Gauntlet track
![Triple gauntlet track at Kaufungen, Germany. Wider mainline trains go down the centre; narrower trams switch either to the left, or right, to be closer to the relevant platform. Beyond the station, the rails return to single track.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Sechsschienengleis2356.JPG")
![Where two tracks converge into gauntlet track, they overlap rather than connect.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Interlaced-track-with-frog.svg2356.png")
![Gemmenich Tunnel and the route taken by wide loads passing through it](/Images/godic/202501/14/GemmenicherTunnel032356.JPG")
![](/Images/godic/202501/14/Gemmenich-tunnel-interlaced.svg2356.png")
Gauntlet track or interlaced track (also gantlet track) is an arrangement in which railway tracks run parallel on a single track bed and are interlaced (i.e. overlapped) such that only one pair of rails may be used at a time. Since this requires only slightly more width than a single track, all rails can be carried on the same crossties/sleepers. Trains run on the discrete pair of rails appropriate to their direction, track gauge or loading gauge.