what are the tracks called on the trains/subway

what are the tracks called on the trains/subway that go under the pavement. for the street cars. the nice ones in europe.. what is the name is there one? the type of rail/track thanks

this as an example http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix_frameset.html

twiztid4life1 wrote:what are the tracks called on the trains/subway that go under the pavement. for the street cars. the nice ones in europe.. what is the name is there one? the type of rail/track thanks

this as an example http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix_frameset.html

"Europe" is a big place with many countries.

I wonder if you are thinking of Brussels in Belgium, where there are trams and subways. Some of the trams run in a tunnel under the streets for part of their route, but go on the street as well.

A similar tunnel can be found in Antwerp, also in Belgium.

Your link does not show any picture but is only an index (a useless index as it gives no information).

george matthews wrote:

twiztid4life1 wrote:what are the tracks called on the trains/subway that go under the pavement. for the street cars. the nice ones in europe.. what is the name is there one? the type of rail/track thanks

this as an example http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix_frameset.html

"Europe" is a big place with many countries.

I wonder if you are thinking of Brussels in Belgium, where there are trams and subways. Some of the trams run in a tunnel under the streets for part of their route, but go on the street as well.

A similar tunnel can be found in Antwerp, also in Belgium.

Your link does not show any picture but is only an index (a useless index as it gives no information).

oh my bad.. here is the link.. might be what youu called a tram... http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/de/tra ... _15996.jpg

oh my bad.. here is the link.. might be what you called a tram... http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/de/tra ... _15996.jpg

Clearly it's a street running tram. I can't tell where it is. I think it's probably metre gauge. It makes me think of Lille in France which has a system of two lines which join at a junction. But it could be many places with metre gauge systems. Gent in Belgium is another. It is common for street trams to run in a wooded and grassed reservation in the middle of a wide boulevard.

It's girder rail on the straight and guard rail on the curves and switch area.

http://naphotos.nerail.org/showpic/?pho ... ullman0517

A general term would be "grooved rail" (in German: Rillenschiene, Italian: rotaia a gola).

"Girder rail" and "guard rail" are just "grooved rails" differentiating in height of the guard, which isn't a differentiation used universally - a lot of modern tram systems use low-guard girder rail also in low-velocity pavement-embedded curves, but will use standard T-rails with angle in non-paved high-speed sections.

Clearly it's a street running tram. I can't tell where it is. I think it's probably metre gauge.

It's in Augsburg, Germany (as the filename says). And meter-gauge. Trams shown are Siemens Combinos, of which Augsburg has 41.