Tramway track is used on tramways or light rail operations, which, together with points guide trams, streetcars or light rail vehicles without the need for steering. Grooved rails (or girder rails) are often used in order to make street running feasible. Like standard rail tracks, tram tracks consist of two parallel steel rails.

Tram rails can be placed in several surfaces. They can, for example, be laid with standard rails on sleepers like railway tracks, or with grooved rails on concrete sleepers into street surfaces (pavement) for street running. Another environmentally-friendly or ecologically-friendly alternative is to lay tracks into grass turf surfaces; this is known as grassed track (or track in a lawn).

Grooved rail

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A Grooved rail or Girder rail, is a special rail designed for tramway or railway track in pavement or grassed surfaces (grassed track or track in a lawn).

See also

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• Railroad switch (points)

External links

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• ThyssenKrupp handbook (Besides vigonal rails it shows special grooved girder rail for tramway tracks in pavement)

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