TRAM: British and Australian (American usually streetcar also trolley) noun [C] An electric vehicle that transports people, usually in cities, and goes along metal tracks in the road. (Taken from the Cambridge English Dictionary)
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PASSENGERS PRAISE METROLINK TRACK RELAY
Manchester Metrolink – Tuesday 25th September 2007
The Bury Times have reported that passengers using the tram on the Bury line have praised both the track relay and the cleanliness of trams, saying how much smoother journeys are now.
One of those interviewed by the paper was 64 year old Lauretta Smith: “You can tell that they have done a lot of work cutting back trees and bushes and tidying up the land along the track. It looks a lot nicer and hopefully that will discourage vandalism along the line. You see things looking clean like this abroad - it was about time we smartened up our act too."
Her comments were added to by Rhiannon Warren, 26 who commutes from Whitefield to Bury: “was quite happy with the replacement bus but the trams will always be better because they are faster and more regular. The journey is a lot smoother now. Between Whitefield and Bury, the trams used to shake quite violently and you would see people who were not used to it gripping their seats, wondering what was going on. The trams seem cleaner, too. There will always be papers littered everywhere but at least there's no chewing gum on the seats now."
