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A
tram
(tramcar,
trolley,
or
streetcar)
is
a
passenger
vehicle
that
is
like
a
light
train.
It
carries
people
to
places
within
a
city.
Because
a
single
tram
can
carry
many
people
at
the
same
time,
riding
on
a
tram
instead
of
driving
a
car
is
a
good
way
to
help
prevent
pollution
and
stop
the
roads
getting
too
busy.
A
tram
in
Moscow,
which
has
one
of
the
largest
existing
tram
networks
in
the
world
Streetcars
in
Toronto--a
city
that
operates
the
largest
streetcar
system
in
North
America.
A
double
deck
tram
in
London,
1910.
Double
decker
trams
were
commonplace
in
Great
Britain
and
Dublin
before
tramways
were
torn
up
in
the
1950s
and
1960s
A
PESA
120N
light
rail
vehicle
in
Warsaw
A
double-decker
tram
in
Hong
Kong
The
word
tram
is
used
mainly
outside
North
America,
while
within
North
America
these
vehicles
are
called
streetcars
or
trolleys
as
they
run
mainly
on
streets.
More
modern
and
larger
trams
manufactured
since
the
1970s,
such
as
the
one
in
the
second
picture
from
Warsaw,
are
called
light
rail
vehicles.
These
vehicles
are
bigger
because
they
are
very
often
made
of
two
or
more
parts,
with
a
bendy
section
in
the
middle
which
works
like
a
human
joint.
In
railway
jargon,
these
types
of
vehicles
are
called
"articulated".
These
may
sometimes
have
their
own
right-of-way
instead
of
traveling
on
the
street
and
their
stops
are
usually
farther
apart
than
the
stops
of
trams
so
that
they
can
travel
faster.
On
Market
Street
in
San
Francisco,
vintage
streetcars
from
the
1910s
through
the
1940s,
called
"historic
streetcars"
(the
F
Market
line),
that
travel
on
the
street
are
a
popular
tourist
attraction.
Another
city
whose
trams
are
highly
used
by
tourists
is
Hong
Kong,
because
here
the
trams
have
two
floors
which
is
very
rare
in
the
world.
The
largest
tram
networks
in
the
world
are
in:
Melbourne,
St.
Petersburg,
Amsterdam,
Berlin,
Moscow
and
Vienna.
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