The advantages of tramways. (Business Studies)
Tram cars run on the rails and these are a suitable mode of transport for carrying traffic during busy hours. This type of transport is found in big cities where traffic is busy.
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This mode of transport has the following advantages:
- It can carry huge amount of goods and passengers at a time because it has a large carrying capacity.
- The capital investment required for tramways are less in comparison to rail transport. Since it requires less investment, the carrying charges are considerably low.
- In this mode of transport the chances of accidents and breakdown is less and therefore does not involve much cost on reorganization and restructure.
- These are operated in busy areas when other modes of transport fails.
- It is regarded as the most economical mode of transport.