How to Use tramway in a Sentence

tramway

noun
  • Also, there is a tramway to take you up into the mountains for a great view.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2018
  • Michelle took Rick up on a tramway through the mountains for her final date of the week.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Tickets are available at the tramway or for purchase in advance.
    — Charlotte Chilton, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2019
  • Some of the riders posted video and photos of icy conditions on the tramway.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • For the ultimate fall view, hit the aerial tramway to see the stunning landscape from above.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023
  • For the ultimate fall view, head to the aerial tramway to see the stunning landscape from above.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The idea of an aerial tramway has been proposed several times over the years but has never taken off.
    — Chris Irvine, Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • The gun battles halted the iconic tramway in Alemão yet again this week, stranding people on their way to work.
    — Simon Romero, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2016
  • Pretty girls pilot the tramways to the main entrance, where guest then select from a monorail, steamboat or tramway for the trip to the theme park.
    — Roger Simmons, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Vehicles were set on fire in Toulouse and a tramway train was torched in a suburb of Lyon, police said.
    — Time, 30 June 2023
  • The other tram car had one tramway employee who was headed up the mountain for an overnight security shift.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Since then, lifts with that part have been retrofitted with stiffener beams to prevent a recurrence, as ordered by the tramway board.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
  • During the latter bit of those eleven weeks, the tramway became a bit of a hero among a number of public transportation advocates.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 27 July 2018
  • Ride an aerial tramway, called a teleférico, into the mountains to photograph a panorama of the city below.
    — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The man who was rescued was accompanied by another person, and the two guests rode the tramway back down to the base, Purdy said.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The boy clearly remembers a sausage in a bun, eaten while perched in a tramway shelter, watching the trams go past in Düsseldorf.
    — Frances Leech, Longreads, 3 May 2018
  • The tramway connects Manhattan with its little neighbor in the East River.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Along with his lodge at the top, Losee wants to build an aerial tramway up the falls and associated base station, parking and helicopter pad.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Public transportation abounds, with buses, the tramway and the Nice-Digne line of the historic Train des Pignes.
    — Alison Gregor, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • In Palm Springs, the landmark aerial tramway closed indefinitely.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2020
  • But from the expansive rooftop garden, the only sounds are birds chirping, boats plying the waters below, and the tramway gliding by on the banks of the Seine.
    — Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The mudflows temporarily stranded more than 200 people on the tramway, the weather service said.
    — Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Citing extended cleanup efforts, officials said the tramway is scheduled to reopen next Monday.
    — Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The annual licensing inspection report by the tramway safety board did not require the area to close, but deficiencies needed to be fixed in less than four weeks.
    — Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2017
  • Sandia Mountain, the aerial tramway to the peak, the fancy resort and casino, but don’t sleep on little Pueblo of Isleta south of town.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • The tramway board investigation found no fault with Winter Park’s maintenance of the gondola.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Roosevelt Island has for too long been an outlier in the East River with its rickety aerial tramway and skinny subway platform.
    — WSJ, 16 Sep. 2017
  • On Saturday Sandia Peak closed the tram and its restaurant, Ten 3, at the top of the tramway, due to weather conditions.
    — NBC News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Meanwhile, ski patrols at every ski area in Colorado conduct evacuation drills annually, on all types of lifts, to remain in compliance with the tramway board.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Open all summer, the tramway is a popular escape from the desert heat with temperatures typically 30 to 40 degrees cooler at the top.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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