Dual-tracked roller coaster


A dual-tracked roller coaster is a roller coaster which consists of two tracks. There are three types of dual-tracked roller coasters: racing, dueling, and Möbius Loop roller coasters.
Not all parks choose to operate both sides of their dual-tracked coasters; Rolling Thunder and Colossus are two examples of this. Other parks operate one side frontwards and one side derrierewards.

Variants

': consists of two separate roller coasters that travel along parallel or mirrored tracks to simulate a race between the trains. The coaster trains travel along tracks just a few feet apart from one another. They often get close enough for riders to reach out and slap hands with riders on the opposite train, though this is extremely dangerous. These coasters are usually old wooden coasters.
': features two roller coasters, usually with a similar layout, built close to each other. The rides are designed to do just as the name indicates: to duel. The coaster's layout often consists of strategic maneuvering to produce between the two coaster trains, designed to induce a greater for the rider than a stand-alone roller coaster.
: this can be a racing roller coaster or a dueling roller coaster; however, there is one continuous track shared by both trains. As a result, the side of the station that a train begins on is not the same side in which it will return. For each cycle, each train travels half the track. In less common configurations, a Möbius loop coaster train will travel the entire length of the track before returning, such as with Twisted Colossus and West Coast Racers at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

Examples