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Meanings of cable tramway in English
Portuguese
teleférico Catalan
telefèric 
A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
Synonyms
Examples for "tram"
Examples for "tram"
1
In the electric tram-car the haulage was effected by means of accumulators.
2
BBC Scotland's transport correspondent David Miller reports on the Edinburgh tram project.
3
Then they were in the tram, going towards the heart of Brussels.
4
To the left he heard the shrill jingle of an electric tram.
5
From there onwards in the tram to Kew Bridge, it became uninteresting.
1
In old French towns, the words boulevard and tramway are generally anathema.
2
Our supplies were brought within about three miles on a light tramway.
3
At Lucerne I went up a tramway to the top of Mt.
4
After lunch, we strolled along the Boulevard du Jeu-de-Ballon, the tramway street.
5
The tramway operation had halted for the night, and all was quiet.
1
That is about to change: the national government has approved what would be Peru's first aerial tramway.
2
On the third day, they had spotted a line of wooden towers supporting an aerial tramway system.
3
A supervisor at the Santa Lucia end of the aerial tramway suddenly noticed that something was wrong.
4
A series of steep dirt trails lead to the top, or you can take the aerial tramway from Pala Springs.
5
Their target-anaerial tramway connecting the Matahambre copper mine with the port of Santa Lucia-wasless than a dozen miles away as the crow flies.
Usage of cable tramway in English
1
I have made some very careful observations on the cable tramway in Philadelphia, which is quite an extensive system.
2
A pint of old ale, and he'll take you up that hill like a cable tramway, and not hurt himself.'
3
On the south, the Lower Town is separated from the other districts by the Inca, a long street traversed by a cable tramway.
4
I do not intend to depreciate cable or any other tramways, but there is a difficulty about introducing cable tramways.
5
"I believe the ice will carry the farther end of the cable tramway out to sea."