electric tram

collocation in English

meaningsofelectricandtram

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electric
adjective
uk
/iˈlek.trɪk/us
/iˈlek.trɪk/
using electricity ...
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tram
noun[C]
uk
/træm/us
/træm/
an electric vehicle that transports people, usually in cities, and goes along metal tracks in ...
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(Definition ofelectricandtramfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Visitors will be conveyed around the site in some of the originalelectrictramcars and early motor buses.
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Theelectrictram, in its turn, gradually cut out the horse omnibus, and the answer to theelectrictramhas been the motor omnibus which we know to-day.
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A bus can go just where a driver points it but anelectrictramor trolley-bus must follow the rails or wires.
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Edinburgh has fortunately got rid of theelectrictramwires that disfigured it for so many years.
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The firstelectrictramroute opened in 1901.
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Electrictramservices commenced on 1906-2-8.
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In 1954 theelectrictramline was replaced by buses.
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Some historians claim that this was the firstelectrictramin the world.
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In 1898, development of theelectrictramsystem began, with the inaugural trip in 1901.
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It was replaced by anelectrictramin 1907.
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By 1906, theelectrictramnetwork consisted of 12 tram routes (1-11 and 13).
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This was the firstelectrictramline in the southern hemisphere.
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In 1881, the world's secondelectrictramline opened.
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Two years later, the firstelectrictramdebuted in the city.
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The city installed electric street lamps and, in 1908, opened the firstelectrictramroute.
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By the end of that year, there were already fiveelectrictramlines operating.
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The firstelectrictramstarted operating in 1911.
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In 1872 the first horse railway was inaugurated, and from 1893 anelectrictramwas developed.
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The new subway system replaced theelectrictramwhich had run above ground.
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The first horsecar tram line was opened in 1891, and the firstelectrictramran in 1910.
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