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January 4

What are the definitions of wayside and track-side at the railway area?

在鐵路軌道站場，請問道旁及軌旁的定義為何?? 是否有任何規範去定義這兩個名詞的範圍(EN standard or IEC standard...等)

What are the definitions of wayside and track-side at the railway area?

Are there any international standard to define the scope of these two terms???(EN standard or IEC standard...etc.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam20010718 (talk • contribs)

If someone answers this question, please post the reference on Glossary_of_rail_transport_terms#W. (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 14:59, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article on Track (rail transport) indicates that the two terms are synonymous Wymspen (talk) 15:55, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wayside was featured on one of my English trivia calendars as one of the oldest words in the English language. It means, literally, on the side of the way. So, it can mean on the side of a road or the side of a river or the side of a rail or the side of anything in which things travel along. Trackside is more limited as it means on the side of a track. You wouldn't say trackside when referring to a road just you wouldn't say roadside when referring to a track. You can say wayside for both. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 13:40, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Way" is one of the most versatile words in the English language - airway, seaway, roadway, throughway, passageway, hallway, carriageway, pathway, highway, freeway, motorway, cycleway, busway, gateway, bridleway, doorway, stairway, causeway ... the list is endless. 2A00:23C0:7C00:B401:6D6A:7B2D:525E:9079 (talk) 15:15, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Off the top of my head, "waterway, tramway, subway, clearway ..." 81.158.94.204 (talk) 14:33, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In Britain at least, "way" (or "permanent way") is a bit of railway jargon, i.e. a term that is used in the industry (for railway track) but not used in that sense by the general public. "Road" is another. --ColinFine (talk) 13:23, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Byway", "footway", "right of way" are all issues only too familiar to any local councillor, nothing to do with railways. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:28, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In North America, "right of way" is common jargon usage for rail lines. In particular, where streetcar-type services do not share space with road traffic, they are referred to as running on "private right-of-way", "roadside right-of-way", etc. as appropriate. See Humber Loop for one example familiar to me. --76.69.117.217 (talk) 22:48, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Permanent way - as suggested by User:ColinFine above. This links to its article. Akld guy (talk) 04:46, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A minor usage of relevance not mentioned in the article above: in the UK, the space between the two rails of a (standard 4' 8¹/₂" gauge) track is or was referred to in railway workers' jargon as "the four-foot way", while the wider space between two adjacent tracks is/was called "the six-foot way". {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.200.41.3 (talk) 13:13, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]