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Or another Railbike travelling in the opposite direction?



Obviously you must stick to the schedule to allow for passing of oncoming or overtaking rail traffic at sidings.


The ones I've rode look like these[0], so in case they are running in different directions, you can easily lift up the one side with just one wheel on both vehicles, and then just push them. Simple and not a heavy lift either.

[0] https://hemomkringvandring.se/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG...


Definitely an issue with personal rail travel, whether from the opposite direction or an unclearable traffic jam in the same direction, and whether two rails or mono.

See also: Shweeb - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/shweeb-how-new-zealands-hy...


One of you gets off the track to allow the other to pass.

A normal bicycle can be lifted in one hand. This looks more unwieldy but not too much heavier. It shouldn't be hard.

(If two riders are both so oblivious that neither sees the other coming from at least a quarter-mile off, they deserve to crash.)


If it’s like the ones I’ve been on, you either lift them off the rails, or if you’re just hiring them, sometimes just both turn yours the other way and swap.


Then you stop, take one off the rails and swap positions.




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