Tram transport Tram transport The Great Orme Tramway ( Welsh: Tramffordd y Gogarth) is a cable-driven 3'6" (1 066 mm) gauge tramway in Llandudno in north Wales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Orme Tramway"
Ground-level power supply (also known as surface current collection) is a modern method of third-rail electrical pick-up for street trams. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ground level power supply"
A heritage railway or a preserved railway is a term used, especially in Great Britain, for a railway which is run as a tourist attraction, is usually but not always run by volunteers, and seeks to re-create railway scenes of the past (or perhaps a prettified image of the past) They may be operated in concert with area museums (particularly transport museums). See List of heritage railways. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heritage railway"
Light rail or light rail transit (LRT) is of urban rail transit that utilizes equipment and infrastructure that is typically less massive than that used for rapid transit systems, with modern light rail vehicles usually running along the system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Light rail"
This is a list of cities with trolleybuses as part of their public transport system. Trolley Trolley ...more on Wikipedia about "List of cities with trolleybuses"
** Historically: Twin City Rapid Transit (ca. 1872- 1954) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of light-rail transit systems"
The city of Rochester, New York once had an underground rapid transit system, the Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway, called the Rochester Subway from 1928- 1956. Contemporary photos show, however, that like Boston's Green Line, it used single streetcar vehicles, and so using today's terms would likely be described as a light rail system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rochester Subway"
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A rollsign or roll sign is a mechanical display used to indicate the destination of a bus or train. They are commonly seen in older city buses, streetcars and subway cars, which run on a variety of fixed routes. More modern equipment typically substitutes digital displays for rollsigns, but the long life of these vehicles ensures that many systems still use the devices. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rollsign"
The Seville metro (Metro de Sevilla in Spanish) is light metro network covering the city of Seville, Spain and its metropolitan area. Currently it is under construction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Seville metro"
Spårakoff is a tram converted into a bar in Helsinki, Finland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spårakoff"
A tram stop is a place designated for a tram to stop in order to have passengers board or leave it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tram stop"
The Ultra Low Floor tram (ULF) is a low floor tram currently operating only in Vienna, Austria. It has the lowest floor-height in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ultra Low Floor"
The Vicinal or Buurtspoor were a system of narrow gauge tramways or local railways in Belgium, which covered the whole country and had a greater route length than the mainline railway system. They were 1 m (3 ft. 3 in.) gauge and the system included electrified city lines as well as rural lines using steam locomotives and railcars; half of the system was electrified. Many lines carried freight. Only the coastal line and two routes near Charleroi are still in commercial use, four museums hold significant collections of former SNCV/NMVB rolling stock, one of which is the ASVi museum in Thuin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vicinal tramway"
Yarra Trams is a tram operating company in Melbourne, Australia. Yarra is a partnership between French company Transdev and Australian company Transfield Services. Yarra Trams commenced operations in 1999, initially operating less than one half of the network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yarra Trams"
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