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TRAMS [9 records]

Record 1 2012-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
CONT

Tram-trains are a hybrid of trams and trains which are able to run on existing rail lines as well as on the street, sharing the route with other road traffic and allowing travel between, around and directly into the heart of towns and cities. The vehicles are typically powered by overhead electric cables and, less frequently, by diesel.

OBS

tram-train: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
CONT

Le tram-train, ou tramway d’interconnexion, constitue un croisement entre le tramway et le train, comme son nom l’indique. Le tram-train peut passer des voies ferrées traditionnelles aux rails aménagés en milieu urbain, pour les tramways ou les SLR [systèmes légers sur rail], ce qui permet la liaison entre le centre et les banlieues les plus lointaines, sans rupture de charge. En milieu urbain, il fonctionne comme un tramway, à vitesse relativement faible (de l’ordre de 20 km/h); toutefois, en zones périphériques, il joue un rôle apparenté à celui d’un train de banlieue, pour circuler plus rapidement, sur le réseau ferré classique.

OBS

tram-train : terme publié au Journal officiel de la République française le 10 juin 2007.

OBS

tram-train : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
DEF

A machine for loading broken rock (ore or waste) at a working place in a mine.

CONT

Scoop trams are employed using a drawpoint to extract the ore from the stope. After a majority of the ore is extracted at the drawpoint, a remote controlled scoop tram directed by the operator from outside the excavation, enters the stope to muck the remaining ore.

OBS

[The scooptram] nowadays, tends to be trackless.

OBS

A tram with a scoop. From "tram", a truck (trackless) or car (on tracks) to carry loads in mines, and "scoop", the bucket of a dredge designed to load coal, earth, etc. [From the Gage Canadian Dictionary, the Webster’s Dictionary and the Random House Dictionary.]

PHR

Scooptram operator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Extraction et transport du minerai
DEF

Camion ou wagon muni d'un godet et servant au chargement du minerai dans une mine en vue de son transport vers l'affinerie.

OBS

On dit «wagon à godet» si le véhicule est sur rail, «benne à godet» s'il est autonome. Un «godet» est la pelle d'une drague ou d'une excavatrice.

PHR

Conducteur de wagon à godet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
  • Extracción y transporte de minerales
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Record 3 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
DEF

The regular, free circulation of vehicles on streets and roads.

CONT

The city of Zürich is considered as a pioneer in the domain of(capital-intensive) computer-driven traffic light control, with right of way for trams. The recently built tram in Strasbourg, France, also has the right of way by light control. Numerous other cities are now following this approach that is said to improve overall traffic fluidity for cars as well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
DEF

circulation régulière et facile des véhicules.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tránsito vial
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Record 4 2011-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
CONT

Both tracked and trackless equipment for underground mining is available in Canada. Since the introduction of underground trackless equipment during the sixties, scoop trams, load-haul and dump vehicles and personnel carriers are now being made in Canada.

OBS

trackless mine: A mine with no rails. In these mines, rubber-tired vehicles operating independently of tracks are used for haulage and transport.

OBS

Source SDP-BT-1019928 is a draft document prepared by the Bureau of Business and Economic Development, Department of Regional Economic Expansion, entitled Mining Equipment Manufacturing Industry in Canada: A Regional Perspective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Extraction et transport du minerai
CONT

A la mine Quirke, la production a surtout été tirée de deux horizons de conglomérats, soit le filon "C" qui fournit encore la majeure partie du minerai et le filon "A" situé, du point de vue stratigraphique, à quelques 45 mètres au-dessus du filon "C" et qui a récemment été mis en valeur au moyen de matériel sans rail hautement mécanisé.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Traction (Rail)
DEF

A device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Traction (Chemins de fer)
DEF

Dispositif articulé qui permet à une locomotive électrique de capter le courant par frottement sur la caténaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
  • Tracción (Ferrocarriles)
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Record 6 2007-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
DEF

The track on which trams or streetcars run.

Key term(s)
  • street car track
  • street-car track

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
DEF

Voie de communication constituée de deux rails et destinée à être utilisée par des tramways.

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underground Mining
OBS

tramming : The practice of pushing tubs, mine cars, or trams, by hand. Tramming was an earlier practice in longwall stall mining, but is now largely obsolete.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Road Design
CONT

Other measures, such as the planned increase in park-and-ride sites, and building of multi-storey car parks on the inner ring road and of a tangential road link to take traffic away from the old town [Bologna], would necessitate larger investments that the city cannot currently afford. This example also shows how targeted EU support measures to improve local public transport(buses and trams) and bicycle and pedestrian traffic can substantially improve the environmental situation in cities and towns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Conception des voies de circulation
DEF

Voie périphérique suivant le parcours de l'ancienne enceinte d'une ville.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación urbana
  • Diseño de carreteras
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Record 9 1999-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
DEF

The transportation of coal or mineral from the working face to the shaft bottom.

CONT

Underground haulage. The ore recovered in stopes spread along an orebody is transported to an ore dump located close the hoisting shaft. Special haulage levels are prepared for longer lateral transfer; they commonly feature rail track installations with trains for ore transport.

OBS

Haulage usually implies trams, tubs, or mine cars drawn by horses, locomotives or ropes, and electric or compressed-air haulage engines. Conveyors are not generally regarded as a haulage method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Extraction et transport du minerai
OBS

roulage : Tout type de transport du minerai entre la sortie du chantier et l'ouvrage d'extraction.

Spanish

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