The minimum railway curve radius, the shortest design radius, has an important bearing on constructions costs and operating costs and, in combination with superelevation (difference in elevation of the two rails) in the case of train tracks, determines the maximum safe speed of a curve. Superelevation is not a factor on tramway tracks. Minimum radius of curve is one parameter in the design of railway vehicles as well as trams.
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