Tramway


noun
1.
a crude railroad of wooden rails or of wooden rails capped with metal treads.
2.
British. tramline.
3.
Mining. a track, usually elevated, or roadway for mine haulage.
4.
Also called aerial railway, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway. a system for hauling passengers and freight in vehicles suspended from a cable or cables supported by a series of towers, hangers, or the like: used over canyons, between mountain peaks, etc.
noun
1.
another name for tramline (sense 1)
2.
(Brit)

a public transportation system using trams
the company owning or running such a system

3.
Also called (esp US) tramroad. a small or temporary railway for moving freight along tracks, as in a quarry

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