tramway

noun tram·way \ -ˌwā \

Updated on: 21 Mar 2018

Definition of tramway

1 a : a railway for trams

b British : a streetcar line

2 : an overhead cable for trams

Recent Examples of tramway from the Web

Earlier this month two were arrested while preparing a report on Alexandria’s historic tramway.

— The Economist, "Ahead of a farcical election, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi goes after the press," 8 Mar. 2018
Roosevelt Island has for too long been an outlier in the East River with its rickety aerial tramway and skinny subway platform.

— WSJ, "Campus of the Future," 16 Sep. 2017
The gun battles halted the iconic tramway in Alemão yet again this week, stranding people on their way to work.

— simon romero, New York Times, "Beyond Olympic Glow, a Vicious Drug War Rages in Rio," 11 Aug. 2016
But from the expansive rooftop garden, the only sounds are birds chirping, boats plying the waters below, and the tramway gliding by on the banks of the Seine.

— mary winston nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, "La Seine Musicale: A New “City of Music” on an Island in Paris," 25 Apr. 2017
The annual licensing inspection report by the tramway safety board did not require the area to close, but deficiencies needed to be fixed in less than four weeks.

— jason blevins, The Denver Post, "Southwestern Colorado ski area closed due to chairlift safety issues," 1 Mar. 2017
TK 2 and TK 5 could carry up to 20 propellant tanks at a time, and the tramway buckets could move 20 tanks across the rift in one hour.

— david s. f. portree, WIRED, "Luděk Pešek’s Ill-Starred Lunar Expedition (1964)," 16 May 2013
Bombardier’s rail unit, which makes subways, tramways and high-speed trains, plans to slash 5,000 positions globally, with about half in Germany, German daily Handelsblatt reported Tuesday, citing company sources.

— aaron kirchfeld, Bloomberg.com, "Siemens, Bombardier Said to Explore Two Rail Joint Ventures," 28 June 2017
Historic videos atop the Mount Usu tramway detailed the risk of volcanic apocalypse (and Mount Usu's most recent eruption, in March 2000).

— bonnie tsui, Redbook, "What It's Like to Travel Through 4 Countries In 3 Months With 2 Kids," 23 May 2017

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