Rubber-tyred metro
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A rubber-tyred metro or rubber-tired metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tires that run on a roll way inside guide
5000 series central rail-guided rubber-tyred rolling stock operated by Sapporo City Transportation Bureau, Japan, and built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company
VAL tracks on the Lille Metro
Sapporo Subway guide rail and flat steel roll ways
Paris Métro MP 55 bogie
Guided bus
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Guided buses are buses capable of being steered by external means, usually on a dedicated track or roll way that excludes other traffic, permitting the maintenance of schedules even during rush hours.
Rubber-tyred metro
…guidance through switches and act as backup if tyres fail. Most rubber-tyred trains are purpose-built and designed for the system on which they operate. Guided buses are sometimes referred to as 'trams on tyres', and compared to rubber-tyred metros. The first idea for rubber-tyred railway vehicles was the work of…
A Scania K280UB bus on the O-Bahn Busway route in Adelaide, Australia
Guided omnibus from Manchester
An optical guidance device on TEOR bus in Rouen
Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen