1
a
: a railway for trams
b
British
: a streetcar line
2
: an overhead cable for trams
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One of the popular outdoor attractions is the aerial tramway, which takes passengers from the desert floor up to the alpine forest of Mt. San Jacinto in the world’s largest rotating tramcar.
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Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2025
Connected to Manhattan via an F subway line train station and a tramway, Roosevelt Island has grown not only as a destination but also a year-round hub.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Chinese laborers, rare for that time, made rawhide bags on site to take the limestone and dump it into iron buckets on an aerial tramway, according to Meniketti’s report.
—Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
Phillips’ family trust also owns the real estate for Wyatt Academy, a public charter school that leases the building immediately north of the tramway building.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
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Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2025
Connected to Manhattan via an F subway line train station and a tramway, Roosevelt Island has grown not only as a destination but also a year-round hub.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Chinese laborers, rare for that time, made rawhide bags on site to take the limestone and dump it into iron buckets on an aerial tramway, according to Meniketti’s report.
—Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
Phillips’ family trust also owns the real estate for Wyatt Academy, a public charter school that leases the building immediately north of the tramway building.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
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“Tramway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tramway. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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