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Encyclopedia > Tram stop
Luas stop at Harcourt in Dublin, Ireland
Luas stop at Harcourt in Dublin, Ireland

A tram stop is a place designated for a tram to stop in order to have passengers board or leave it. Image File history File links Luas_stop. ... Image File history File links Luas_stop. ... A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ...

Example of a tram stop sign
Example of a tram stop sign

Tram stops share most characteristics of bus stops, but because trams operate on rails, they often include railway platforms, especially if stepless entries are provided for accessibility. Trams are perfectly capable, however, of stopping at mere bus stop-type flags and using pavements as platforms, as seen, for example, in Budapest. On the other hand, in Manchester high-floor trams stop at dedicated platforms at the height of a railway platform, because the tram system took over former railway lines in the suburbs. Such trams also stop at dedicated platform stops on Stadtbahns in Germany, especially in underground stations in the city centre. A Tram Stop Sign This work is copyrighted. ... A Tram Stop Sign This work is copyrighted. ... A typical bus stop in Singapore. ... A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. ... JEWISH. HAHAHA... YOURE A JEW For Wikipedias accessibility policy, see Wikipedia:Accessibility. ... Nickname: Paris of the East, Pearl of the Danubeor Queen of the Danube Location of Budapest in Hungary Country Hungary County Pest Mayor Gábor Demszky (SZDSZ) Area    - City 525,16 km²  - Land n/a km²  - Water n/a km² Population    - City (2006) 1,695,000  - Density 3570/km... Stadtbahn signet as used in North Rhine-Westphalia Stadtbahn (literally in German: city railway) is a term for light rail systems in operation in Germany. ...


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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Tram (6930 words)
Trams are distinguishable from other forms of rail-borne vehicles in that they travel wholly or partly along tracks laid down in streets, usually on track reserved for the tram system.
The first trams, known as streetcars in north America, or horsecars, that were built in the United States, and developed from city stagecoach lines and omnibus lines that picked up and dropped off passengers on a regular route and without the need to be pre-hired.
Modern trams generally use overhead electric cables, from which they draw current through a pantograph, a bow collector (less commonly) or the now-rare trolley pole (the former is most common and used on most new tram designs).
Stop (377 words)
stop sign: a traffic sign informing drivers to make a temporary stop.
truck stop: an eating establishment on a major trucking route with a large carpark for truck drivers to stop and refresh themselves, and often with other amenities available.
Stop: a 2004 album by Franco De Vita that featured the hits "Tu De Que Vas" and "Si La Ves".
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