translate English to German: In narrow situations double-track tram lines sometimes reduce to single track, or, to avoid switches , have the tracks interlaced, e.g. in the Leidsestraat in Amsterdam on three short stretches (see map detail ); this is known as interlaced or gauntlet track .
Um 1970 schien sicher zu sein, dass in wenigen Jahrzehnten der letzte Straßenbahnbetrieb geschlossen werden würde.