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9 appareils de voie

English translation: 9 switches and crossings


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French term or phrase:9 appareils de voie
English translation:9 switches and crossings
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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Track equipment.
French term or phrase: 9 appareils de voie
Full sentence:
Gare de Tiaret (stade d'aménagement Contrat 4) avec 5 voies, 9 appareils de voie et 3 quais.
Not sure if this indicates 'points' or other equipment, but don't see points mentionned elsewhere.
Bashiqa
France
Local time: 21:11
9 switches and crossings
Explanation:
Wikipedia (fr): Un appareil de voie est un élément de la voie ferrée qui permet d'assurer le support et le guidage du matériel roulant ferroviaire sur un itinéraire donné, lorsque d'autres itinéraires en divergent ou le traversent (cette définition n'est valable ni pour les taquets dérailleurs ni pour les appareils de dilatation). Il permet entre autres d'assurer les bifurcations et les croisements d'itinéraires.

"switches" -> aiguillages
"crossings" -> traversées
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Catherine Bielarz
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5 +39 switches and crossingsCatherine Bielarz
4pointsxxxBourth
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appareils de voie
Johannes Gleim

  

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9 switches and crossings


Explanation:
Wikipedia (fr): Un appareil de voie est un élément de la voie ferrée qui permet d'assurer le support et le guidage du matériel roulant ferroviaire sur un itinéraire donné, lorsque d'autres itinéraires en divergent ou le traversent (cette définition n'est valable ni pour les taquets dérailleurs ni pour les appareils de dilatation). Il permet entre autres d'assurer les bifurcations et les croisements d'itinéraires.

"switches" -> aiguillages
"crossings" -> traversées

Catherine Bielarz
Local time: 21:11
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Didier Fourcot: Per Bentley glossary, that makes design software for railways, turnouts are also considered "appareils de voie" when thay are not simple long-radius bends of regular track
40 mins
agree  cc in nyc: "switches" should suffice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch
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agree  Johannes Gleim: see Reference
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points


Explanation:
For me (hint, hint).

xxxBourth
Local time: 21:11
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  cc in nyc: "In the UK and Commonwealth countries, the term points refers to the entire mechanism, whereas in North America the term refers only to the movable rails." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch
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Reference: appareils de voie

Reference information:
Switches and crossings/Weichen und Kreuzungen/Appareil de voie | 4.2.5.4.1, 4.2.5.7.2, 4.2.6, 4.2.7.1, 4.2.7.2.1, 4.2.7.3, 5.2 | Voie formée d’aiguillages et de croisements individuels raccordés par des rails. |
Switches and crossings/Weichen und Kreuzungen/Appareil de voie | 4.2.5.4.1, 4.2.5.7.2, 4.2.6, 4.2.7.1, 4.2.7.2.1, 4.2.7.3, 5.2 | Track constructed from sets of switches and individual crossings and the rails connecting them. |
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lng1=fr,en&lang=...

Un appareil de voie est un élément de la voie ferrée qui permet d'assurer le support et le guidage du matériel roulant ferroviaire sur un itinéraire donné, lorsque d'autres itinéraires en divergent ou le traversent (cette définition n'est valable ni pour les taquets dérailleurs ni pour les appareils de dilatation). Il permet entre autres d'assurer les bifurcations et les croisements d'itinéraires. En effet, le conducteur d'un train n'ayant aucune maîtrise de la direction prise par le convoi, ce sont les appareils de voie qui sont chargés de le guider et de l'orienter de façon mécanique et passive.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appareil_de_voie

A railroad switch, turnout or [set of] points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another at a railway junction.
:
The switch consists of the pair of linked tapering rails, known as points (switch rails or point blades), lying between the diverging outer rails (the stock rails). These points can be moved laterally into one of two positions to direct a train coming from the narrow end toward the straight path or the diverging path.
:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch#Crossover
(Unfortunately the article writer limited this linked article to switches and omitted crossings, what the French term includes)

Johannes Gleim
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