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Edinburgh Trams. Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Edinburgh Trams Ltd. It is an 18.5-kilometre (11.5 mi) line between Newhaven and Edinburgh Airport, with 23 stops. [2][3][4] A modern tram network for Edinburgh was proposed by Edinburgh Council in 1999, with detailed design work being performed over the next decade.
Another factor which contributed to the rise of trams was the high total cost of ownership of horses. Electric trams largely replaced animal power in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Improvements in other vehicles such as buses led to decline of trams in early to mid 20th century. However, trams have seen resurgence since the 1980s.
The Hop, also known as the Milwaukee Streetcar, is a modern streetcar system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The system’s 2.1-mile (3.4 km) [5][3][6] original “M” line connects the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Downtown to the Lower East Side and Historic Third Ward neighborhoods. [7] On April 11, 2024, a 0.4-mile (640 m) Lakefront, or “L ...
The last mule tram service in Mexico City ended in 1932, and a mule-powered line in Celaya, survived until May 1954. [ 6 ] In the 21st century, horsecars are still used to take visitors along the 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) tour of the 3 cenotes from Chunkanán near Cuzamá Municipality in the state of Yucatán.
Manchester Metrolink[ note 1 ] is a tram / light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. [ 10 ] The network has 99 stops along 64 miles (103 km) of standard-gauge route, [ 1 ] making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Kingdom. [ 11 ] Over the 2022/23 financial year 36 million passenger journeys were made on the system. [ 1 ]
Toton Lane. Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is a 20-mile (32 km) [ 4 ] tram system in Nottingham, England. The concept of a modern tramway to reduce road congestion and promote urban renewal was formally identified during the late 1980s while detailed planning was undertaken during the early 1990s. The project, then referred to as the Greater ...
The city's horse-drawn trams were replaced by electric trams in 1900. [7] [8] In 1920 the various tramways were unified, allowing expansion of the system. [7] By 1946, the public transportation system in Bordeaux had 38 tram lines with a total length of 200 kilometres (120 mi), carrying 160,000 passengers per day.
The Belgrade tram system is a 1000 mm gauge network that in 2021 had 12 routes running on 43.5 kilometres (27.0 mi) of (at least mostly double) track in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. [1] It is operated with 231 trams, including ČKD Tatra KT4, CAF Urbos, and Duewag Be 4/6 trams. [2] [3] The first tram line was introduced on 14 October 1892.