tram

public transport vehicle running on rails predominantly located on streets
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tram

Summary

tram ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,082 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tram is a type of rolling stock[2].
  • tram is a type of railroad car[3].
  • tram is a type of motor vehicle[4].
  • tram is a type of light rail vehicle[5].
  • tram is part of tram system[6].
  • tram is used for tram system[7].
  • tram's Commons category is recorded as Trams[8].
  • tram's said to be the same as is recorded as electric tram[9].
  • tram is the opposite of Vollbahn[10].
  • tram's Unicode character is recorded as 🚊[11].
  • tram's Unicode character is recorded as 🚋[12].
  • tram comprises coach[13].
  • tram comprises current collector[14].
  • tram comprises electric motor[15].
  • tram comprises train driver's cab[16].
  • tram comprises door[17].
  • tram's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tram vehicles[18].
  • tram's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Trams[19].
  • tram's facet of is recorded as urban transport[20].
  • tram's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[21].
  • tram's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • tram's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • tram's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • tram's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[25].
  • tram's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include rolling stock[2], railroad car[3], motor vehicle[4], and light rail vehicle[5]. tram is the opposite of Vollbahn[10].

Use and Application

tram is used for tram system[7]. Components include coach[13]; current collector[14], a machine element[27]; electric motor[15]; train driver's cab[16]; and door[17], a geolocatable entity[28]. tram is part of tram system[6].

Influence

Things named for tram include Astram Line[29], a rapid transit[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1994[32].

Why It Matters

tram ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,082 views/month).[1] tram has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] tram is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for tram include Astram Line[29], a rapid transit[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1994[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Streetcars, WikiProject Trains, WikiProject Transport +1
    Topic has template Template:Infobox tram
    Aliases
    Properties for this type P2049, P2043, P1064 +8
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