tram-train

English

Noun

tram-train (plural tram-trains)

1. (rail transport, UK) A design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track.
   • 2019 November 6, “Sheffield lays groundwork for tram-train schemes”, in Rail, page 24:

     One million passengers have used the Sheffield tram-train in the first year of its trial, according to South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE). [...] Tim Bilby, Stagecoach Supertram Managing Director, said passenger numbers and customer satisfaction had exceeded expectations, showing that tram-trains offer an affordable and efficient way to connect Sheffield city centre and Rotherham.

Translations

design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track

• Catalan: tren tramvia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕軌-火車系統／轻轨-火车系统 (qīngguǐ-huǒchē xìtǒng)

• Czech: vlakotramvaj
• Danish: duosporvogn
• Dutch: tramtrein
• Esperanto: tramtrajno
• Finnish: duoraitiovaunu
• French: tram-train (fr)
• German: Verknüpfung zwischen Straßenbahn und Eisenbahn
• Hungarian: vasútvillamos, tram-train
• Italian: tram-treno
• Japanese: トラムトレイン (toramutorein)
• Korean: 트램트레인 (teuraemteurein)
• Lombard: tram-treno
• Norwegian: kombitrikk

  Nynorsk: duosporvogn

• Polish: tramwaj dwusystemowy
• Portuguese: trem-tram
• Russian: трамвай-поезд (tramvaj-pojezd)
• Serbo-Croatian: tramvaj-voz
• Spanish: tren-tranvía
• Swedish: duospårvagn
• Turkish: tramvay-tren
• Ukrainian: трамвай-поїзд (tramvaj-pojizd)

Further reading

• British Rail Class 399 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sheffield Supertram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia