An urban rail transit mode, also called a streetcar or trolley in North America, whose vehicles run on tracks laid into public streets alongside ordinary traffic rather than on a fully separated right of way. The earliest fare-paying passenger tramway, the horse-drawn Swansea and Mumbles Railway in Wales, opened in 1807, and electric traction overtook horse and cable power in most cities by the early twentieth century. Trams declined through the mid-twentieth century as buses and private cars took over city streets, but many cities have reintroduced them since as a lower-cost, street-level alternative to a full metro.
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Core ConcernRunning rail vehicles in mixed street traffic on tracks laid into public roads 1 Connections
Exemplified By
Source Gelenktriebwagen NGT8D (Wikipedia, German)
Source Alstom RegioCitadis (Wikipedia, German)
Source B class Melbourne tram (Wikipedia)
Source C class Melbourne tram (Wikipedia)
Source C2 class Melbourne tram (Wikipedia)
Source Citadis (Wikipedia)
Source Citadis 100 (Wikipedia)
Source Flexity Berlin (Wikipedia)
Source Flexity Classic (Wikipedia)
Source Flexity Outlook (Wikipedia)
Source G class Melbourne tram (Wikipedia)
Source Hitachi Sirio (Wikipedia)
Source Siemens Avenio (Wikipedia)
Source Siemens Combino (Wikipedia)
Source Tramway Français Standard (Wikipedia)
Has Worker
Source Fyodor Pirotsky (Wikipedia)
Pioneered By
Source Wikipedia: Werner von Siemens
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1. Wikipedia: Tram
WikipediaIntroduction
A tram (also known as a tramcar, or a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit type in which vehicles
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A tram, also known as a tramcar, streetcar or trolley is a form of urban rail transit in which vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks laid on or parallel to public streets, or operate in segregated right-of-ways.
- In Category: Modes
- Part Of: Rail Transport
View the Source Wikipedia: Werner von Siemens
WikipediaPioneered By: Werner von Siemens, Later yearsQuote, Pioneered By: Werner von Siemens, Later years
In May 1881, Siemens & Halske inaugurated the world's first electric tram service, in the Berlin suburb of Groß-Lichterfelde.
Siemens Combino (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Siemens Combino, Lead, mode of transportQuote, Exemplified By: Siemens Combino, Lead, mode of transport
is a low-floor tram produced by Siemens Mobility
Siemens Avenio (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Siemens Avenio, Lead, mode of transportQuote, Exemplified By: Siemens Avenio, Lead, mode of transport
The Siemens Avenio is a low floor tram family
Flexity Outlook (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Flexity Outlook, Lead, typeQuote, Exemplified By: Flexity Outlook, Lead, type
low-floor trams of the multi-articulated type
Flexity Classic (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Flexity Classic, Lead, typeQuote, Exemplified By: Flexity Classic, Lead, type
is a tram model
Flexity Berlin (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Flexity Berlin, Lead, typeQuote, Exemplified By: Flexity Berlin, Lead, type
is a tram type constructed for the Berlin tramway network
Gelenktriebwagen NGT8D (Wikipedia, German)
Exemplified By: Alstom NGT8D, LeadQuote, Exemplified By: Alstom NGT8D, Lead
NGT8D ist die Bezeichnung eines von 1994 bis 2012 gebauten Straßenbahn-Fahrzeugtyps
Alstom RegioCitadis (Wikipedia, German)
Exemplified By: Alstom RegioCitadis, LeadQuote, Exemplified By: Alstom RegioCitadis, Lead
für kombinierten Verkehr auf Eisenbahn- und Straßenbahnstrecken
Citadis (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Citadis, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: Citadis, Lead, mode
Citadis is a family of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles built by Alstom
C class Melbourne tram (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: C class Melbourne tram, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: C class Melbourne tram, Lead, mode
a fleet of three-section Alstom Citadis 202 trams built in La Rochelle, France that operate on the Melbourne tram network
C2 class Melbourne tram (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: C2 class Melbourne tram, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: C2 class Melbourne tram, Lead, mode
five-section Alstom Citadis 302 trams built in La Rochelle, France
Citadis 100 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Citadis 100, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: Citadis 100, Lead, mode
two series of low-floor trams from the Citadis family, produced at Konstal's plant in Chorzów
Tramway Français Standard (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Tramway Français Standard, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: Tramway Français Standard, Lead, mode
a type of tram designed and manufactured by Alstom for use on various tramway systems in France
G class Melbourne tram (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: G class Melbourne tram, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: G class Melbourne tram, Lead, mode
The G class Melbourne tram is a three-section articulated tram.
B class Melbourne tram (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: B class Melbourne tram, Lead, modeQuote, Exemplified By: B class Melbourne tram, Lead, mode
is a class of two-section, three-bogie articulated class trams that operate on the Melbourne tram network
Hitachi Sirio (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Hitachi Sirio, LeadQuote, Exemplified By: Hitachi Sirio, Lead
is a low-floor tram built by Hitachi Rail Italy (formerly AnsaldoBreda)
Atlantic Avenue Railroad (Wikipedia)
Has Part: Atlantic Avenue Railroad, Lead, streetcar operationQuote, Has Part: Atlantic Avenue Railroad, Lead, streetcar operation
It was largely a streetcar company
Dearne District Light Railway (Wikipedia)
Has Part: Dearne District Light Railway, LeadQuote, Has Part: Dearne District Light Railway, Lead
The Dearne District Light Railway was a tramway linking Barnsley with the towns of Wombwell, Wath, Bolton on Dearne and Thurnscoe.
Fyodor Pirotsky (Wikipedia)
Has Worker: Fyodor Pirotsky, Work, 1880 electric tramQuote, Has Worker: Fyodor Pirotsky, Work, 1880 electric tram
In 1880, he modified a city two-decker horse tramway to be powered by electricity instead of horses
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