Multi-tracked roller coaster
A multi-tracked or racing roller coaster has more than one track placed side-to-side, allowing multiple trains to race each other.
Racing
Sometimes, multi-tracked roller coasters are set up to race each other. Some racing coasters are set up for one train to win. While for other coasters, its a matter of weight, how well brakes work, etc.
Möbius
A Möbius loop roller coaster is a twin roller coaster that is built as a single connecting track, as opposed to two separate tracks. As a result, if the train leaves the left side of the station, it will arrive at the right side of the station.
There are only five möbius roller coasters operating today:
- Grand National at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
- Montaña Rusa at La Feria Chapultepec Mágico
- Racer at Kennywood
- Nitro at Dennlys Parc
- Max Adventures Master Thai at Mirabilandia
At first glance Twisted Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain appears to be a möbius roller coaster. However, it only has one station so each train always completes two laps, one on either side of the coaster.
See also
| Roller coaster types | |||||||||
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| Track materials | Hybrid • Steel • Wooden | ||||||||
| Scale | Kiddie • Family • Hyper (200+ feet) • Giga (300+ feet) • Strata (400+ feet) | ||||||||
| Train configurations | 4th Dimension • Bobsled • Floorless • Flying • Inverted • Motorbike (Steeplechase) • Pipeline • Side Friction • Spinning (Virginia Reel) • Stand-Up • Suspended • Winged | ||||||||
| Track layouts | Figure 8 • Out and Back • Twister • U-shuttle • Wacky Worm (Big Apple) • Wild Mouse | ||||||||
| Multi-tracked | Number of tracks: 2 (twin, möbius) • 3 (triple) • 4 (quad) • 6 (sextuple) | ||||||||
| Style | Diving • Mine Train • Water (liquid) | ||||||||
| Situation | Enclosed • Indoor • Terrain • Travelling | ||||||||
| Track configurations | Single rail | ||||||||