The only survivors of the vicinal / buurtspoor system are the Kusttram ( covering almost the entire coast from France to the Netherlands, being the longest tram line in the world ) and some sections of the Charleroi Pre-metro.

* 1885: First permanent city-wide electrical tram system in Europe ( Sarajevo ).

The Hong Kong Tramways is the tram ( streetcar ) system run exclusively with double deckers.

The electric tram system was proposed in 1881 ; however nobody was willing to invest in a system at the time.

In 1904, the tram system first got into service.

Established in 1992, the tram system of Istanbul earned the best large-scale tram management award in 2005.

Another award winning tram network belongs to Eskişehir, ( EsTram ) a city with a new tram system opened in 2004.

* Black Orpheus ( 1959 ), of which the main male character Orfeu is a tram driver in Rio De Janeiro's tram system.

Plans include the continuation of the legalization process of illegal buildings, construction of the southwestern portion of the Big Ring Road, a tram system, and the rehabilitation of the Tirana Train Station area.

At present the only tram system is Tramlink in south London, but others are proposed.

The city transport system is composed of 5 tram lines and about 40 bus lines, covering the city and some of the neighbouring communities.

There are also 3 yellow lines to serve the sand islands, and a coastal black line representing the tram system.

* September 19 – The electric tram system closes in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

Melbourne's cable tram system opened in 1885, and expanded to one of the largest in the world, with of double track.

The MTOC's three lines fed their cable tram system — Victoria Bridge cable tram terminus to Kew ( Boorondara Cemetery ), opened in 1887 and closed in 1915 after its sale to Kew Council for conversion to a Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust electric line.

Melbourne's cable tram system has its origins in the MTOC, started by Francis Boardman Clapp in 1877, with a view to operate a Melbourne tram system.

Regional transport in Belgium is operated by regional companies: De Lijn in Flanders operates the Kusttram and the Antwerp pre-metro as well as a bus network, TEC in Wallonia operates the Charleroi pre-metro as well as a bus network and MIVB / STIB in the Brussels Capital-Region operates the Brussels metro as well as the Brussels tram and bus network.

Despite this regional organization, some bus and tram routes operated by STIB / MIVB go beyond the regional border, and some bus routes operated by TEC or De Lijn transport passengers from the Flemish or Walloon regions to the capital city.

The Luas is a two-line light rail or tram network which has been operated in Dublin by Veolia Transport since 2004.

Like many large Australian cities, Hobart once operated passenger tram services, a trolleybus network consisting of six routes which operated until 1968.

Public transport in Wrocław includes bus lines and 22 tram lines operated by Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne ( MPK, the Municipal Transport Company ).

Trams have operated continuously in Melbourne since 1884, with the opening of a horse tram line in Fairfield, since then they have become a distinctive part of Melbourne's character and feature in tourism and travel advertising.

This was Melbourne's only non-MTOC cable tram, built by local land speculators and was operated as an independent line, feeding the Clifton Hill line.

Trams in Australia historically serviced many Australian towns and several cities formerly operated tram networks, however the majority of these were shut down before the 1970s.

The tram and railway services operated by the group are:

The switch points of tram lines are often operated remotely by the driver, who intentionally draws power or not when passing under a special short segment of the overhead wire.

The route was then operated as a conventional railway, until it was closed by Railtrack after the last train on 31 May 1997, for conversion to tram operation.

The second oldest line the Línia Llobregat-Anoia was opened in 1892 as an interurban tram using metre gauge tracks, which was taken over by the Companyia General dels Ferrocarrils Catalans ( CGFC ) in 1912 and transformed it into a train line ; CGFC being later taken over by FSB and FCC, followed by the broad gauge Lleida – La Pobla de Segur line in 1951 and operated by RENFE until it was transferred to FGC in 2005-2010.

It is the only exclusively double-decker operated tram system in the world, and one of only three non-heritage tram systems in the world that use double-deck cars.

The Black Country Museum runs a number of trolley buses in service on certain days, unlike the tram which is operated 7 days a week.

