Tram stop

However, trams may also be used with bus stop type flags and with mid-street pavements as platforms, in street running mode.

This allows passengers to board low-floor trams while maintaining the potential for future upgrade to full-scale metro operations.

The cutouts act as access points for low-floor vehicles, ensuring the station can easily transition to a fully high-platform configuration when necessary.

The Muni Metro system in San Francisco utilizes high-floor light rail vehicles (LRVs).

In addition, to reach the platforms, trams must make sharp turns, typically by about 30 degrees, which poses issues such as slow speeds and noise.

Lussail LRT and Tel Aviv Light Rail both have platform screen doors at underground stops.

Tram stops can range from purpose-built, tram-exclusive infrastructure similar to conventional train stations (example in Lyon ), ...
... over stops threaded into narrow urban environments (here in Hong Kong )...
... to simple stops within a public road (here in Frankfurt am Main ).
Photo taken from the high-level platform of Forepark Station , showing passengers boarding a tram from the low-level platform
Platforms of Boileau premetro station, showing the dual platform heights
Siu Hong Stop of Hong Kong Light Rail , showing the triangular platform in the middle
Just like bus and conventional train stations, street car stations can be located underground, such as in this shopping district in The Hague .