Tramway Sentence Examples

The tramway system is owned by the government.

The number of state telegraph offices was 4603, of other offices (railway and tramway stations, which accept private telegrams for transmission) 1930.

Tramway lines, which date from 1870, are to be found in all important towns.

Morelia is served by a branch of the Mexican National railway; its station is outside the city, with which it is connected by a small tramway line.

A light tramway connects the city and port, and a railway - the Alagoas Central - connects the two with various interior towns.

The principal thoroughfares are served by electric tramway.

This line was replaced in 1908 by an electric tramway built along the northern bank of the canal connecting Tunis and Goletta.

The iron tramway or railway had been known for half a century and had come into considerable use in connexion with collieries and quarries before it was realized that for the carriage FIG.

Still, they do differ from ordinary tramways in the important fact that the procedure by which they have been authorized is simpler and cheaper than the methods by which special private acts of parliament have to he obtained for tramway projects.

Through villages, and where roads have to be crossed, the line is of the usual tramway type.

An electric tramway connects Margate with Broadstairs and Ramsgate, and during the season it is served by numerous pleasure steamers from London.

From Jaffa a short line runs to Jerusalem, and a steam tramway connects Beirut with Tripoli.

The city was built by the state on an open plateau, and provided with all necessary public buildings, gas, water and tramway services before the seat of government was transferred from Ouro Preto.

In that year the government sanctioned the building of a " steam tramway " - a railway in all but name - from the Boksburg collieries to the Rand gold mines.

The surface tramway system of London cannot be complete, as, within an area roughly represented by the boroughs of Chelsea, Kensington and Fulham, the city of Westminster and a considerable district north thereof, and the city of London, the ' Charing Cross station was the scene of a remarkable catastrophe on the 5th of December 1905, when a large part of the roof collapsed, and the falling debris did very serious damage to the Avenue theatre, which stands close to the station at a lower level.

The northern, western and eastern outskirts and London south of the Thames are extensively served by trams. On the formation of the London County Council there were thirteen tramway companies in existence.

Another scheme seriously suggested in 1904, to meet existing disabilities of communication between north and south by linking the northern and southern tramway services, involved the removal of the Charing Cross terminus of the South Eastern and Chatham railway to the south side of the river, and the construction of a new bridge in place of the railway bridge.

Finally, the commission made the important recommendation that a traffic board should be established for London, to exercise a general supervision of traffic, and to act as a tribunal to which all schemes of railway and tramway construction should be referred.

Howth is connected with the capital by electric tramway, besides the railway, and another tramway encircles the hill.

The manufactured goods are either removed gradually from a constant source of heat by means of a train of small iron trucks drawn along a tramway by an endless chain, or are placed in a heated kiln in which the fire is allowed gradually to die out.

The town is on the Godavari river, connected by a tramway (5 m.) with Nasik Road railway station, 107 m.

Local intercommunication is provided by an electric tramway line and a novel hanging railway - on the Langen mono-rail system - suspended over the bed of the river, with frequent stations.

A tramway runs to Santhia.

At the mouth of the Arno, joined to the city by a steam tramway, is the seaside resort of Marina di Pisa, also known as Bocca d'Arno, a well-known centre for landscape painters.

Finally, the third layer, known as "the Peak," and reached by a cable tramway, is dotted over with private houses and bungalows, the summer health resort of those who can afford them; here a new residence for the governor was begun in 1900.

The city is served by an extensive electric tramway system.

It is connected with Amsterdam by a steam tramway, passing by way of the small fortified towns of Naarden and Muiden on the Zuider Zee.

The tramway service, opened in 1891, was taken over by the municipality in 1904.

All the parts are connected by the suburban railway service, and by an electric tramway system.

A tramway also runs from the town over the Kloof, or pass between Table Mountain and the Lion's Head, to Camp's Bay, on the west coast south of Sea Point, to which place it is continued, the tramway thus completely circling the Lion's Head and Signal Hill.

