Tram car Emoji

Travel

A side view of a yellow or orange tram car traveling on tracks. The design typically features a rectangular body with windows and a visible wheel assembly underneath, capturing the look of urban street-running rail vehicles.

Usage Context

Used to discuss city commuting, public transit systems, or sightseeing in major metropolitan areas. It serves as a visual shorthand for urban travel, often replacing words like 'subway' or 'light rail' in text messages. It pairs well with other transit-related icons like 🚇 or 🚌.

History

The tram car was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial expansion to include diverse global transportation methods. It reflects the early efforts of emoji designers to represent the infrastructure of major cities worldwide beyond simple car and airplane travel.

Details

Glyph

🚋

Unicode

U+1F68B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f68b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE8B;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-ground

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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