tram

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Car pushed me on the tram lane thinking 'thats where cyclists go'.

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Quick take

a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tram gathered in one view.

noun

a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

noun

a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine"

noun

a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tram.

noun

a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

noun

a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine"

noun

a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

verb

travel by tram

Example sentences

Car pushed me on the tram lane thinking 'thats where cyclists go'.

Even just a fresh coat of paint would prevent those tram cabins from rusting.

I walk 5 minutes and then take the tram to work, reading HN while commuting.

I never run for the bus or tram or train, instead I walk as if it was waiting for me forever.

If the comparisons a few comment up are correct that same tram line would have cost $11 billion+ in the US though.

But we still ride the tram downtown every now and then, and often walk over to the grocery store or park.

Their system of public transportation relies a lot on connecting between bus/tram/subway/railway, but I never found the connections to work well.

Tangentially, when I visited Melbourne a few years ago, I left my backpack, with my laptop, phone, and accessories on the tram on a Saturday morning.

Aerial trams are different from gondolas in that there are normally only two cars, which move in opposite directions simultaneously, so each must be stopped at the same time, and any mid-point stations must be equidistantly located, unless you are happy having one car stopped in mid-air while the other is at a station.