A later bridge, the Manhattan, is designed to carry four railway tracks and four tramway lines, with a wide roadway and footpaths, supported by cables 214 in.

A tramway connects with Coventry, and the Coventry canal passes through.

A tramway connects the town with Dortmund.

The streets are narrow, irregular and roughly paved, but are lighted by electricity; tramway lines run between the principal points of the city and suburbs.

This is one of the most popular resorts on the Kent coast, well situated on the east coast of Thanet, practically contiguous with Broadstairs to the north, with which and Margate to the north-west it is united by an electric tramway.

The natural harbour of Newton (as it used to be called) was improved by a breakwater, and was connected by a tramway with Maesteg, whence coal and iron were brought for shipment.

The tramway was converted into a railway, and in 1865 opened for passenger traffic. In 1866 a dock (71 acres) and tidal basin (21 acres) were constructed, but since about 1902 they have fallen into disuse and the coal is diverged to other ports, chiefly Port Talbot.

Lovere is reached by steamer from Sarnico at the south end of the lake, and there is a steam tramway through the Val Camonica, which is highly cultivated, and contains ironand silk-works.

It is connected by steam tramway with Haarlem and The Hague respectively, and with the seaside resorts of Katwyk and Noordwyk.

Melbourne has a complete tramway system; all the chief suburbs are connected with the city by cable trams. The tramways are controlled by a trust, representing twelve of the metropolitan municipalities.

Mexico is well provided with tramway lines in its larger cities..

In this direction lies Chapelizod, said to take its name from that Iseult whom Tennyson, Matthew Arnold and Wagner made a heroine; beyond which is Lucan connected with the city by tramway.

On the Schlossberg, which can be ascended by a cable tramway, beautiful parks have been laid out, and on its top is the bell-tower, 60 ft.

Matters of a local or special nature, such as bills for chartering and incorporating gas, water, canal, tramway, railway or telephone companies, or for conferring franchises in the nature of monopolies or special privileges upon such companies, or for altering their constitutions, as also for incorporating cities or minor communities and regulating their affairs.

The corporation have an excellent tramway service.

The streets and suburbs are served by five groups of tramway lines - Jardim Botanico, Santa Thereza, Sao Christovao, Villa Isabel, and Carris Urbanos - all using electric traction but the last.

Railway and tramway connexions are provided and both electric and hydraulic power are available.

An electric tramway connects the railway station and the adjacent wharves with the market, about 1 m.

Along the river front runs a tramway connecting Duke Town with Queen Beach, which is higher up and provided with excellent quay accommodation.

The Colonial Museum and World's Colonial School are established here, and Tervueren is connected with Brussels by a fine broad avenue, traversed by an electric tramway as well as by carriage and other roads, and between 6 and 7 m.

An electric tramway along the coast road to Sorrento was opened in 1905.

Stockport is served by the London & North Western, Midland, Great Central, Cheshire lines, and Sheffield & Midland railways, and has tramway connexion with Manchester.

Barcelona is well supplied with inland communication by rail, and the traffic of its streets is largely facilitated by tramway lines running from the port as far as Gracia and the other chief suburbs.

An outer circle of boulevards, planted with trees and commanding the view of the suburbs, lies just beyond the present walls of the city, erected by the Spaniards in the 16th century; the entire length of these boulevards is traversed by an electric tramway 7 m.

On the south, the Lower Town is separated from the other districts by the Ilica, a long street traversed by a cable tramway.

The Piazza Ferrari, a large irregular space, is the chief focus of traffic and the centre of the Genoese tramway system; it is embellished with a fine equestrian statue of Garibaldi, unveiled in 1893, which stands in front of the Teatro Carlo Felice.

Among other modern thoroughfares, the Via di Circonvallazione a Monte, laid out since 1876 on the hills at the back of the town, leads by many curves from the Piazza Manin along the hill-tops westward, and finally descends into the Piazza Acquaverde; its entire length is traversed by an electric tramway, and it commands magnificent views of the town.

