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The Hawks Nest State Park aerial tram, in Fayette County, West Virginia, carries park visitors from the rim of the New River Gorge to the bank of the New River, a descent of more than 800 feet (240 m). The aerial tram at Pipestem Resort State Park in Pipestem, West Virginia descends 3,600 feet (1,100 m) into the Bluestone River gorge. Wyoming
Indiana Skyline, Indianapolis Zoo, Indianapolis; Louisiana Mississippi Aerial River Transit (dismantled in 1994), New Orleans; Minnesota Skyride, Minnesota State Fair, Falcon Heights; New Hampshire Wildcat Gondola Skyride, Wildcat Mountain Ski Area, Jackson (this gondola is converted to a quad chair-lift for skiing in the winter) New Jersey
The Melbourne tram network is the longest tram system by route length. The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their ...
By this standard, virtually all Japanese examples of "steam tramways" would be classified as "light railways," because none (based on the photographic record) used European-type enclosed locomotives. Also in Japan, many of today's suburban electric railways were built under "tramway" concessions ("licenses") and were eventually changed to ...
This is a list of cities and towns in Europe that have (or once had) town tramway (e.g. urban tramway) systems as part of their public transport system. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows.
The first public transportation in Nashville began in 1860 when the McGavock and Mt. Vernon Horse Railroad Company and the South Nashville Street Railroad Company were joined to create a public transportation system using steam and mules to power rail cars. The first electric streetcar in Nashville came in 1889. [6]
As of 2019, the Prague tram network operates 882 tram vehicles. Trams in Bucharest: Romania 144 Liverpool Corporation Tramways: UK 140 1957 Trams in Kyiv: Ukraine 139.9 Trams in Brussels: Belgium 139 Trams in Dresden: Germany 134.3 Trams in Warsaw: Poland 132 Trams in Stuttgart: Germany 131 Trams in Hanover: 127 Birmingham Corporation Tramways ...
This is a list of past and present streetcar (tram), interurban, and light rail systems in the United States. System here refers to all streetcar infrastructure and rolling stock in a given metropolitan area. In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of private companies; this is not a list of streetcar operating ...