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 (13,422 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 Q12162186[6].
  • tram is used for Q12162186[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 comprises window[18].
  • tram comprises vehicle frame[19].
  • tram comprises brake[20].
  • tram's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tram vehicles[21].
  • tram's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Trams[22].
  • tram's facet of is recorded as urban transport[23].
  • tram's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[24].
  • tram's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25].
  • tram's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].

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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 Q12162186[7]. Components include coach[13]; current collector[14], a machine element[27]; electric motor[15]; train driver's cab[16]; door[17], a geolocatable entity[28]; and window[18]. tram is part of Q12162186[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 (13,422 views/month).[1] tram has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] tram is known by 67 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].

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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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → coach, current collector, electric motor +5
    Part of → Q12162186
    Has use → Q12162186
    Properties for this type → P2049, P2043, P1064 +10
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P366]]: [[Q12162186]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q15640053]] → [[Q12162186]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q15640053_Q121"
  2. 8w ago · Nord68 · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Properties for this type → P2049, P2043, P1064 +10
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1963]]: [[Property:P2802]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008278-tramvaje
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0008278-tramvaje, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  4. 19w 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 +10
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7999, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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