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Tramway Live Cams
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Hong Kong 
On entering the site first select "Snapshots" and then click on "Hong Kong Island" in the list of regions given. Now select "Aberdeen Tunnel Wanchai Side" from the list on the right of the screen, or on the map click the dot next to "Causeway Bay". Then the camera gives a view of a flyover, under which may be seen the Queen's Road East tram stop on the single track from Happy Valley to Hennessy Road. Trams can also been seen at "Causeway Bay Road near Hing Fat Street", "Hennessy Road near Arsenal Street", "King's Road near Tin Chong Street", "Pedder Street", "Queen's Road Central near Garden Road" and "Yee Wo Street near Hennessy Road" (our picture). Other locations may give a glimpse and some cameras change viewing direction from time to time. All the images update every two minutes, but a new image can be obtained more quickly by clicking on the "Reload Image" button below the picture. Clicking "Hong Kong Island" below the map reloads the index. Note that the time in Hong Kong is GMT +8. To hear a Hong Kong tram click here.
On entering the site first select "Snapshots" and then click on "Tuen Mun" in the list of regions given. From the same source as the Hong Kong traffic cameras above, we get this range in Tuen Mun in the New Territories. The option for "Lung Mun Road near Wu Chui Road" gives a view of the Tuen Mun L.R.T. which was opened in 1988. The image updates every two minutes, but a new image can be obtained more quickly by clicking on the "Reload Image" button below the picture. Note that the time in Hong Kong is GMT +8.
Hungary 
From the office window of a branch of the Raiffeisen Bank at Akademia Utca 6 in Budapest, Hungary, we get this view looking south with the 'Chain' or 'Lanchid' bridge over the Danube visible in the mid-distance. The location is on the Pest side of the river and trams of routes 2 and 2A use these tracks. Updating of the image appears to be irregular and you need to use the refresh button on your browser. Sometimes the camera is tilted upwards and the trams are only just visible.
This 'Livescope' camera from Citylive.hu is situated in Budapest, Hungary. When the site loads, you can gain control for two minutes by clicking the control button at the bottom right of the image. Use the the selection box below the image to choose Oktogon (zoom). Trams on routes 4 and 6 pass over the crossroads here. There are frequent image updates.
As well as its tramway, Debrecen, Hungary, has a two route trolleybus system running around 40 vehicles. This is a streaming camera, belonging to Ibolya Kitlei, which shows Árpád Tér where the trolleybuses pass. The camera should be on-line from 8.30 a.m. to midnight (local time), but is sometimes dead.
Here is a fully controllable camera at Kossuth Tér in Debrecen, Hungary, where tracks of the 6km single route tramway can be seen crossing the square on Piac Utca. On the screen you get an image with a set of sliders to control camera position and zoom. The view automatically updates giving a moving picture.
This is a fully controllable camera at Szinvapark in Miskolc, Hungary, where trams can be seen in the streets below. On the screen you get an image with a set of sliders to control camera position and zoom. The view automatically updates giving a moving picture.
Isle of Man 
Viewed from the tourist office, this is the Victoria Pier Terminus of the horse tramway in Douglas, Isle of Man (summertime service only). The horses are regularly seen being walked round the tram. The page automatically updates every 15 seconds. Our photo shows a horse car departing in the background behind Douglas's preserved AEC Regent III bus No.64 (KMN 835) of 1949, which happened to be passing by.
The Isle of Man's Manx Radio has a number of cameras and three are of interest to us. Select "Webcams" and you will get a map with dots marking the locations. Positioning the cursor over the dots gives the names. The group of four in the centre of the map are at Bungalow. Select the one at the bottom right to get a view down Laxey Valley showing the Snaefell Mountain Railway at the TT course road crossing. The railway tracks can also be seen in the foreground on the cameras in that group for "A10 North" and "Snaefell". The pages update automatically every 30 seconds. On some computer systems we have found problems in connecting via Manx Radio, but there is a alternative link (smaller images without the automatic update) via the BBC, click here.
Italy 
Here is Milan (Milano) in Italy. It shows a road junction junction, looking north along Corso Buenos Aires with Via Lazzaro Palazzi on the left and Via Melzo on the right. Trams cross the junction every few minutes. There's a tram stop on the right and trams going to the left can often see them waiting there. The image updates every 30 seconds, but you need to use refresh on your browser.
From the same camera as the previous view, this option gives the identical picture but with a less frequent update. However, there is a useful archive of earlier shots which can be played as a slide show.
