excludes other traffic, permitting the maintenance of schedules even during rush hours. Unlike trolleybuses or rubber-tired tra ...
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Guide rail
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Overhead conductor rail
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Rail profile
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Roll way
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Rail track
A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as permanent way or simply track, is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, ...
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The technology of rubber-tyred metros
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Third rail
External links
TRUCK (bogie)
Rubber-tyred metros
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