Svängande spårvagn

English translation: tram turning in...

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Swedish term or phrase:Svängande spårvagn
English translation:tram turning in...
Entered by: Helen Johnson

13:23 Mar 22, 2012
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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / tramways
Swedish term or phrase: Svängande spårvagn
Anyone know what Svängande spårvagn are in English please? It's the "svängande" I'm not sure about, whether it means that tram carriages sway when the track curves or whether it's referring to the actual track curvature (surely the former rather than the latter).
Examples are on Google - in my document it's just with a picture showing a track that curves slightly.
TIA
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:08
tram turning in...
Explanation:
as in this reference 'Svängande spårvagn i Madrid'.
www.skanetrafiken.se/upload/dokumentbank/Styrdokument/Spårv...

This one is turning in a 'rondel' or (one of my favorite Britsh terms) a 'roundabout'! :-)
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Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 13:08
Grading comment
Thanks very much!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2(warning against) tram turning right (across the traffic)
Sven Petersson
4tram turning in...
Deane Goltermann
3tram with pivoting bogies
Diarmuid Kennan
3swaying trams
rajagopalan sampatkumar


Discussion entries: 4





  

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tram with pivoting bogies


Explanation:
this is how I uderstand it: https://www.google.ie/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENI...

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 12:08
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swaying trams


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rajagopalan sampatkumar
Switzerland
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(warning against) tram turning right (across the traffic)


Explanation:
For example please see http://www.flickr.com/photos/sveinnbirkir/3833784181/ showing the crossing between Kungsportsavenyn and Vasagatan where some, but not all, trams turn right.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-22 14:40:24 GMT)
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Kindly note that the track turning off to the right at Valand CANNOT be seen on the photo, and thus not by a driver. But there are tracks turning off to the right; have a look at a http://www.euromar.org/goteborg/images/tram_map.pdf

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 13:08
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  tihomir
10 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!

agree  Tim Kynerd: As someone who's worked professionally with trams in Sweden, I definitely think this is just "turning."
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1 day 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tram turning in...


Explanation:
as in this reference 'Svängande spårvagn i Madrid'.
www.skanetrafiken.se/upload/dokumentbank/Styrdokument/Spårv...

This one is turning in a 'rondel' or (one of my favorite Britsh terms) a 'roundabout'! :-)

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 13:08
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 73
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