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tram·line

 (trăm′līn′)
n. Chiefly British
A streetcar line.
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tramline

(ˈtræmˌlaɪn)
n
1. (Automotive Engineering) (often plural) Also called: tramway the tracks on which a tram runs
2. (Automotive Engineering) the route taken by a tram
3. (Badminton) (often plural) the outer markings along the sides of a tennis or badminton court
4. (plural) a set of guiding principles
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tram•way

(ˈtræmˌweɪ)

n.
1. a crude railroad of wooden rails or of wooden rails capped with metal treads.
2. Also called tramline . Brit. a streetcar route, track, or system.
3. Also called ropeway. a system for carrying passengers and freight in vehicles operating along overhead cables; a telpherage.
[1815–25]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tramline - the track on which trams or streetcars runtramline - the track on which trams or streetcars run
streetcar track, tramway
rails, runway, rail, track - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
track - a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
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Translations

tramline

[ˈtræmlaɪn] n → rail m du tramway
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tramline

[ˈtræmˌlaɪn] n → linea tranviaria
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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The storm had struck the overhead wire of the tramline, and one of the great supports had fallen.
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One supercab patrolling the north as part of the national safety initiative, named Operation Tramline, captured shocking footage of a pick-up truck driver with no hands on the wheel as he travelled along the M60 in Greater Manchester.
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The cabs give officers an elevated position to observe and film unsafe driving on England's motorways and major A-roads as part of Operation Tramline.
Police capture truck driver without hands on the wheel
The three Highways England supercabs patrol motorways and major A roads across England and have been used by 29 police forces over the past year, including Cleveland and Durham Police in the North-east, in a safety initiative known as Operation Tramline. They allow police officers to film evidence of unsafe driving behaviour by pulling up alongside vehicles, and drivers are then pulled over by police cars following a short distance behind.
Supercabs catch 100 unsafe drivers
The cabs give officers an elevated position to observe and film unsafe driving on motorways and major A-roads for Operation Tramline.
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Named Operation Tramline, it will see officers target those texting or using mobile phones, driving dangerously and other motoring offences.
Lorry to target mobile users
In April, Inspector Steve Davies, from South Wales Police's specialist operations department and Operation Tramline coordinator, said: "The vast majority of drivers are sensible but some are putting themselves and others at risk."
Police to nab drivers using phones from hidden lorry
Joining officers on Operation Tramline, which uses an unmarked HGV to catch offenders in the act, we got to see some of the efforts to tackle the problem first-hand - and they revealed they'd caught nearly half as many drivers this year than when the same operation was run 12 months ago.
Stronger mobile phone use penalties 'having an effect' #DRIVETALKING
Hungduan, for instance, could be served well by a tramline to transport crops had Unesco not prohibited such engineering solution to ease the lives of farmers there, Habawel said.
UN rules on rice terraces hamper Ifugao growth, says gov
Perhaps the should have built a tramline like we have subsidised in the Black Country?
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