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tram-train en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (UK) A design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track.
   • One of the key features associated with VLR [very light rail] vehicles is that they are not interoperable with main line trains. That is the domain of tram-trains. 2025 July 23, Peter Plisner, “You say you want a revolution...”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 39:
   • 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. 2019 November 6, “Sheffield lays groundwork for tram-train schemes”, in RAIL, page 24:

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Translations (25)

it tram-treno (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · pl tramwaj dwusystemowy (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · fi duoraitiovaunu (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · ru трамвай-поезд (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · uk трамвай-поїзд (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · hu tram-train (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · ko 트램트레인 (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · hu vasútvillamos (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · sh tramvaj-voz (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · lmo tram-treno (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · no kombitrikk (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · eo tramtrajno (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · fr tram-train (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · da duosporvogn (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · pt trem-tram (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · nn duosporvogn (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · de Verknüpfung zwischen Straßenbahn und Eisenbahn (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · ca tren tramvia (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · cmn 輕軌-火車系統 /轻轨-火车系统 (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · es tren-tranvía (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · nl tramtrein (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · ja トラムトレイン (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · tr tramvay-tren (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · cs vlakotramvaj (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track) · sv duospårvagn (design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track)