Communication with the upper town is effected by means of two elevators, a circular tramway, and steep zigzag roads.

The railways radiating from the city to inland points are the Bahia & Alagoinhas which is under construction to Joazeiro, on the Sao Francisco river, a short line to Santo Amaro, and two lines - the Bahia Central and the Nazareth tramway - extending inland from points on the opposite side of the bay.

Guayaquil is provided with tramway and telephone lines.

The city is provided with tramway and telephone services, the streets are lighted with gas and electricity, and telegraph communication with the outside world is maintained by means of the West Coast cable, which lands at the small port of Santa Elena, on the Pacific coast, about 65 m.

There is an efficient tramway service, connecting the town with Darwen, 5 m.

It is also connected by steam tramway S.E.

In 1908 eight tramway lines (all electric but one) extended out to these suburbs, some of the lines extending to the bathing resorts of Ramirez and Pocitos and the Buceo cemeteries on the eastern coast.

It has an electric tramway 4 m.

A steam tramway connects it northwards with Waalwijk.

There is a considerable coasting trade, sugar, brought by a tramway from neighbouring towns, is shipped from here, and the cultivation of sugar-cane is an important industry; Indian corn, tobacco, hemp, cotton and cacao are also grown.

There are several short lines of light railway or tramway in the province.

On the 30th of June 1900 there were in the United Kingdom 70 tramway undertakings with 585 m.

The development of tramway enterprise in the United Kingdom, as shown by the mileage open, the paid-up capital, gross receipts, working expenses and number of passengers carried, has been as follows 1900, 1,749,804 * Excluding season-ticket holders, whose number in 1880 was 502,174; in and in England and Wales alone, in 1880, 449, 82 3; in 1900, 1,610,754.

Tortona is on the main line from Milan to Genoa; from it a main line runs to Alessandria, a branch to Castelnuovo Scrivia, and a steam tramway to Sale.

The tramway also is a single line of one-metre gauge, and runs through some of the principal streets of TeherAn.

The main line was opened in 1888, the branches were constructed in 1893, and the tramway started in 1889.

The Improvement Commissioners constituted by this act included the mayor, bailiffs and four aldermen of Liverpool, under whose care the main streets were laid out on a regular plan, intersecting one another at right angles; and the first iron tramway in England was laid down.

Electricity was subsequently applied to the tramway system.

An electric tramway which runs along the north bank of the ship canal connects Goletta with the city of Tunis (q.v.).

Though no longer so popular as in the early part of the 9th century, it is still frequented, and is connected with Doberan by a tramway.

The old town (1558 ft.) lies on a hill above the new town, and is reached from it by a cable tramway.

Where the order is obtained by a person or body other than the district council, the council may purchase the undertaking at the end of twenty-one years after the tramways have been constructed or at the expiration of every subsequent period of seven years, and the terms of purchase are that the person or company must sell the undertaking upon payment of the then value, exclusive of any allowance for past or future profits of the undertaking, or any compensation for compulsory sale or other consideration whatsoever of the tramway, and all lands, buildings, works, materials and plant suitable to and used for the purposes of the undertaking.

The town is governed by a municipality which owns the water and electric lighting supplies and the tramway system.

Cataldo, reached by electric tramway.

It is famous for a group of twenty-two temples dedicated to Siva, the resort of numerous pilgrims. It is connected with the East Indian railway by a steam tramway, 5 m.

It lies on the main line of railway between Verona and Modena; and is also connected by rail with Cremona and with Monselice, on the line from Padua to Bologna, and by steam tramway with Brescia and other places.

The local authorities derive a large income from private property, and from monopolies such as water, gas, electric light, telephones and tramway service, which they carry on, and on which the same observations may be made as on the post office and telegraph services; but in addition there is a large amount of taxation.

