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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 ...
Heritage streetcar (also known as heritage trolley or vintage trolley) is an American term for streetcar systems that use vehicles that were built before 1960, or modern replicas of such vehicles. Cable car is an American word for a passenger rail vehicle attached to a moving cable located below the street surface and powered by engines or ...
With over 14,000 units, Tatra T3 is the most widely produced type in history. [1]A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.
Light rail vehicles that may also travel on streets Heritage streetcar, contemporary streetcar lines that use old-fashioned streetcars; Wright StreetCar, a bus designed to have a tram-like appearance; Streetcar (carsharing), the UK car club acquired by Zipcar in 2010
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 regular public transit systems. [ 1 ]
Opened in 2001, the Portland Streetcar was the first streetcar system using modern vehicles to be established in the United States in over 50 years. In 2001, Portland, Oregon, which already had a successful light rail system ( MAX ), became the first city in the North America in more than 50 years to open a new streetcar system served by modern ...
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This is a worldwide list of tram builders. Trams may also be called streetcars or trolleys in certain countries. These companies are, or at one time were, manufacturers of genuine trams/streetcars.