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'''Tramway''' may refer to: |
'''Tramway''' may refer to: |
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* [[Tramway (industrial)]], a lightly laid railway for uses such as logging or mining |
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* A [[tram]] transport system (public transport vehicles running on rails) |
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* A [[tram system]] |
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** The [[Tramway track|tracks]] which trams run on (also a section of [[reserved track]] for trams) |
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* [[Aerial tramway]] |
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* In some Australian states, "tramway" was historically the legal title of a railway not owned by a state government, as in the [[Powelltown Tramway]] or [[Silverton Tramway]]. "Tramway" was also commonly used for any light railway associated with a single industry, as in "[[timber]] tramway". |
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* [[Tramway, North Carolina]], locality in the United States |
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* In the [[United Kingdom]] a tramway is a precise term in law and in regulations for a class of railway that shared a [[road]]. While a [[railway]] required an [[Act of Parliament|act]] of [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] to resume private land for its [[Right-of-way (railroad)|right of way]], a tramway could operate on a public road with a permit from local government. The majority of railways operating under this class were passenger [[tram]] networks, although some were industrial and at least one example at [[Weymouth_Harbour_Tramway|Weymouth]] was part of the main railway network and saw full freight and passenger trains traversing the streets of Weymouth down to the [[quay]]. |
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*[[Tramway (arts centre)]], for visual and performing arts in Glasgow, Scotland |
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*[[Tramway (film)|''Tramway'' (film)]], a short film by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski |
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* [[Hong Kong Tramways]], a service running since the 1900s |
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Latest revision as of 01:25, 8 May 2020
Look up tramway in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Tramway may refer to:
- Tramway (industrial), a lightly laid railway for uses such as logging or mining
- A tram transport system (public transport vehicles running on rails)
- The tracks which trams run on (also a section of reserved track for trams)
- Aerial tramway
- Tramway, North Carolina, locality in the United States
- Tramway (arts centre), for visual and performing arts in Glasgow, Scotland
- Tramway (film), a short film by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski
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