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These lines had many "tramway" characteristics as built but few today. Some town tramway systems had lines or groups of lines that were geographically isolated from the "main" system. Long-lived examples (i.e. excepting those during formative or closing years) are tabulated if known. Examples include Volgograd, Russia and New York City, US.
This is a list of town tramway systems in Serbia. It includes all tram systems in Serbia, past and present; cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems ...
The city's first horse-powered tramway was a single line of 1.5 km (0.9 mi) long and used a track gauge of 1450 mm (57 inches). Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de Mayagüez Horse 28 May 1895 1912 The city's second horse-powered tramway was a network of 8.6 km (5.3 mi) long with two branches and used a track gauge of 610 mm (24 inches).
Streetcar system served Kansas City, North Kansas City and Independence, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. Kingman: Horse 1887 1890 Larned: Horse 1887 1893 Lawrence: Horse 1871 1899 Electric 1909 1933 ♦ Leavenworth: Horse 1887 1896 Steam 1887 1894 Electric 1894 1925
Horse-drawn streetcars in New York City in 1895. The first streetcar lines in North America were opened in New York City in 1832. From the 1820s to the 1880s urban transit in North America began when horse-drawn omnibus lines started to operate along city streets. Examples included Gilbert Vanderwerken's 1826 omnibus service in Newark, New ...
Although New York City does not have light rail, a few proposals exist. The most viable of the planned light rail routes is the Brooklyn–Queens Connector, a streetcar route proposed for the western shore of Long Island, which was officially endorsed by the city in 2016 and is planned for completion after 2024.
An 1807 grid plan of Manhattan. The history of New York City's transportation system began with the Dutch port of New Amsterdam.The port had maintained several roads; some were built atop former Lenape trails, others as "commuter" links to surrounding cities, and one was even paved by 1658 from orders of Petrus Stuyvesant, according to Burrow, et al. [1] The 19th century brought changes to the ...
The New York City Subway is a heavy-rail public transit system serving four of the five boroughs of New York City. The present New York City Subway system inherited the systems of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND). New York City has owned the IND ...