The railway trains run out to its head, and an electric tramway also runs along it.

Tramway lines were in operation in Bogota, Barranquilla and Cartagena in 1907.

There is a steam tramway to Novara.

It is connected by steam tramway by way of Bolswaard with Sneek.

From the new bridge of Don to the "auld brig" of Dee there is tramway communication via King Street, Union Street and Holburn Road - a distance of over five miles.

There is tramway communication with Edinburgh and Newhaven.

It is divided into three main districts, Upper, Middle and Lower Barmen, and is connected, throughout its length, with Elberfeld, by railway, tramway, and a suspended trolley line, hanging over the bed of the Wupper.

It is traversed by an electric tramway.

The local communications are maintained by an excellent electric tramway system.

There is tramway communication with Greenock and Ashton.

It is connected by tramway with Zutphen and Utrecht, and there is a regular service of steamers to Cologne, Amsterdam, Nijmwegen, Tiel, 's Hertogenbosch and Rotterdam.

The city has an extensive electric tramway system, bringing all the outlying suburbs into close connexion with the business quarters of the town.

The promenades and drives are extensive, and there is an inclined tramway leading from summit to foot of the South Cliff.

The town, which is connected by electric tramway with Hammersmith, London, has extended considerably in modern times as a residential centre.

In the beautiful neighbourhood lies the ancient Roman castle of Saalburg, which can be reached by an electric tramway.

Originally the tramway from the quarries terminated high up the side of the valley, with stone dropping down much longer chutes.

This was the first electric tramway in the world to be powered by hydro electricity.

Take the new tramway to its southern terminus - from there a bus takes you to the stadium.

Car 7 arrives at the smart and very vintage looking tramway terminus in Seaton Town Center.

The Seaton tramway The Tramway Today The Seaton Tramway is a charming narrow gage tram line operated by miniature replica streetcars.

The Ipswich Tram Company was given permission by the Board Of Trade to build a tramway through the town last year.

There was a horse drawn tramway at the Royal Arsenal in 1824.

An electric tramway on the public roads within the Park started on 14th July 1903.

The Rainforest Tram The Rainforest Tram is an aerial tramway in the Costa Rican rainforest.

A narrow gage tramway would take up a fraction of the space needed for the CDTS scheme.

All the way through to this location we had been following the tracks of the old tramway.

Railways on the Common A horse-drawn tramway was installed on the Common in 1864 by the National Rifle Association.

From its head 3 foot gage tramway tracks led to the working faces.

Coventry & District tramways Act, 1880, provides powers for steam tramway operation.

A horse tramway along Fore Street opened in 1881.

Apart from this, the first street tramway in England was built in Birkenhead in 1860 by an American, G F Train.

The new machine was used for shunting, and had enough power to push three loaded trucks along the tramway at a time.

It has been found, however, in the case of such circular or belt railways, that the time lost in traversing the circle and in walking from the circumference to the centre is so great that the gain in journey speed over a direct surface tramway or omnibus is entirely lost.

The lines running down the center of Cable Street are the tramway.

Yellow tram 2542 is an advert for Amey Construction, who built the tramway.

The Seaton Tramway The Tramway Today The Seaton Tramway is a charming narrow gage tram line operated by miniature replica streetcars.

The early years of this century saw an electric tramway constructed along the Hertford Road.

This line was originally a tramway operated by horse opened in the 1790s.

If so was a Kitson tramway locomotive one with Kitson 's own valve gear?

The Government agreed, in March 03, to provide £ 325m funding for tramway routes in Edinburgh.

The Arch has the shape of a canal bridge rather than a railroad or tramway bridge.

Coventry & District Tramways Act, 1880, provides powers for steam tramway operation.

A tramway connects the city with its port at the mouth of the Manzanares.

An electric tramway has been constructed from Rome to Ostia and thence to the seashore, now some 2 m.

The port is connected with Lima by two railways and an electric tramway, with Oroya by railway 138 m.