A tram roundabout or grand circle is a circular rail junction for trams in the shape of a roundabout. A tram roundabout is able to provide the equivalent any-to-any connection of a grand union, but with a simplified tramway track configuration using one-way traffic, fewer turnouts and reduction in level junctions, at the cost of slightly more space. Trams may continue as one-way traffic in an endless loop around the tram roundabout junction.
A circular roundabout design is often used to allowing passing around a centrally-placed monument, or fountain, or small park.
180abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 2 | 2 | 52.3513°N 4.85°W | ||||||
195abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 3 | 3 | 52.3633°N 4.9228°W | ||||||
212m (696feet) | 4 | 4 | 6 | junction with | 52.3757°N 4.819°W | ||||
/ Dumonplein | 242m (794feet) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 50.84°N 4.465°W | ||||
254m (833feet) | 3 | 3 | 4 | stops off ring | 52.5186°N 13.453°W | ||||
137m (449feet) | 3 | 3 | 4 | stops off ring, two tracks at one of the Ins | 48.1555°N 11.5116°W | ||||
290abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 2 | 2 | 59.8917°N 30.3195°W | ||||||
557m (1,827feet) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 59.9184°N 30.289°W | |||||
Lenina / Lunacharskogo[1] | 188m (617feet) | 4 | 4 | 56.8402°N 60.6206°W | |||||
230m (760feet) | 4 | 4 | 54.3064°N 48.3497°W | ||||||
Tivoli Circle | 283m (928feet) | 3 | 2 | 29.9433°N -90.0725°W | |||||
245m (804feet) | 2 | 2 | 2 | around, with "" bypass tunnel underneath | 49.0103°N 8.3889°W | ||||
366m (1,201feet) | 2 | 2 | 50.2598°N 19.0132°W | ||||||
170abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 2 | 2 | 3 | 45.8422°N 15.9746°W | |||||
456m (1,496feet) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 45.81°N 15.9872°W | |||||
Będzin Rondo | 218m (715feet) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 50.3249°N 19.1243°W | ||||
Koszutka Słoneczna Pętla | 221m (725feet) | 2 | 2 | 4 | one platform on loop | 50.2736°N 19.0248°W |
Rond-Point du Meir/ Meerplein | 210m (690feet) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | with tram stop in middle | 50.8327°N 4.3023°W | ||
Barrière de Saint-Gilles/ Bareel van Sint-Gillis | 115m (377feet) | 3 | 3 | 4 | overlapping tracks, stops off ring | 50.8269°N 4.3446°W | |||
Place de l'Altitude Cent/ | 262disp=tableNaNdisp=table | 2 | 2 | 2 | 50.8166°N 4.3368°W | ||||
Rond-point Winston Churchill/ Winston Churchillplein | 154disp=tableNaNdisp=table | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 50.8119°N 4.3539°W | |||
Verboekhoven Square | 241m (791feet) | 4 | 4 | 2 | over main line rail tracks | 50.8714°N 4.3759°W | |||
255m (837feet) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | separation around the monument | 48.1376°N 11.588°W | |||
916abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 3 | 3 | 3 | old town centre | 52.4456°N 13.576°W | ||||
672abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 3 | 3 | 3 | around station, with sidings | 52.523°N 13.4018°W | ||||
220disp=tableNaNdisp=table | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | station forecourt | 47.5483°N 7.5903°W | |||
195m (640feet) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | next to | 52.3496°N 4.8575°W | |||
170abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 52.3584°N 4.8532°W | ||||
180abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 2 | 2 | 52.3584°N 4.8532°W | ||||||
266abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 51.3606°N 12.47°W | ||||
256m (840feet) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 59.9128°N 10.7453°W | ||||
Pilestredet / | 904m (2,966feet) | 3 | 3 | 2 | residential one-way | 59.921°N 10.732°W | |||
Chebzie Pętla / Rondo | 244m (801feet) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 50.3007°N 18.8824°W | ||||
435abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 41.8915°N 12.5151°W | ||||
145m (476feet) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 41.9111°N 12.509°W |
On 8 September 1968, one week before closure of Liverpool Corporation Tramways, tram car 245 completed three complete laps of the St. Oswald Street tram roundabout whilst being filmed.[2]