Ama-rails ashelelayo, awaziwa nangokuthi ama-guide rails, ama-slide rails, abhekisela ezingxenyeni zokuxhuma zehadiwe ezigxilwe kukhabhinethi yefenisha futhi zisetshenziselwa ukunyakaza kwamadrowa noma amabhodi ekhabhinethi efenisha. I-sliding rail ifaneleka ekuxhumekeni kwekhabethe lamakhabethe enziwe ngokhuni nawensimbi njengamakhabethe, ifenisha, amakhabethe emibhalo, amakhabethe okugezela kanye nezinye ifenisha.
Uma ihinge liyinhliziyo yekhabhinethi, isilayidi yizinso. Ukuthi lawo madrophu amakhulu namancane angaphushwa futhi adonswe ngokukhululekile nangokushelela, futhi umthamo wokuthwala umthwalo uncike ekusekelweni kwesitimela sama-slide. Uma sibheka ubuchwepheshe bamanje, isitimela sesilayidi esiphansi singcono kunomzila wesilayidi oseceleni, futhi ukuxhumana okuphelele nekhabethe kungcono kunokuxhumeka kwamaphoyinti amathathu. Izinto zokwakha, izimiso, izakhiwo, nobungcweti bamaslayidi ekhabethe kuhluke kakhulu. Amaslayidi ekhwalithi ephezulu anokumelana okuphansi, impilo ende namadrowa abushelelezi.