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202 relations: A Line (Los Angeles Metro), Aerial tramway, AirTrain JFK, American Public Transportation Association, Articulated car, Articulated vehicle, Automatic train operation, Avenida Rio Branco, Škoda 10 T, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Big Dig, Birmingham Airport, Blackpool Tramway, Boeing Rotorcraft Systems, Bordeaux, Bordeaux tramway, Boston-area streetcar lines, British English, Bullet (interurban), Bus rapid transit, Cable car (railway), Calgary, California, Camden, New Jersey, Capacitor electric vehicle, CapMetro Rail, Carbon monoxide, Carpool, Cádiz Bay tram-train, Cercanías Cádiz, Changchun, Changchun Rail Transit, China, Commuter rail, Conduit current collection, Critical Software, CTrain, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Diesel engine, Diesel multiple unit, Docklands Light Railway, Double-track railway, Edinburgh Trams, Edmonton, Electroliner, English-speaking world, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Fyodor Pirotsky, G:link, ... Expand index (152 more) »
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A Line (Los Angeles Metro)
The A Line (formerly and colloquially known as the Blue Line) is a light rail line in Los Angeles County, California.
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Aerial tramway
An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, telepherique, or seilbahn is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion.
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AirTrain JFK
AirTrain JFK is an elevated people mover system and airport rail link serving John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport) in New York City.
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American Public Transportation Association
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is a nonprofit group of approximately 1,500 public and private sector member organizations that promotes and advocates for the interests of the public transportation industry in the United States.
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Articulated car
Articulated cars are rail vehicles which consist of a number of cars which are semi-permanently attached to each other and share common Jacobs bogies or axles and/or have car elements without axles suspended by the neighbouring car elements.
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Articulated vehicle
An articulated vehicle is a vehicle which has a permanent or semi-permanent pivot joint in its construction, allowing it to turn more sharply.
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Automatic train operation
Automatic train operation (ATO) is a method of operating trains automatically where the driver is not required or required for supervision at most.
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Avenida Rio Branco
Rio Branco Avenue, formerly Avenida Central, is a major road in downtown Rio de Janeiro.
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Škoda 10 T
The Škoda 10 T, or Skoda 10T, the latter being the common English-language form, is a three-carbody-section low-floor bi-directional tram, developed by Škoda Transportation.
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
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Big Dig
The Big Dig was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the then elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 that cut across Boston into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to extend Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport.
Birmingham Airport
Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham International Airport, is an international airport located east-southeast of Birmingham city centre, west-northwest of Coventry slightly north of Bickenhill village, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England.
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Blackpool Tramway
The Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on The Fylde in Lancashire, England.
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Boeing Rotorcraft Systems
Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters and before that Boeing Vertol) is the former name of an American aircraft manufacturer, now known as Vertical Lift division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
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Bordeaux
Bordeaux (Gascon Bordèu; Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.
Bordeaux tramway
The Bordeaux tramway network (Tramway de Bordeaux) consists of four lines serving the city of Bordeaux in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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Boston-area streetcar lines
As with many large cities, a large number of Boston-area streetcar lines once existed, and many continued operating into the 1950s.
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British English
British English is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain.
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Bullet (interurban)
The Bullet was a streamlined electric multiple unit passenger car produced by the J. G. Brill Company in Philadelphia for the Philadelphia and Western Railroad (P&W) in 1931, and then similar, somewhat smaller single-unit, single-end versions were built for the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad in 1932.
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Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit (BRT), also referred to as a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Light rail and bus rapid transit are sustainable urban planning.
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Cable car (railway)
A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed.
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Calgary
Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta.
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Camden, New Jersey
Camden is a city in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Capacitor electric vehicle
A capacitor electric vehicle is a vehicle that uses supercapacitors (also called ultracapacitors) to store electricity.
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CapMetro Rail
CapMetro Rail is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) system that serves the Greater Austin area in Texas and is owned by CapMetro, Austin's primary public transportation provider.
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Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.
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Carpool
Carpooling is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car, and prevents the need for others to have to drive to a location themselves.
Cádiz Bay tram-train
The Cádiz Bay tram-train is a tram-train/light rail system in the Spanish city of Cádiz and the surrounding area.
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Cercanías Cádiz
Cercanías Cádiz is the commuter rail service in the cities of Cádiz and Jerez de la Frontera in Andalucia, Spain.
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Changchun
Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province in China.
Changchun Rail Transit
Changchun Rail Transit, is the rapid transit and light rail system in the city of Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.
