What is the difference between a trolley and a train?
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What is the difference between a trolley and a train?
A tram (in North America streetcar or trolley) is a train that runs on tramway track on public urban streets; some include segments of segregated right-of-way. Tram vehicles are usually lighter and shorter than main line and rapid transit trains.
Is a trolley the same as a tram?
A tram (also known as tramcar; and in North America known as streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on a segregated right of way. [1] The lines or networks operated by tramcars are called tramways.
What’s the difference between a streetcar and a trolley?
Unlike the mechanical cable cars streetcars are propelled by onboard electric motors and require a trolley pole to draw power from an overhead wire. Trolleys looks like regular buses but they are completely electric and have twin poles on the roof of the bus that draw power from double overhead wires.
Are all trolleys electric?
Most trolleys/trams use metal rails like a train on shared rights of way (on streets). Some trolleys are more of an ‘electric bus’ with rubber tires, and they drive under catenaries (overhead wires) supplying electricity. Most trolleys and trams operate in dense urban or suburban areas.
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The Light Rail (UK) Group is an independent forum for MPs and Peers from all political parties and Industry to come together and raise awareness of matters concerning Light Rail & Tramways best practice and sustainable development.
What’s the difference between a trolley and a street car?
If it runs on steel rails with a trolley pole connected to an overhead wire above, it’s a streetcar. If it runs on steel rails with an open slot between them, and no overhead wires, it’s a cable car. So, if it connects to a pair of overhead wires but has rubber tires like a bus, it’s a trolley coach.