Trams

What is more efficient a tram or a car?
Why are trams better than cars? Trams are the least 'green' form of transport, and even trains produce only slightly less greenhouse gases than cars, ...
Where does the name tram for street cars come from?
Why is it called tram? The word is, apparently, of northern descent. It was a local name for a special wagon; hence tramway “the road on which this wa...
Did people use trams in 1910?
When were trams first used? The world's first passenger tram was the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, in Wales, UK. The Mumbles Railway Act was passed by ...
What are the bad points of the electric tram?
What are the major disadvantage of the tramway? Tram infrastructure (such as island platforms) occupies urban space at ground-level, sometimes to the ...