Full track

Full railway and full railway are technical terms used to designate railways that are not trams . The term was also used to distinguish it from Kleinbahn . He points out that the railway has no structural restrictions with regard to operation with high axle loads and high speeds.

For example, in 1899 the Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn was the first full -line railway in Europe to run electrically, while the first electric tram, the Groß-Lichterfelde tram , was in operation as early as 1881.

Individual evidence

↑ Eberhard Hohnecker: Railway track for the 21st century . Ed .: Research Association "Railways for the 21st Century". May 2004, p. 19 ( baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).
↑ Keyword small railways in: Dr. Baron v. Röll , Encyclopedia of Railways, Second, completely revised edition 1912–1923
↑ Keyword Burgdorf – Thun-Bahn (Switzerland) in: Dr. Baron v. Röll, Encyclopedia of Railways, Second, completely revised edition 1912–1923

[1] Eberhard Hohnecker: Railway track for the 21st century . Ed .: Research Association "Railways for the 21st Century". May 2004, p. 19 ( baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

[2] Keyword small railways in: Dr. Baron v. Röll , Encyclopedia of Railways, Second, completely revised edition 1912–1923

[3] Keyword Burgdorf – Thun-Bahn (Switzerland) in: Dr. Baron v. Röll, Encyclopedia of Railways, Second, completely revised edition 1912–1923