guideway

Vehicle steering channel

A guideway is a track or channel that constrains the movement of a vehicle or mechanism along a fixed path.

The term appears most often in transit systems—monorails, maglev trains, and automated people movers run on guideways rather than conventional rails: The new airport guideway connects terminals without drivers.

In manufacturing, guideways direct machine components with precision.

transit

monorail

Single-beam transit vehicle

maglevTrackless-seeming rail technology
tramwayRail system for carriages
subwayUnderground transit passage

metro · trolley · streetcar · elevated · railway · suspended · shuttle · conveyor · funicular · driverless

structure

track

Path or monitored route

railHorizontal support bar
beamStructural support member
channelPassage for transmission

slot · groove · runner · trough · flume · chute · slide · conduit · truss · girder

engineering

propulsion

Force driving movement forward

switchingChanging from one to another
junctionPoint where things meet
interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties

grade · elevation · clearance · gauge · specification · tolerance · infrastructure · construction · installation · maintenance

guideway

monorail

track

propulsion

guideway

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