noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
electric
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However the route had the unique distinction in Blackpool of operation by horse, gas and electric trams !
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Travellers very often notice that electric light and trams are brought into streets which as yet have no houses.
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Blackpool was the first town to have electric trams , in 1885.
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Horse-drawn buses and electric trams were only partly full, most people being at their places of work by now.
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It asked for powers to use animal or electric traction and trams or motor buses.
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In 1864 a horse-drawn tram service started, followed in 1895 by an electric tram system.
new
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What it really means is that the new trams are a hybrid between street car and lightweight suburban train.
■ NOUN
depot
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On the right is the old St. Annes tram depot , now a bus garage.
route
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This made route 30, now over 14 miles in length, the longest tram route in London.
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This did affect the Croydon area indirectly, by the withdrawal of tram route 12.
track
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The old bridge was then demolished and the other new half erected in its place, with a second tram track .
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They ran along the tram track for a brief while before rejoining the stream of Saturday traffic.
■ VERB
take
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We take a tram to the Pier Head.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bus/tram etc depot
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His interest was in opening the nightclub next to the theater, in the abandoned Trailways bus depot .
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Many urban homeless were seeking refuge in subway stations and bus depots .
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Projects under negotiation include the Manggarai Integrated Terminal, a giant inter-city bus depot south of Jakarta.
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The supermarket scheme will force Caldaire to move the United bus depot to another site.
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There is a bus depot at the rear of the terminal.
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Transport Organise trouble-free transport to and from the railway station, airport, or bus depot .
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Twenty-eight Brethren worshiped there, in a large bare rented room on the second floor of the bus depot .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a tram tour of Universal Studios
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Artists' impressions show a tram that has more in common with the flat-faced, characterless light trains of the toy-like Docklands Light Railway.
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That special trams were run to enable people to view a solar eclipse?
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The tram stopped outside the Kings.
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The tram was coming towards her from Boar Lane.
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The 1925 Illuminations attracted an additional million passengers to the Promenade trams, bringing an extra revenue of £7,360.
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The cities with their canals and punctual trams are among the most pleasant and orderly in the world.
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The Gondola was the most graceful of illuminated trams, and was built in 1925 on the base of an old tram.
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The Hague is an immaculate city, where you're more likely to see bicycles and trams than cars.