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tramway

tramway · tramways

Trambahn

The track on which a tram runsThe track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.

» This tramway connects the city centre with the railway station.

Diese Straßenbahn verkehrt vom Stadtzentrum bis zum Bahnhof.

Meaning

3 senses

(Ireland, UK)The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.
Trambahn
the track on which trams or streetcars run
(US)The system of cables that supports a cable car.
(formal)A lane of a road or street, in which tram tracks are embedded, that is (in normal circumstances) for the exclusive use of trams and public buses.

3 sentences

This tramway connects the city centre with the railway station.
deDiese Straßenbahn verkehrt vom Stadtzentrum bis zum Bahnhof.
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Tom took the tramway.
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Why are there so few tramways in North America?
ruПочему в Северной Америке так мало трамвайных линий?
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Deutsch

By meaning 1

track on which trams run:

plural: tramways

Singular	tramway
Plural	tramways

regular

6 synonyms

Close in meaning

a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers:tram aerial tramway cable tramway ropeway
the track on which trams or streetcars run:tramline streetcar track