guideway

[ gahyd-wey ]

noun

1. a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.

Word History and Origins

Origin of guideway¹

1875–80, for an earlier sense; guide + way ¹

Example Sentences

The guideway for the people mover is largely constructed, but crews are still working on the six station stops.

From Los Angeles Times

Musk is a very wealthy person who could make a serious impact on our survivability Over a 10-year period in the US, 19 percent of transit vehicles and 6 percent of fixed guideway elements like tracks and tunnels were rated in “poor” condition.

From The Verge

A few trains passed until a rescue train stopped and riders clambered across the guideway, she said.

From Seattle Times

Even the people who fix the subway create new nonconformities — power-wash cleaners who blast the decals off guideway strips for the visually impaired, work crews who cut holes in ceilings and leave them unfilled.

From New York Times

In a letter sent on Friday to Philip O. Newman, an assistant administrator at the F.A.A., she asked the agency to clarify why it had eliminated several of the alternatives “given the results of the public comments, and the concerns raised by community members of the cost, impact and practicality of the fixed guideway to Willets Point.”

From New York Times