Szerkesztő:Kabóca/TramTrain
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A tramtrain a közúti gyorsvasutak egy csoportját jelöli, olyan villamosszerű járművek ezek, amelyek képesek a nagyvasúti pályán is közlekedni.
tracks for greater flexibility and convenience. The Karlsruhe model pioneered this concept in Karlsruhe, Germany, which has since been adopted at the RijnGouweLijn in the Netherlands, and in Kassel and Saarbrücken, both Germany.
Unlike regular trams that frequently use narrow gauge track, most tram-trains are standard gauge, which facilitates sharing track with standard gauge mainline trains. One exception to this is in Nordhausen, where both the trams and the trains are narrow gauge.
Its advantage over separate tram and train systems is that passengers travelling from outside of a city need not change from train to tram at a central station, though some passengers are displeased by the replacement of regular trains with tram-trains, which usually lack amenities such as on-board toilets.