Meanings
plural tram-trains
- UKrail transportA design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track.
One of the key features associated with VLR [very light rail] vehicles is that they are not interoperable with main line trains. That is the domain of tram-trains.
2025 July 23, Peter Plisner, “You say you want a revolution...”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 391 more example
One million passengers have used the Sheffield tram-train in the first year of its trial, according to South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE). [...] Tim Bilby, Stagecoach Supertram Managing Director, said passenger numbers and customer satisfaction had exceeded expectations, showing that tram-trains offer an affordable and efficient way to connect Sheffield city centre and Rotherham.
2019 November 6, “Sheffield lays groundwork for tram-train schemes”, in RAIL, page 24
Translations
Catalan tren tramvia
- tren tramviadesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Chinese Mandarin 輕軌-火車系統 /轻轨-火车系统
- 輕軌-火車系統 /轻轨-火车系统 (qīngguǐ-huǒchē xìtǒng)design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Czech vlakotramvaj
- vlakotramvajdesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Danish duosporvogn
- duosporvogndesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Dutch tramtrein
- tramtreindesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Esperanto tramtrajno
- tramtrajnodesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Finnish duoraitiovaunu
- duoraitiovaunudesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
French tram-train
- tram-traindesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
German Verknüpfung zwischen Straßenbahn und Eisenbahn
- Verknüpfung zwischen Straßenbahn und Eisenbahndesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Hungarian vasútvillamos, tram-train
- vasútvillamosdesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
- tram-traindesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Italian tram-treno
- tram-trenodesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Japanese トラムトレイン
- トラムトレイン (toramutorein)design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Korean 트램트레인
- 트램트레인 (teuraemteurein)design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Norwegian kombitrikk
- kombitrikkdesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Polish tramwaj dwusystemowy
- tramwaj dwusystemowydesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Portuguese trem-tram
- trem-tramdesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Russian трамвай-поезд
- трамвай-поезд (tramvaj-pojezd)design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Spanish tren-tranvía
- tren-tranvíadesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Swedish duospårvagn
- duospårvagndesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Turkish tramvay-tren
- tramvay-trendesign of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Ukrainian трамвай-поїзд
- трамвай-поїзд (tramvaj-pojizd)design of tram which can operate over standard railway track as well as tram track
Cite this entry
tram-train. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tram-train
“tram-train.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tram-train. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tram-train,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tram-train.
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