Also means
platform
Usage Note
Gleis is the railway track or, by extension, the numbered platform you board from: Der Zug fährt auf Gleis 3 ('the train leaves from track 3'). The idiom aufs richtige Gleis bringen means 'to get back on track'.
Examples
"Der Zug fährt von Gleis vier."
Natural Translation
The train departs from track four.
Literal Translation
The train departs from track four.
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