Also in Milan (Milano), Italy, are two views of Piazza Cavour where trams pass. The images update often, but you need to use refresh on your browser.
Japan 
This moving picture camera is in Hiroshima, Japan. You can see the famous Atomic Bomb Dome which is the remains of a building destroyed by the dropping of the atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Bottom right of the viewing window below the zoom slider is a start button (in Japanese) - click there. If nobody else has it, you get immediate control for 90 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. The tramway is towards the bottom of the scene.
A pair of traffic cameras in Osaka, Japan where you can catch sight of the metro where it runs between the road carriageways. Of the four buttons at the top right of the image, the top one gives a larger image, the second switches to the second camera, the third gives an archive and the bottom one gives a smaller image. The view automatically updates every 30 minutes or use refresh on your browser.
Latvia 
Here is a view looking down from the Hotel Irina onto the road outside the Central Station in Riga, Latvia. Trolleybuses on several routes, both single and articulated, pass by here. Riga, which also has 11 tram routes, has a 20 route trolleybus system of around 200 km with over 300 vehicles. The image updates every second to give an almost moving picture. Caution, there are onward links to adult webcams from this website.
Mexico 
This site gives traffic views in Mexico City (Ciudad de México) and uses Macromedia Flash Player. From the first page's menu select "Ciudad de México", "Zone Oriente" and Calzada Ermita Iztapalapa. Here you can see trolleybuses of this system which has 45 routes and around 500 vehicles. The image automatically updates every few seconds. Note that the time in Mexico is GMT -6.
Netherlands 
This camera gives views from Kalverstraat in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The camera gives a movie picture using Axis camera control software, but we have found that it works better with Netscape Navigator than with Internet Explorer. To the right of the picture are options for different views, but the only one of interest to us is the long distance shot of "Koningsplein". Tram routes 1, 2 and 5 pass here. When you first select your option, if the view does not change try using refresh on you browser.
This selection opens Windows Media Player giving a live streaming view in Amsterdam, Netherlands. We look down onto Koningsplein where trams on routes 1,2 and 5 are regularly passing. This is one of the few cameras we have found that also provides sound.
This camera is at the Conference Centre RAI in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which is the terminus of tram route 4. The camera is fully controllable and, subject to line speed, gives a moving picture using Axis camera control software, but we have found that it works better with Netscape Navigator than with Internet Explorer. From the controls choose pre-set option "Pos13" which points to the tram tracks. If there are a lot of users, you may have trouble in keeping the view for very long, and the camera is sometimes off-line.
The Overtoom is one of the busiest streets in Amsterdam, Netherlands, as it is one of the few main roads leading from the ring (circle) to the city heart - the Leidseplein. One hundred years ago the Overtoom was open water, a canal, with streets on both sides. Now a tram travels in the middle lane. Behind the camera position stretches the famous Vondelpark, very popular with both Amsterdam citizens and tourists. In the first picture you have a good view of a tram stop. The view automatically refreshes every 15 seconds. There are two other cameras and also a Java version with more options.
This camera gives views of Van Baerlestraat from "The Society Shop" in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The camera gives a movie picture using Axis camera control software, but we have found that it works better with Netscape Navigator than with Internet Explorer. To the right of the picture are options for different views. "P C Hoofstraat" looks across the street. "Van Baerlestraat (1)" looks towards the Concertgebouw. "Van Baerlestraat (2)" looks in the opposite direction towards Overtoom. Tram routes 3 and 12 use the street, but 2 and 5 can also be seen crossing the background by the Concertgebouw. When you first select your option, if the view does not change try using refresh on you browser.
From the first screen click on the "Webcams" option and you then get a choice of cameras. These are at the Frans Halsstraat tram depot in The Hague (Den Haag, 's-Gravenhage), Netherlands. This depot is the home of Haags Openbaar Vervoer Museum (Public Transport Museum of The Hague), where the historic tram collection is kept. The cameras automatically update every minute giving interior and exterior views of the depot, where on Summertime Sundays the museum trams come out on tour.
This traffic camera at the Ypenburg motorway junction on the south-eastern side of The Hague (Den Haag, 's-Gravenhage), Netherlands, shows trams of route 15 passing in the foreground on Laan van Zuidhoorn. The Nootdorp terminus is about 2km away under the bridge on the left and the city centre is a few km off to the right. The image updates automatically every 15 seconds.
New Zealand 
This is Courtenay Place in Wellington, New Zealand. The city has a 52 km trolleybus system with 14 routes operated by 60 vehicles. Three routes pass the camera. The image updates every 15 minutes but you will need to use refresh on your browser.
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