What is a tram?
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Trams and light rail are forms of urban public transport; with a handful of exceptions, tramways and light rail systems across the world are almost exclusively passenger-carrying operations. There is no hard and fast definition of what constitutes ‘light rail’ or what the difference is between light rail and trams, and there are different opinions on what exactly the terms mean, but this article should give you an idea.
Trams
A tram, usually known in North America as a ‘streetcar’, ‘trolley...
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