{{Short description|Track reserved for trams}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2026}} [[File:Combino trams in Nordhausen - 2015.JPG|thumb|right|Two trams operating on reserved green track in Nordhausen, Germany]] [[File:Schwerin Tatra Cars 105 and 205, Platz der Jugend, October 1994.jpg|thumb|Tram on reserved track in Schwerin, Germany]] [[File:20230916 155452 September 2023 in Warsaw.jpg|thumb|Semi-reserved track for trams and buses in Warsaw, Poland]]
'''Reserved track''', in tram transport terminology, is track on ground exclusively for trams. This can be in the form of a dedicated part of a street, or a reserved section of tracks that are isolated from other traffic.
==Description== [[File:Tram approaching Ashton terminus, geograph 3808817 by Alan Murray Rust.jpg|thumb|Tram on a reserved track section on the Manchester Metrolink]] Unlike a street running track embedded in streets and roads, a reserved track does not need to accommodate the transit of other wheeled vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, or horses. It is the cheapest form of tram track to install (not counting land acquisition costs) and is usually constructed like a railway track with conventional sleepers (railroad ties).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bathtram.org/tfb/tT30.htm |title=Types of Track |work=bathtram.org |at=Reserved Track}}</ref>
Many modern tramway/light-rail systems operate on reserved track that was formerly part of a heavy-rail network. Some examples of these are: in Manchester, London, Nottingham (UK), Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide (Australia).
Tram transport tracks can be either reserved or street-running.<ref>{{citation| title = Movement in Cities: Spatial Perspectives On Urban Transport And Travel| first1 = P.W.|last1 = Daniels| first2= A.M.|last2= Warnes| year = 1980| page = 331|isbn = 0416356206}}</ref>
==Semi-reserved track== An intermediate form, whereby tramlines are laid in the middle of a road, and segregated from other road users either by being raised approximately 10 centimeters above street level, and/or with small studs, or simply by a painted white line. This space is normally for trams only, or for trams, buses, taxis, and emergency vehicles. However, ordinary traffic may cross into the tram lane to pass parked vehicles. In Belgium this is known as a ''bijzondere overrijdbare bedding''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wegcode.be/wetteksten/secties/kb/wegcode/100-art2|title=Artikel 2. Bepalingen|access-date=2020-08-20|archive-date=2021-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720185854/https://wegcode.be/wetteksten/secties/kb/wegcode/100-art2|url-status=dead}}</ref> or ''site spécial franchissable''. The tram lane may be roughened by paving it with cobbles as an additional deterrent to use by rubber-tired vehicles.{{fact|date=September 2014}}
==See also== * Street running, where trams or other vehicles share a right of way on a road or street * Tramway track
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