page_title: Gauntlet track
section_title: Russia
hierarchical_section_title: Gauntlet track / Examples worldwide / Russia
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Сыромятническое сплетение трамвайных путей, Москва. English: w:Gauntlet track used by trams in Moscow to fit into a narrow tunnel.
context_page_description: Gauntlet track or interlaced track is an arrangement in which railway tracks run parallel on a single track bed and are interlaced such that only one pair of rails may be used at a time. Since this requires only slightly more width than a single track, all rails can be carried on the same crossties/sleepers. Trains run on the discrete pair of rails appropriate to their direction, track gauge or loading gauge.
  The term gauntlet is derived not from gauntlet meaning a type of glove, but from the expression running the gauntlet which means running between two confining rows of adversaries; gauntlet in this sense is a "corrupt form".
context_section_description: The Moscow tramway network has only one stretch of gauntlet track remaining in place. The five-track railway line just south of Kursky Terminal is crossed through a narrow tunnel built at the beginning of the 20th century and unsuitable for a two-track tram line. Other similar stretches were removed or re-organised, since according to the standards, gauntlet tracks on tram lines are only permitted as a temporary measure.
  The tram network in Osinniki includes a narrow bridge with a gauntlet track across a railway line towards the Ossinikovskaya mine. However, since 2010 the stretch is out of use after the tram services in the area were cut.
caption: Moscow tram tracks before entering a tunnel under Kursk railway
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA", "Image Make": "OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.", "Image Model": "E-3", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "GIMP 2.6.8", "Image DateTime": "2010:12:26 20:17:43", "Image Artist": "N.V.Onoufriev", "Image Copyright": "May be reused with attribution on terms of Creative Commons license", "Image ExifOffset": "2446", "Image XPAuthor": "N.V.Onoufriev", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "5132", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "5743", "EXIF ExposureTime": "536871/134217728", "EXIF FNumber": "11744051/2097152", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2008:07:27 10:33:57", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2008:07:27 10:33:57", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "4176365/524288", "EXIF ApertureValue": "2606159/524288", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "761/256", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, auto mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "60", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "0", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "0", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Soft", "EXIF Saturation": "Soft", "EXIF Sharpness": "Soft", "EXIF Padding": "[]"}