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Conduit current collection
Conduit current collection is an obsolete system that was used by some electric tramways to pass current to streetcars via a "conduit", a small tunnel under the roadway.
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Critical Software
Critical Software is a Portuguese international information systems and software company, headquartered in Coimbra. The company was established in 1998, from the University of Coimbra's business incubator and technology transfer centre, Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN).
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CTrain
CTrain (previously branded C-Train) is a light rail system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Department of Transport and Main Roads
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), is a department of the Queensland Government.
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Diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).
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Diesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.
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Docklands Light Railway
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system primarily serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London and providing a direct connection between London's two major financial districts, Canary Wharf and the City of London.
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Double-track railway
A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.
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Edinburgh Trams
Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Edinburgh Trams Ltd.
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Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.
Electroliner
The Electroliners are a pair of streamlined interurban trainsets built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1941.
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English-speaking world
The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language.
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Federal Railroad Administration
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT).
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Federal Transit Administration
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems.
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Fyodor Pirotsky
Fyodor Apollonovich Pirotsky (Фёдор Аполлонович Пироцкий; –), or Fedir Apollonovych Pirotskyy (Федір Аполлонович Піроцький) was a Russian engineer of Ukrainian ancestry, inventor of the world's first railway electrification system and electric tram While the commercialization of his inventions in the Russian Empire was relatively slow, Pirotsky is known to have met with Carl Heinrich von Siemens and influenced Siemens' eventual introduction of the first regular electric tram line (for the Berlin Straßenbahn).
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G:link
G:link, also known as the Gold Coast Light Rail and the Gold Coast Tram, is a light rail system serving the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, and is the sole light rail system in Queensland.
General Motors streetcar conspiracy
The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing of the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and subsidiaries, as well as to the allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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Glasgow Corporation Tramways
Glasgow Corporation Tramways were formerly one of the largest urban tramway systems in Europe.
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Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane.
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Grade separation
In civil engineering (more specifically highway engineering), grade separation is a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights (grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other transit routes when they cross each other.
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Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires (Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 partidos (districts) in the Province of Buenos Aires.
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Greenwood Publishing Group
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.
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Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway
The Gross Lichterfelde Tramway was the world's first commercially successful electric tram and first public electric tramway used for permanent service.
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Ground-level power supply
Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection or, in French, alimentation par le sol ("feeding via the ground"), is a concept and group of technologies whereby electric vehicles collect electric power at ground level from individually-powered segments instead of the more common overhead lines.
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Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit
Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit (Guangzhou BRT or GBRT) is the bus rapid transit (BRT) system of the city of Guangzhou in the People's Republic of China.
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H-Bahn
The H-Bahn (abbreviation for Hängebahn, German for 'hanging railway') in Dortmund and Düsseldorf (there known as "Sky train") is a driverless passenger suspension railway system.
Hamburg
Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.
Hämeenkatu
Hämeenkatu is the main street of Tampere, Finland, located in the city center.
Heritage streetcar
Heritage streetcars or heritage trams are a part of the efforts to preserve rail transit heritage. Light rail and heritage streetcar are tram transport.
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High-occupancy vehicle lane
A high-occupancy vehicle lane (also known as an HOV lane, carpool lane, diamond lane, 2+ lane, and transit lane or T2 or T3 lanes) is a restricted traffic lane reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and at least one passenger, including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.
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High-speed rail
High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.
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History of tram and light rail transit systems by country
Although tram systems date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many old systems were closed during the mid-20th century because of the advent of automobile (including bus) travel. Light rail and History of tram and light rail transit systems by country are tram transport.
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Honeysuckle, Newcastle
Honeysuckle is a near completed 50 hectare residential and commercial urban renewal redevelopment of former industrial land along Newcastle Harbour in New South Wales, Australia.
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Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.
International Association of Public Transport
The International Association of Public Transport (Union Internationale des Transports Publics; UITP) is a non-profit member-led organisation for public transport authorities, networks and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry, that works to advance sustainable urban mobility. Light rail and International Association of Public Transport are sustainable urban planning.
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International English
International English is the concept of using the English language as a global means of communication similar to an international auxiliary language, and often refers to the movement towards an international standard for the language.
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Interurban
The interurban (or radial railway in Canada) is a type of electric railway, with tram-like electric self-propelled railcars which run within and between cities or towns.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the second-most populous, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
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Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe (South Franconian: Kallsruh) is the third-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants.
