Each tram has two power collection skates, next to which are antennas that send radio signals to energise the power rail segments as the tram passes over them.

* Jens Lekman has a song titled " Tram # 7 to Heaven ", a reference to line 7 of the Gothenburg tram which passes through his native borough of Kortedala.

The driver of the tram or trolleybus must turn off the power when the trolley pole passes through, to prevent arc damage to the insulator.

The tram route from Meadowhall also passes close by to the Motorpoint Arena, Don Valley Stadium, Ice Sheffield, the Institute Of Sport and the Valley Centertainment entertainment complex.

A horse tram passes a pedestrian crossing.

File: Ligne -- T3-porte-de-Versaill. jpg | A T3 tram passes the Parc des Expositions at the Porte de Versailles

Leaving the game center, Ash walks to the tram station, where she passes several immobile people, except for a dog looking back at her.

The Luas tram system passes through Dundrum, over the large cable-stayed William Dargan Bridge, at Taney Cross.

The tram passes an audio-animatronic Ripley ( Sigourney Weaver ) holding a flamethrower as she prepares to confront the creature.

Each tram has two power collection skates, next to which are antennas that send radio signals to energise the power rail segments as the tram passes over them.

The Spårakoff pub tram ’ s route passes many of Helsinki ’ s most notable sights: The Central Railway Station, Ateneum Art Museum, Pitkäsilta bridge, Hakaniemi Square and its market hall, the Kallio Library, the Linnanmäki Amusement Park, Töölö Bay, the Olympic Stadium, the Opera House, Finlandia Hall, the National Museum, the Parliament House, the Kiasma Museum of Modern Art, the Mannerheim statue, Old Student House, the Stockmann department store, the Market Square, the Presidential Palace and the Senate Square.

Von Vittlar drives the tram through the night, south to Flingern and Haniel and then east to the suburb of Gerresheim.

Its tram system was completed in 1892, while its theater was opened in 1899 ; until World War II, Gleiwitz ' theatre featured actors from through Europe and was one of the most famous theatres of entire Germany.

A scheduled Route 40 tram, restricted to just a nominal number of fare paying passengers, was driven through enormous crowds to New Cross, finally arriving at New Cross depot around 1am on the 6 July.

The local transportation company, RATUC, manages a tram line that runs through the city.

Several tram trajectories through Leidschendam-Voorburg-run by HTM-connect various parts of the city with each other, as well as with various neighbouring cities.

Nootdorp is connected to The Hague through the Randstadrail public transport system, and also with a tram line.

Until 1923 there was no through tram service between Leith and Edinburgh ; at the boundary in Leith Walk it was necessary to change from a Leith tram ( electrically powered ) to an Edinburgh tram ( cable hauled ) until the electrification of the Edinburgh Corporation Tramways in the early 1920s.

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.

The 57ft high obelisk is made of solid Galway granite and was paid for through public subscription and unveiled in 1911 at the junction with Parnell Street, just south of Parnell Square for which Dublin Corporation re-routed the tram tracks to facilitate the siting of the monument.

The current collectors are electrically conductive and allow current to flow through to the train or tram and back to the feeder station through the steel wheels on one or both running rails.

Whereas the tram in the initial proposal would go through Steenstraat / 3e Binnenvestgracht Stationsweg to the station, it will now go through the Lammermarkt and Schuttersveld.

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.

Extending the tram line from Shau Kei Wan to Chai Wan was considered, but was ultimately rejected due to the cost-effectiveness of tunnelling through the mountains to make level track.

Coal excavated from Saltom Pit was raised by horse gin to surface, then transported by tram through a tunnel to Ravenhill pit for lifting to the cliff top.

However, the accessibility of a low-floor vehicle can also be utilised from slightly raising portions of kerb at bus stops, or through use of level boarding bus rapid transit ' stations ' or tram stops.

Services through the Low-Level station, initially generous, had been greatly reduced due to competition with the extensive and efficient tram system well before their withdrawal on 3 October 1964 under the " Beeching Axe ".

Early tram routes through Railway Square, Sydney | Railway Square

Towards the end of the century the city of Munich wished to construct a tram route through the garden north of the Chinese Tower, currently a road used only by buses ; but it was opposed by the Bavarian government, which owns the land, and the Bayerische Verwaltungsgerichtshof rejected the plan.

Köpenick is also a node on the Berlin tram network, with routes 27, 60, 61, 62, 63, 67 and 68 passing through the locality.

The tram route starts at Plaça Francesc Macià in Barcelona to the west of the city and extends west, passing L ' Hospitalet de Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat, Cornellà de Llobregat, Sant Joan Despí and Sant Just Desvern.

Trains, contrary to tram and road traffic, run on the left.

Tram bogies are much simpler in design because of their axle load, and the tighter curves found on tramways mean tram bogies almost never have more than two axles.

Furthermore, some tramways have steeper gradients and vertical, as well as horizontal, curves, which means tram bogies often need to pivot on the horizontal axis, as well.

* A vehicle on a tram ( trolley )

It was originally believed that a live episode had not been planned for the anniversary, but actor Keith Duffy confirmed on 29 August 2010 that one would be aired focussing on the aftermath of the upcoming tram crash.

Centrale tram stop in Tamworth Road opened on 10 December 2005, increasing journey times slightly.

St Stephen's Green is adjacent to one of Dublin's main shopping streets, Grafton Street, and to a shopping centre named for it, while on its surrounding streets are the offices of a number of public bodies and the city terminus of one of Dublin's Luas tram lines.

The Hong Kong Tramways operates a tram service exclusively on northern Hong Kong Island.

Nineteenth century tram track remains can be seen in the dried lagoon bed at the island's center and the late 1930s-era lighthouse-shaped day beacon still stands on the western shore at the site of Millersville.

File: Tram North Korea PY. jpg | Former Zurich type Be 4 / 4 tram on the Kumsusan Memorial Palace line

" Only for Germans ") on the tram number 8 in German occupied Kraków.

Gothenburg has the most extensive tram network in Northern Europe, consisting of 190 km on a total track length of 80 km ; see Gothenburg tram ).

Modern RegioCitadis tram on route 2, Loosduinen, April 2012

A tram ( also known as a tramcar ; a streetcar or street car ; and a trolley, trolleycar, or trolley car ) is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way.

1500 ) Scottish words for the type of truck used in coal mines and the tracks on which they ran, probably derived from Middle Flemish tram " beam, handle of a barrow, bar, rung ", a North Sea Germanic word of unknown origin meaning the beam or shaft of a barrow or sledge, also the barrow itself.

The very first tram was on the Swansea and Mumbles Railway in south Wales, UK ; it was horse-drawn at first, and later moved by steam and electric power.

It is possible to close the grooves of the tracks on critical sections by rubber profiles that are pressed down by the wheelflanges of the passing tram but that cannot be lowered by the weight of a cyclist.

The tram blockage problem can be mitigated by providing regular crossovers so a tram can run on the opposite line to pass a blockage, although this can be more difficult when running on road sections shared with other road users or when both tracks happen to be blocked.

Breakdown related problems can be reduced by minimising the situations where a tram would be stuck on route, as well as making it as simple as possible for another tram to rescue a failed one.