tramway

A noun referring to a system of transportation that uses cables and towers to move suspended carriers, or the track on which trams or streetcars operate.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant soit un moyen de transport public sur rails circulant en ville, soit un système de transport par câbles et pylônes pour déplacer des cabines suspendues, soit une ligne de chemin de fer sur laquelle circulent des tramways.

1. Cable car system B2 formal

   A transportation system that moves passengers or goods in vehicles suspended from cables, supported by towers.

   • The mountain tramway carried tourists to the summit.
   • They used a tramway to transport timber across the valley.
   • The aerial tramway offers spectacular views of the city.

   🇫🇷Téléphérique

   Synonymes: aerial tramwaycable carropeway

2. Streetcar track B1 formal british

   The rails or track on which trams or streetcars run.

   • The tramway runs along the main street of the city.
   • Workers are repairing the old tramway tracks.
   • The tramway system was modernized last year.

   🇫🇷voie de tramway

   Synonymes: streetcar tracktramline

• tramways plural form
• tramways' possessive plural form
• tramway's possessive singular form