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Tramway Live Cams
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Canada 
This traffic camera is in Toronto, Canada, showing Lake Shore Boulevard at the Remembrance junction. The camera direction varies but when pointing west (as identified by a "Thumbnail"), Toronto trams may be visible. In the centre of the view in mid-distance is the turning circle of route 509F at Lake Shore and Bathurst Loop, a short-working of the Harbourfront route 509 that runs from Union Station to Exhibition Loop, further along the road on the right of the view. The image updates about every 4-6 minutes with an automatic screen update every 2 minutes, but you may need to use refresh your browser.
The trolleybus system in Vancouver is the largest in Canada, past or present, with around 250 vehicles and over 20 routes. This set of traffic cameras is at the junction of Granville Street and Broadway. The east and west views give the best chance of seeing a trolleybus. The image update is irregular between about 8 and 20 minutes, and you need to use refresh your browser. Note that the time in Vancouver is GMT -7.
Here is Stanley Park Causeway leading to the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, Canada. Trolleybuses use this road. On the map, this camera is the one shown by "Lost Lagoon". Clicking on the cameras on the map give other views of the highway which may contain trolleybuses. The images automatically update every two minutes.
Croatia 
From a square in the centre of Osijek, Croatia we get a camera which sometimes shows the Tatra built trams of this small metre gauge tramway. Unfortunately the view is often very dark. The image updates every 5 minutes. Along the bottom of the screen are buttons which give you an enlarged picture of the current view and also a selection of shots taken during various earlier periods.
Czech Republic 
Here we have a view in Malinovského, Brno, Czech Republic. Click on the thumbnail image on the right of the page to take you to the camera. Trams both cross and turn into the square. Clicking on the picture will give a larger (704 x 576) image. The picture automatically updates every minute.
This is a series of traffic cameras in Brno, Czech Republic. The first page gives small images of a number of cameras and a map showing their locations. Trams can be seen in several. Clicking on the images will give a bigger picture and a larger scale map. All images automatically update every 30 seconds.
From the offices of A NET in Liberec in the Czech Republic, the camera looks down onto the crossroads at Nad Teplarnou where trams pass by. The page updates frequently to give a nearly moving picture.
This is a weather camera in Liberec in the Czech Republic. The view looks down over the Vozovna tram depot where trams going in and out can sometimes be seen. The depot is floodlit so it is also possible to see tram movements at night. This camera is better in winter when the trees are not in leaf. The page automatically updates every 60 seconds.
The northern Bohemian industrial town of Most, in the Czech Republic, is north-west of Prague and about 10 miles from the German border. This camera is at the Budovatelu tram stop. A variety of Tatra trams can be seen. The view updates every two minutes but you need to use refresh on your browser.
This camera shows Bilovecka Ul. in the Kylesovice district of Opava (Toppau), Czech Republic, where trolleybuses pass by. The system has around 30 trolleybuses with 7 services on 13.5 km of route. The image updates automatically every few seconds.
These are traffic cameras in the centre of Ostrava, Czech Republic. The initial screen, which can be slow to download, gives a general map of the area. Clicking on the three central areas takes you to larger maps and to the cameras. Each camera can be pointed in several directions. The location and direction names are to the left of the picture and most views show the tramway or the trolleybuses. The image is continuously updated using Axis software, but we have found that it can work better with Netscape.
Clicking the "web camera" button on the first page of the site takes you to a camera in Barrandov, a suburb to the south-east of Prague (Praha), the capital of the Czech Republic. Trams on the relatively new extension of the tramway from Hlubocepy can be seen here. The image automatically updates every 60 seconds. This site has a number of other interesting tramway items.
This camera is looking from the offices of Bohemia House UK Ltd. across Rasinovo Nabrezi on the river bank in Prague (Praha), Czech Republic. Trams on routes 17 and 21 pass in the foreground. The line of the Petrin Funicular can be seen in the background. The image automatically updates every 60 seconds. The camera angle sometimes changes.
Here is a range of traffic cameras in Prague (Praha), Czech Republic. The first page gives a list of camera locations. Clicking on the names or the images gives larger pictures. All images update automatically every 2 minutes. A number of the cameras show trams on various routes. The camera positions change from time to time. Beneath each large image is link to an archive of earlier views.
The Zlín (Gottwaldov), Czech Republic, trolleybus system serves the nearby town of Otrokovice which is shown by this camera. The image automatically updates every 5 seconds.
Estonia 
Here is a view down onto Viru Street in Tallin, the capital of Estonia. Trams can be seen on the road in the bottom left of the picture. Click on the "Live" button to get the current scene. The image is continuously updated and there is an archive of the previous 24 hours.
Finland 
A view of the South Harbour in Helsinki (Helsingfors), Finland, provided by the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers. Trams can be seen running in front of the Presidential Palace. The camera automatically updates every 90 seconds sometimes giving different views, sadly not always the one with the trams in. A panorama shows the locations.
France 
This camera at the Pont de Pierre in Bordeaux, France shows a 30 second video clip which is updated every hour or so. If you are lucky you may see a tram crossing the bridge on route A of this "second generation" tramway, opened in December 2003. No overhead wires are visible because at this location the trams are operating on the alimentation par sol third rail system.
From ramparts of the castle (built by William the Conqueror) in the centre of Caen, France we look down onto Rue de Geôle, with the church of St.Pierre in the mid-distance. Passing through the view is the track of the new 15.7 km long "guided trolleybus" or "rubber tyred tram" system. The camera shows a 30 second video clip which is updated every half hour and there is an archive of views from the previous 24 hours.
From the 27th floor of the Credit Lyonnaise Tower in the Part-Dieu district of Lyon, France we can get a real time view down onto the new tramway. Bottom right of the viewing window is a 'Start Control' button - click there. If nobody else has it, you get immediate control for 60 seconds. If someone else does have it, the countdown shows how long you have to wait to take control. You can control the camera position and zoom, but to save time, from the drop down menu below the viewing window find and select "Le tramway rue Servient". Trolleybuses also cross the view.
This traffic camera looks onto the road junction at Porte d'Orléans, Paris, France. You get a sequence of ten shots which are updated every 15 minutes. Trams on route T3 can occasionally be seen crossing the bottom right hand corner of the view.
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