History of trams, streetcars or trolleys from the early 19th century
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The history of trams, streetcars, or trolleys began in the early nineteenth century. It can be divided up into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of motive power used.
train operation in trams in Potsdam, low-floor trams and regenerative braking. Tram Light rail Historyof rail transport Historyof transport "The Swansea...
trams also carry freight. Trams are now commonly included in the wider term "light rail", which also includes grade-separated systems. Some trams, known...
Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Edinburgh Trams Ltd. It is an 18.5-kilometre (11.5 mi) line between Newhaven and Edinburgh...
of the Leipzig tramway museum and is now the home of all historic tramway cars of the city. Transport portal Germany portal Trams in Leipzig List of town...
had tram systems. Vyborg abandoned its trams in 1957 after it was ceded to the Soviet Union after the end of World War II. Turku withdrew its trams in...
intrusive, but clean and efficient form of transportation. Many early trams were horse-drawn, but electric trams followed. By the mid-1910s, the urban population...
Trams at Melbourne tram stop 14, 'Arts Precinct' recorded 15 September 2018 Problems playing this file? See media help. The Melbourne tramway network...
removal of the trams was a mistake, as modernised trams were more economical than reported in the city's evaluations of the time, and that an updated tram system...
Trams in India were established in the late 19th century. Horse-drawn trams were introduced in Kolkata in 1873; in Mumbai, trams began operations in 1874;...
horse-drawn trams were used. Cape Town's electric tram system initially had ten cars which were built in Philadelphia. Lady Sivewright, the wife of James Sivewright...
been two separate generations oftrams in London, from 1860 to 1952 and from 2000 to the present. There were no trams at all in London between 1952 and...
advocate, published 1st ed. of Observations on a General Iron Railway, 1820. Timeline of railway historyHistoryoftrams Christian Wolmar, Blood, iron...
Trams in France date from 1837 when a 15 km steam tram line connected Montrond-les-Bains and Montbrison in the Loire. With the development of electric...
Melbourne tram route 75 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network from Vermont South to Central Pier. The 22.8 kilometre route is operated...
awarding of the operating franchise to Stagecoach the trams were reliveried in Stagecoach's corporate livery from 1997. From 2006 the trams were refurbished...
Department of Transport and Planning. The current franchise is operated by Keolis Downer. As at May 2014, Yarra Trams operate 487 trams, across 26 tram routes...
computerized control system, and two new two-car trams with a capacity of 120 passengers per tram. By the time of the handover in 1997, the system carried some...
financial losses, bringing to an end the era of steam trams in Singapore. On 24 July 1905 the first electric trams in Singapore were inaugurated. When the...
Scottish Tramway and Transport Society Glasgow Corporation Tramways – historyoftrams in Glasgow A. & J. Inglis shipyard at Pointhouse Quay, where more than...
Blockade Tram MC-29". www.visit-petersburg.ru. Retrieved 28 December 2019. "150 years oftrams in Berlin – International Association for the Historyof Transport...
replacing double-coach trams and enabling some closed routes to reopen. Fibre Body Trams – Before the introduction of the single-coach tram in December 2012...
Before 2002 six LVS-86T trams were also used. One KTM-1 tram was saved from being scrapped and preserved as a monument. Historyoftrams in Arkhangelsk transphoto...
of Calcutta trams: A brief historyoftrams in India". Indian Express. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023. The Evolution ofTrams in Mumbai (Report)...
of India. 31 March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023. "150th anniversary of Calcutta trams: A brief history...
following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular...
GT6N and GT6N-ZR) trams in unidirectional and bidirectional versions, and since 2008, the Bombardier Flexity Berlin. The Tatra KT4 trams were phased out...
This is a list oftram routes on the tram network in Melbourne, Australia, operated by Yarra Trams. Services that deviate from the regular routes below...
summer nights, that the trams were used as fundraisers and often chartered right up until the last service by social groups. Most trams operated with a two-person...