tramway

n.

1. A track or way for trams, as in a mine.
2. Chiefly British. A streetcar line.
3. A cable or system of cables for a cable car.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
  Synonyms: tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway

Meaning #2: the track on which trams or streetcars run
  Synonyms: tramline, streetcar track

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sporvej

Nederlands (Dutch)
trambaan

Français (French)
n. - ligne de tramway

Deutsch (German)
n. - Straßenbahngleise, Straßenbahnsystem

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τροχιοδρομική γραμμή, γραμμή τραμ

Italiano (Italian)
binario tranviario, tramvia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - linha de bonde (m), linha férrea de mina (f)

Русский (Russian)
трамвай, трамвайная линия

Español (Spanish)
n. - tranvía, vía de tranvía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spårväg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
电车轨道, 索道

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 電車軌道, 索道

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 시가 전차, 전차 선로

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 路面電車, 索道

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خط الترام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסילת חשמלית, מערכת חשמליות‬

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