Karlsruhe Stadtbahn
The Karlsruhe Stadtbahn is a German tram-train system combining tram lines in the city of Karlsruhe with railway lines in the surrounding countryside, serving the entire region of the middle upper Rhine valley and creating connections to neighbouring regions.
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Kassel
Kassel (in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, in central Germany.
Kelana Jaya line
The LRT Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity light rapid transit (LRT) line and the first fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley, Malaysia.
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Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih (Кривий Ріг), also known as Krivoy Rog (Кривой Рог), is a city in central Ukraine.
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur; 吉隆坡联邦直辖区; கோலாலம்பூர் கூட்டரசு பிரதேசம்) and colloquially referred to as KL, is a federal territory and the capital city of Malaysia.
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Lane
In road transport, a lane is part of a roadway that is designated to be used by a single line of vehicles to control and guide drivers and reduce traffic conflicts.
Lehigh Valley Transit Company
The Lehigh Valley Transit Company (LVT) was a regional transport company that was headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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Lichterfelde (Berlin)
Lichterfelde is a locality in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin, Germany.
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Light rail in North America
Light rail is a commonly used mode of public transit in North America.
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Light Rail Transit Association
The Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA), formerly the Light Railway Transport League (LRTL), is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to advocate and encourage research into the retention and development of light rail and tramway/streetcar systems.
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Light railway
A light railway is a railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail": it uses lighter-weight track, and may have more steep gradients and tight curves to reduce civil engineering costs.
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Lily Elefteriadou
Ageliki (Lily) Elefteriadou (born 1964) is a Greek-American civil engineer specializing in traffic flow, including route capacity, phase transitions from fast to slow traffic flow ("breakdown"), traffic optimization, and traffic simulation.
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Line 3 Scarborough
Line 3 Scarborough, originally known as Scarborough RT (SRT), was a light rapid transit line that was part of the Toronto subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Link light rail
Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.
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List of modern tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom
This is a list of extant tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom.
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List of North American light rail systems
The following is a list of all light rail systems in North America, ranked by ridership.
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List of rail transit systems in the United States
This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States.
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List of town tramway systems
This is a list of cities that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system.
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List of tram and light rail transit systems
The 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 public transit systems.
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List of United States light rail systems
The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. Also included are some of the urban streetcar/trolley systems that provide regular public transit service (operating year-round and at least five days/week), ones with data available from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports.
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Lists of words having different meanings in American and British English
This list has been split between.
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London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), branded as Metro, is the county agency that plans, operates, and coordinates funding for most of the public transportation system in Los Angeles County, California, the most populated county in the United States.
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Los Angeles Metro Rail
The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California in the United States.
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Low-floor tram
A low-floor tram is a tram that has no stairsteps between one or more entrances and part or all of the passenger cabin.
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LRT Line 1 (Metro Manila)
The Light Rail Transit Line 1, commonly referred to as LRT Line 1 or LRT-1, is a light rapid transit system line in Metro Manila, Philippines, operated by Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) and owned by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) as part of the Manila Light Rail Transit System.
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Manchester Metrolink
Manchester Metrolink is a tram/light rail system in Greater Manchester, England.
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Manila Light Rail Transit System
The Manila Light Rail Transit System, commonly known as the LRT, is an urban rail transit system that primarily serves Metro Manila, Philippines.
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MAX Light Rail
The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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Median strip
A median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways.
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Medium-capacity rail system
A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit.
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METRORail
METRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States).
Metrorrey
Metrorrey, officially Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metrorrey, is a rapid transit system that serves the metropolitan area of Monterrey.
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau.
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Monorail
A monorail is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or beam.
Montreal Metro
The Montreal Metro (Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Mulhouse
Mulhouse (Alsatian: Mìlhüsa;, meaning "mill house") is a city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France), close to the Swiss and German borders.
Multiple unit
A multiple-unit train or simply multiple unit (MU) is a self-propelled train composed of one or more carriages joined, which when coupled to another multiple unit can be controlled by a single driver, with multiple-unit train control.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.
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Newark Light Rail
The Newark Light Rail (NLR) is a light rail system serving Newark, New Jersey, and surrounding areas, owned by New Jersey Transit and operated by its bus operations division.
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Newcastle Light Rail
The Newcastle Light Rail is a light rail system in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, running from Newcastle Interchange through the central business district to Pacific Park.
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Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle, also commonly referred to as Greater Newcastle (Mulubinba) is a regional metropolitan area and the second-most-populous district of New South Wales, Australia.
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NJ Transit
New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit or NJTransit and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of the states of New York and Pennsylvania.
