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A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

Timeline of Events

1860

9.30.1860

Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.

1885

9.29.1885

The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

1912

12.28.1912

The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.

1915

7.7.1915

An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.