Trolley buses and tramcars

Re: Trolley buses and tramcars


Melbourne Australia

commonly refered to as trams. Melbourne has a very extensive network of tram routes powered by electricity.

W class tram an older style of tram


C class a newer style of tram


A restaurant tram also plys many scenic routes


Some countries purchase trams manufactured in Melbourne


Karachi

Re: Trolley buses and tramcars


Trolleybus is one word. They are powered by electricity but have rubber tyres and run on the road just like buses powered by diesel or gasoline.

Tramcars run on rails.

Note: a "trolley car" is what Americans call a "tramcar" or "tram".

There are trolleybuses in a number of places around the world.

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Trams

Germany, France, Italy, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden and Belgium, has an extensive number of tramway networks. Some of these networks have been upgraded to light rail standards, called Stadtbahn in Germany and Premetros in Belgium.

United Kingdom: Blackpool, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Croydon.

All the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, excluding Lithuania, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova and Slovenia, have extensive tram infrastructure.

A small number of US and Canadian cities still have tram systems.

The Buenos Aires (Argentina) tramway system is one of the most extensive in the world.

There are systems in Melbourne and Adelaide (Australia)

Since I've lived there a couple of years and since the Missus is from there ...

Solingen trolley busses

And one small addition: Paris tramway

toronto , canada , still has an extensive streetcar system .
they even have an old streetcar , named THE RED ROCKET , that is used for guided city-tours .



STOMPIN' TOM , canada's troubador , even has a song to the glory of the red rocket driver : THE TTC SKIDADDLER (TTC = toronto transit commission)



STOMPIN' TOM (so named because he uses a special piece of wood for his heel stompin' )

Were tramcars used around 1904 in the USA?
Were tramcars used around 1904 in the USA when the first world's fair were organized in St Louis?

Were trolley buses not used in the same period in the UK?

Re: Were tramcars used around 1904 in the USA?


Tramcars have been around since around 1832 in the USA, first horse drawn and later electric from around 1890. Streetcars (tramcars) were used in St Louis from 1859.

Trolley buses were first used in the UK in Leeds and Bradford in 1911.

Re: Were tramcars used around 1904 in the USA?
The world's first trolleybus was called "Elektromote":



The first electric streetcar (tram) run in Berlin as well: the Elektrische Straßenbahn Lichterfelde-Kadettenanstalt (tram Lichterfelde to cadet academy), which started on May 16, 1881.


Tram in (Berlin -) Cahrlottenburg at 1882, on an emergency money note from 1922.

Haven't been back for a couple years, but Seattle had some cool trolleys in the old part of the city that were a blast. Like a little SF without all the loonies.

RH

the city of sALZBURG/AUSTRIA has an extensive network of trolleys and they are planning to extend their network . we visited salzburg in 2001 and found their service excellent - quiet , no diesel fumes , no streetcar tracks , really great .
this is one of the modern coupled trolleys .
hbg