Norristown High Speed Line
The Norristown High Speed Line (NHSL; also known as the P&W, Route 100, or the M/M1) is a interurban light rapid transit line operated by SEPTA, running between the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby and the Norristown Transportation Center in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
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Nottingham Express Transit
Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is a tram system in Nottingham, England.
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O-Train
The O-Train is a light rail rapid transit system in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, operated by OC Transpo.
Ottawa
Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.
Overhead line
An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.
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Pantograph (transport)
A pantograph (or "pan" or "panto") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or electric bus to collect power through contact with an overhead line.
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Passenger rail terminology
Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas.
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People mover
A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system.
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Philadelphia and Western Railroad
The Philadelphia and Western Railroad was a high-speed, third rail-equipped, commuter-hauling interurban electric railroad operating in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh Light Rail
The Pittsburgh Light Rail (commonly known as The T) is a light rail system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and surrounding suburbs.
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Portland Aerial Tram
The Portland Aerial Tram or OHSU Tram is an aerial tramway in Portland, Oregon, that connects the city's South Waterfront district and the main Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) campus, located in the Marquam Hill neighborhood.
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Portland Streetcar
The Portland Streetcar is a streetcar system in Portland, Oregon, that opened in 2001 and serves areas surrounding downtown Portland.
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Portland, Oregon
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.
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Premetro
Premetro is the concept of building rapid transit infrastructure with the goal to use rapid transit trains in the future, but in the meantime use tram vehicles preliminary. Light rail and Premetro are tram transport.
Public transport
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.
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Railcar
A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers.
Railway electrification
Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport.
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Railway platform
A railway platform is an area alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains.
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Railway signalling
Railway signalling, or railroad signaling, is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic.
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Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
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Red Devil (interurban)
The Red Devil was a high-speed interurban streetcar built by the Cincinnati Car Company for the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad (C&LE) in 1929–1930.
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Right of way
A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.
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RijnGouweLijn
The RijnGouweLijn (Gouwe Line), or RGL, was a proposed light rail project in South Holland, Netherlands, that used some new tracks and some existing tracks from the Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway and the Woerden–Leiden railway.
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Rio de Janeiro Light Rail
Rio de Janeiro Light Rail (VLT Carioca) is a modern light rail system serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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River Line (NJ Transit)
The River Line (stylized as River LINE) is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line in southern New Jersey that connects the cities of Camden and Trenton, New Jersey's capital.
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Rolling stock
The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars.
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RTA Rapid Transit
RTA Rapid Transit (generally known as The Rapid) is a rapid transit and semi-metro system owned and operated by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA).
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Rubber-tyred tram
A rubber-tyred tram (also known as tramway on tyres, tramway sur pneumatiques) is a development of the guided bus in which a vehicle is guided by a fixed rail in the road surface and draws current from overhead electric wires (either via pantograph or trolley poles). Light rail and rubber-tyred tram are tram transport.
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Rush hour
A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
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S-Bahn
The S-Bahn is a hybrid urban-suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German-speaking countries.
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (Saar Bridges; Rhenish Franconian: Sabrigge; Sarrebruck; Saarbrécken; Saravipons) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany.
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
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San Diego
San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
San Diego Trolley
The San Diego Trolley is a light rail system operating in the metropolitan area of San Diego.
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San Francisco cable car system
The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco.
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San Francisco Municipal Railway
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF Muni or Muni), is the primary public transit system within San Francisco, California.
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SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines
The SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines are a collection of five SEPTA trolley lines that operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and also underneath Market Street in Philadelphia's Center City.
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Sestroretsk
Sestroretsk (Сестроре́цк; Siestarjoki; Systerbäck) is a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the Sestra River and the Sestroretskiy Lake northwest of St. Petersburg.
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Siemens S700 and S70
The Siemens S70 and its successor, the Siemens S700, are a series of articulated low-floor light-rail vehicles (LRV) and modern streetcars manufactured for the United States market by Siemens Mobility, a division of German conglomerate Siemens AG.
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Siemens–Duewag U2
The Siemens–Duewag U2 is a type of light rail vehicle (LRV), built by consortium of Siemens, Duewag and Wegmann & Co built between 1968 and 1990.
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SkyTrain (Vancouver)
SkyTrain is the medium-capacity rapid transit system serving the Metro Vancouver region in British Columbia, Canada.
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South Yorkshire Supertram
The South Yorkshire Supertram, sometimes referred to as the Sheffield Supertram, is a tram and tram-train network covering Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England.
