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5. Special lanes
5.1 Rubber-tyred metro track
The operation of certain metro lines, where traffic is particularly dense, requires very high acceleration rates - positive for traction and negative for braking - in order to reduce the distances between trains. Conventional wheel-rail adhesion does not allow for such performance, so we have resorted to rolling on tires, which provide a much higher coefficient of adhesion, of the order of 60 to 70%. The first application was on Paris metro line n° 11 Châtelet – Porte des Lilas in 1954:
the rolling function is provided by two flat tracks, formed by special I-sections, for wheels fitted with pneumatic tires. As the profile of these wheels is cylindrical, a differential is interposed on the axle axis to replace...
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Standards and norms
- Line classification – Resulting wagon load limits - UIC 700 - 11-2004
- Caractéristiques de tracé des voies parcourues par des trains de voyageurs rapides - UIC 703 - 01-1989
- Railway applications – Track – Special rails – Grooved rails and associated structural shapes - NF EN 14811/IN1 - 01-2010
- Railway applications – Track – Turnouts – Part 1: Definitions - NF EN 13232-1 - 03-2004
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