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31Rack railway — track using the Lamella system rack …
32Direct traffic control — (DTC) is a system for authorizing track occupancy used on some railroads instead of or in addition to signals. It is known as direct traffic control because the train dispatcher gives track authority directly to the train crew via radio, as… …
33Dual gauge — Track gauge by size Broad gauge Sta …
34Funicular — For the mathematical and architectural curve known as funicular, see catenary. Funicular in Valparaíso, Chile A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram like… …
35TGV — The TGV ( train à grande vitesse , French for high speed train ) is France s high speed rail service developed by GEC Alsthom (now Alstom) and SNCF, the French national rail operator, and operated primarily by SNCF. Following the inaugural TGV… …
36Stairlift — A stairlift is a mechanical device for lifting people and wheelchairs up and down stairs. For sufficiently wide stairs, a rail is mounted to the treads of the stairs. A chair or lifting platform is attached to the rail. A person on the chair or… …
37Madrid Metro — Info Locale Madrid Transit type Rapid transit …
38environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
39Level crossing — This article is about at grade intersections between railway and road. For where two rail lines cross, see level junction. For a type of nuclear receptor (RXR), see Retinoid X receptor. A level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise …
40Right- and left-hand traffic —   countries with right hand traffic …