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Sprinter (rail service)
Sprinter (stylized as SPRINTER) is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) service operating in the North County area of San Diego County between the cities of Escondido and Oceanside, California, United States.
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Stadtbahn
Stadtbahn (German for 'city railway'; plural Stadtbahnen) is a German word referring to various types of urban rail transport.
Standard-gauge railway
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.
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Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England.
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Strasbourg
Strasbourg (Straßburg) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France, at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace.
Street running train
A street running train is a train which runs on a track built on public streets.
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Streetcars in New Orleans
Streetcars in New Orleans have been an integral part of the city's public transportation network since the first half of the 19th century.
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Streetcars in North America
Streetcars or trolley(car)s (North American English for the European word tram) were once the chief mode of public transit in hundreds of North American cities and towns.
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Tampere
Tampere (Tammerfors) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa.
Third rail
A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.
Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Toronto streetcar system
The Toronto streetcar system is a network of eleven streetcar routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).
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Toronto Transit Commission
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some of which run into the Peel Region and York Region.
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Track gauge
In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track.
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Trackless train
A trackless train — or tram (U.S. English), road train, land train, or parking lot train is a road-going articulated vehicle used for the transport of passengers, comprising a driving vehicle pulling one or more carriages connected by drawbar couplings, in the manner of a road-going railway train.
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Traffic congestion
Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing.
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Traffic engineering (transportation)
Traffic engineering is a branch of civil engineering that uses engineering techniques to achieve the safe and efficient movement of people and goods on roadways.
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Tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. Light rail and tram are tram transport.
Tram-train
A tram-train is a type of light rail vehicle that both meets the standards of a light rail system, and also national mainline standards.
Tramway track
Tramway track is used on tramways or light rail operations.
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Transportation Expansion Project
The Transportation Expansion (T-REX) Project was a $1.67 billion project aimed at improving transportation options for commuters in the Denver metro area within the areas of Interstate 25 and 225, which was recognized as the 14th busiest intersection in the United States at the time.
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Transportation Research Board
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a division of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Tren de la Costa
Tren de la Costa (in English: "Train of the Coast") is a suburban, 11-station light rail line in Greater Buenos Aires, between Maipú Avenue station in the northern suburb of Olivos and Delta station in Tigre, on the Río de la Plata.
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Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County.
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Trillium Line
The Trillium Line (Ligne Trillium), also called O-Train Line 2 (Ligne 2 de l'O-Train), is a diesel light rail transit (DLRT) service in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, operated by OC Transpo.
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Trolley
Trolley may refer to.
Trolley pole
A trolley pole is a tapered cylindrical pole of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from a "live" (electrified) overhead wire to the control and the electric traction motors of a tram or trolley bus.
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Two-second rule
The two-second rule is a rule of thumb by which a driver may maintain a safe trailing distance at any speed.
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Tyne and Wear Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear).
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Types of trams
Trams have been used since the 19th century, and since then, there have been various uses and designs for trams around the world. Light rail and Types of trams are tram transport.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.
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University of Alberta
The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Urban rail transit
Urban rail transit is a wide term for various types of local rail systems providing passenger service within and around urban or suburban areas.
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US Standard Light Rail Vehicle
The US Standard Light Rail Vehicle (SLRV) was a light rail vehicle (LRV) built by Boeing Vertol in the 1970s.
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Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.
Werner von Siemens
Ernst Werner Siemens (von Siemens from 1888;;; 13 December 1816 – 6 December 1892) was a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist.
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West Midlands Metro
The West Midlands Metro is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands, England.
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See also
Tram transport
- Bathurst Decauville Tramway
- Conservation and restoration of rail vehicles
- Decauville railway at Diégo Suarez
- Ganz UV
- Green track
- Heritage streetcar
- History of tram and light rail transit systems by country
- Hose bridge
- Lagos tramway
- Light rail
- Lima Tramway
- List of premetro systems
- MRTC 3000 class
- MRTC 3100 class
- Manchester Suburban Tramways Company
- Open coach
- Pasoeroean Stoomtram Maatschappij
- Premetro
- Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
- Railway and tramway terminology in Europe
- Reserved track
- Rubber-tyred tram
- Semi-metro
- Sousse–Kairouan Decauville railway
- Tempe Streetcar
- The Two Pound Tram
- Ticknall Tramway
- Tram
- Tram accidents
- Tram stops
- Trams in Luxembourg
- Tramway (industrial)
- Tramway Review
- Tramways & Urban Transit
- Types of trams
References
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