Portal:Trams
 The Trams Portal A tram (also known as a tramcar, streetcar, trolley, or trolley car) is a rail vehicle that runs on tracks, commonly along public urban streets (called street running), and sometimes on separate rights of way. Since about the turn of the twentieth century, the most common type of tram has been the electric tram, running on what were once called electric street railways. Previously, horse-drawn trams (horsecars), and, to a lesser extent, steam-powered trams, were widely used in urban areas. Trams may also run between cities and/or towns (for example, as interurbans, tram-trains). Partially grade-separated tram services (often referred to as light rail) may be operated even in cities. Very occasionally, trams carry freight. Tram vehicles are usually lighter and shorter than conventional trains and rapid transit trains. However, the differences between these modes of public transportation are often indistinct. For example, some trams (such as tram-trains) may also run on ordinary railway tracks, a tramway may be upgraded to a light rail or a rapid transit line, and two urban tramways may be united by an interurban line, etc.Template:/box-footer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.  Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland. It consists of a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) route between York Place in New Town and Edinburgh Airport, has sixteen stops, and is operated by Transport for Edinburgh. Construction began in June 2008, however delays and contractual disputes delayed its opening by over three years, until May 2014. The scheme was costed at £375 million in 2003. By May 2008, when contracts were signed, this had ballooned to £521 million. However, once extra interest payments are factored in, the final cost is expected to top £1 billion. It opened in May 2014. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Major General Sir Robert Joseph Henry Risson CB, CBE, DSO, ED (20 April 1901 – 19 July 1992) was a soldier and public administrator. He was chairman of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB) from 1949 to 1970. Sir Robert was born in 1901 at Ma Ma Creek near Grantham in South East Queensland. Educated at nearby Gatton High School and subsequently at the University of Queensland, he graduated in Civil Engineering. It was Sir Robert's vision, while he was chairman of the M&MTB, that caused Melbourne to retain and expand its electric tramways in spite of public opinion, the car-lobby and the political wishes of his masters in an era when most other cities were destroying tram networks in favour of buses and cars. Melbourne now has the largest operating tram network in the world, and a tram (D1.3501) was named in his honour upon its entry to service in 2002. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.  A tram in Sapporo, Japan, using rotating bamboo brushes to clear tracks in winter. 
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