A Sirio low-floor tram in Athens, Greece passes in front of the AcropolisA tram (or tramway, trolley, streetcar, straßenbahn) is a light-rail vehicle for public transport. Trams are distinguished from other forms of light rail in that they travel along tracks laid down in the right-of-way of city streets. Another distinguishing factor is the short length of the vehicle, which usually consists of a standalone car or three at most. A special type is the cable car.
Tram systems are common throughout Europe and were common throughout the Western world in the early 20th century. In Canada most cities once had a streetcar system, but today Toronto's TTC is the only operator of streetcars in that country.
In Australia trams are only extensively used in Melbourne, all other major cities having dismantled their networks in the mid 20th century. ( Sydney does have a new light rail line, and Adelaide has a tram line originating from the city centre, terminating at GlenelgGlenelg is the name of some places in the world: Glenelg, Scotland, the original place of that name. Glenelg, South Australia, Australia Glenelg, Maryland, United States of America Glenelg is also the name of a British politician: Lord Glenelg.).
In the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly, tram systems were widely dismantled in the 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb., and after the closure of GlasgowFor other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation Glasgow is Scotland's largest city, located on the River Clyde in West Central Scotland. It is also one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, officially known as the City of Glasgow and, like many west of S's extensive network in 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e, only BlackpoolBlackpool is a seaside town in England, on the coast of the Irish Sea. It is traditionally part of Lancashire but on April 1, 1998 was made into an independent unitary authority. The town boundaries are drawn very tightly, and exclude the nearby settlemen's survived, although a cable-operated line continued to operate up the Great OrmeThe Great Orme is a limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, and is situated near Llandudno, Conwy. The Great Orme Mine was one of the most important copper mines of the Bronze Age, and was worked until the end of the 19th century. It is possible t in Llandudno. However in recent years new light rail lines have been opened in Manchester ( Metrolink), Sheffield ( Supertram), the West Midlands, Croydon and Nottingham ( NET), with a system in Leeds under construction and several others under consideration.
A TTC streetcar in Toronto
