Chiefly North American. A passenger vehicle, now typically powered by electricity conveyed by overhead power lines, running on rails set in a…

U.S. A vehicle that travels on a railroad; = car, n.1 3a, railroad car n. at railroad, n. compounds 1a, tram-car, n. Now historical.

attributive and in other combinations, as tramway car, tramway company, tramway draught (draught, n. 1), tramway driver, tramway man.

A public car or carriage running on a tram-way for the conveyance of passengers; called earlier tramway car, and already in 1879 simply tram (tram…

a tramcar running on a track level with the surface of the ground, as distinct from an elevated or underground track. Cf. sense compounds 2a(d).

A passenger car on a street tramway; a tram-car.

Chiefly North American. A railway carriage or wagon (frequently with distinguishing word). Also: a streetcar or tramcar.

(a) a vehicle resembling a bus but running on a railway track; (also) a local passenger train operating in a manner similar to a bus; (b) (in some…