Melbourne's Trams

A look at the trams in Melbourne, Australia.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Melbourne
• Australia
• Trams
• Transportation
• Phil
• Rosenbaum

[SAMOA194]

That My City.

[mechemcheh]

i loveeeee australiaaaaaaaaaa

[Axelv07]

@bignicky88 trams slide on the tracks like a train, it has far less friction with the surface and it's sort of like ice skating, giving it lots of momentum allowing it to slide effortless. Meanwhile the tyres from a bus are in constant grip with the ground and requires 7 times more energy to keep going. These trams are electric and buses use internal combustion engines with diesel or petrol. Even if the electricity is from coal it's 1/7 of the power required than from a bus.

[doopenhagen]

That girl is an embarrassment to all melburnians - believe me, we are more intelligent than that!

[peaceloveandJuicy05]

@SoarVX no its not its pronounced mel-ben not bourne or burn.

[VertigaDesignMEDIA]

Today, I arrived right on time for my train. Only problem, it was the wrong station.

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

HOLY SHIT THOSE ARE HIDEOUS!!!

[MrSuperleobros]

I wish Sydney kept their trams as well. Anyway, I still love my home city of Sydney.

[Nakas99]

That girl was the biggest bimbo.

[simjom02]

Melbourne has the largest tram network in the world (Wikipedia-Trams in Melbourne). Even had a movie in the 1980's set around them...called "Malcolm"

[Jefftrigwell2]

Nice video and trams!

[bignicky88]

@jemdude22 So out of sight out of mind? Shouldn't we be aware of the impact our transport has on the environment? I'm not here to compare buses with trams. I don't know whether a bus has more or less emissions than a tram. But if you are saying trams are better simply because when it passes by you don't get swamped in fumes, that doesn't necessarily make it less of a polluter. The argument you make is targeted at health problems associated with pollution, not the environmental impact.