Unlike Birmingham's tram service, Birmingham Corporation Trolley Buses never operated in the Black Country.

The tram is operated by LPOA ( Leitner-Poma of America ) on behalf of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation of the State of New York, a state public benefit corporation created in 1984 to run services on the island.

A tram service operated between 1905 and 1932, run by Mansfield & District Light Railways.

Gillingham was served by an electric tram system operated by the Chatham and District Light Railways Company from 1902 to 1930.

The Brussels metro is an important means of transportation in Brussels, which connects with 6 railway stations of the National Railway Company of Belgium, as well as with many Brussels tram and bus stops operated by STIB / MIVB and with Flemish De Lijn and Walloon TEC bus stops.

It was decided that the site, later named Ferrymead Historic Park, should include both railway and tram tracks, the latter operated by the Tramway Historical Society linking the entrance with a historical village development.

In 1912, it was replaced by a tram that operated on the same route till 1953.

The town is famous for Harry Ramsden, whose fish and chip shop traded from a small shed next to the tram stop.

Proposals to build a light rail ( tram ) line through the town as part of an extension to the Nottingham Express Transit system were approved by the Government in 2009.

Accordingly, the town rejected the RGL, but the province threatened to impose the tram line anyway.

Neither community wanted tram traffic in the town centers.

In 1951, the town became connected to Liberec and Jablonec by a tram project that had been proposed since 1900.

A proposed extension of the Midland Metro line, which would run from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill via Dudley, would re-instate a tram service through the town centre, and is currently awaiting approval.

Bury is regionally notable for its open-air market-Bury Market-and its popularity has been increased since the introduction of the Manchester Metrolink tram system, which terminates in the town.

* 1 light rail ( sneltram = fast tram ) line to the neighboring town Amstelveen, partly using metro tracks, partly on the street with its own lanes, and with level crossings ( Route 51 ).

The final stub of the railway, connecting a town centre scrapyard with the South Staffordshire Line at Wednesbury, closed in 1992, only to be re-opened seven years later as the first phase of the Midland Metro tram line between Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

In 1910 the town gained a tram connection with Łódź, which was discontinued in 1991.

Despite a tram connection being provided from Portstewart to Cromore to link with the railway, the town developed with a more genteel character.

The town can be reached by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe tram route 4 or by Dresden S-Bahn line S1, which serves four stations in Radebeul.

The town is the northern terminus for the Nottingham Express Transit tram system as well as sharing a station on the Robin Hood Line.

Bronze statue commemorating the ' lost ' mining industry seen on the way from Hucknall tram and railway station into the town.

EuskoTran ( Basque for: BasqueTram ) is a light rail tram service which operates in the cities of Bilbao ( Biscay ), Vitoria ( Álava ) and, which will in the future serve the town of Leioa ( Biscay ), all of them in the Basque Country, Spain.

Since then the grid has been extended, as the town stretched out along the tram and rail lines, often with stretches of open country in between.

Barmen was the birthplace of Friedrich Engels and together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the first electric suspended monorail tramway system, the Schwebebahn floating tram.

Both the new locomotive and passenger coaches have been designed to recreate, in so far as it be possible, the passenger experience of the original hydro electric tram providing a nostalgic journey linking the town of Bushmills to the UNESCO World Heritage site at the Giant ’ s Causeway.

The town is the smallest German place with its own tram service, the so-called Kirnitzschtal Tramway.

Trams do not run through the town centre of South Norwood, however the nearest tram stop on the Tramlink network is Harrington Road tram stop.

Each tram travels towards Croydon town centre and West Croydon tram stop, before travelling back to Elmers End.

Because of legal problems over water rights, erection of the Walkmills turbines was delayed and when the first section of the tramway, from Portrush to Bushmills, was opened on 29 January 1883 some of the timetabled passenger traffic was handled by steam tram engines which were in any case necessary on the town section in Portrush where it was impossible to provide electric power since this was originally fed to the trains via an elevated third rail which ran alongside the line.