streetcar

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When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Engineering student Mahmoud Bassam, 24, has visited Alexandria just to ride the streetcar "since our tram in Cairo was removed", he told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

With the advent of the electric streetcar, many trolley companies built parks as destinations for their new modes of transport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

King County Metro Transit said Thursday the South Lake Union streetcar won’t be in service from noon Friday to 3 p.m.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

Here an angle is formed, the avenue and its streetcar tracks on one side, the river and levee and railroad tracks on the other.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole