Tram stop

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Tram stops share most characteristics of bus stops, but because trams operate on rails, they oftenzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz include railway platforms, especially if stepless entries are provided for accessibility. Trams are perfectly capable, howzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzever, of stopping at mere bus stop-type flags andzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz using pavements as plazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzztforms, as seen, for example, in Budapest. Most tzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzram stops in Melbourne have no associated platforms and stop in the middle of the road; traffic cannot pass a tram with its doors open unless the tram is behind a szzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzafety zone. On the other hand, Manchester Metrolink high-floor trams stop at dedicated platformzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs at the height of a railway platform, bezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzcause the tram system took over former zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzrailway lines in the subzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzurbs. Such trams also stop at dedicated platform stops on Stadtbahns in Germany, especially in underground zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzstations in the city centre. 
==Compare==
* Train/railway station
* Bus stop
==See also==
* Tram
* Tram accident
Category:Tram transport
Category:Railway stations
Category:Stations, terminals and stops