Talk:Tram

Debate Section Needs Sources!

There are proportionally far more advantages than sources, and far more advantages than disadvantages. However, the amount of sourced advantages and disadvantages seems very similar. This brings factual accuracy of the section in to question. There are several points that are unsourced and expansions on points that are not verified by the sources.

In addition, there are some points I find to be debatable when met with no source: "Being guided by rails means that even very long tram units can navigate tight, winding city streets that are inaccessible to long buses." While it's true that long busses cannot navigate tight corners, many modern trams have a pretty limiting upper value on track curvature. What I'm trying to say, to clarify, is that the points are simply not reliable. ChillyDude153198 (talk) 00:22, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm kind of inclined to chop the debate section entirely (as I did to the excessive list of global examples of systems which was simply an inferior version of List of tram and light rail transit systems). We are an encyclopedia, not a debate team. Benefits and drawbacks should be integrated neatly into the article's prose. Unfortunately, the sourcing currently is poor in this section so doing this is not easy. I consider deleting the whole section in question more controversial than my previous edit which I did boldly, so looking for others' thoughts on the matter. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:45, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Also, the statistics section should really go. It's outdated and we generally don't do trivia sections anymore. This also is not appropriate for an encyclopedia. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:50, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi there. I'm not the most active so forgive me for being slow to reply. The debate section should be removed as pro and con lists are forbidden on wikipedia. I'll do this later if it hasnt already been done. As for the trivia, I think it also deserves the chop block due to the insane length of this article. ChillyDude153198 (talk) 18:29, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Bribery and corruption

"Improvements in other vehicles such as buses led to decline of trams in early to mid 20th century."

The story has it that in Sydney in the 1960's, part of the decision to phase out the tram system and replace it with busses was motivated by bribery by the Goodyear rubber company. 203.13.3.89 (talk) 04:31, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Should we add a small note in the See Also section for the European Tram Driver Championships?

It does seem quite related. Churay613 (talk) 21:01, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

I'd say go ahead and add it. I EAT PINBALLS (talk) 14:57, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Brilliant - eventually it could become its own article. I was present at the event in Brussels in 2019. The tram football is incredible!TobyJ (talk) 16:18, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Is this not already the article for it? I EAT PINBALLS (talk) 17:07, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Even more brilliant!TobyJ (talk) 12:42, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

It has its own small article so just expanding that and putting a small link in would help. Churay613 (talk) 08:19, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

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