Trolley (disambiguation)

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Trolley can refer to various things:

• In American English, it can refer to:
  • an electric streetcar, elsewhere known as a tram;
  • colloquially, light rail;
  • For the electric buses sometimes known as trackless trolleys or trolley coaches, see trolleybus;

• In British English, it can refer to:
  • a shopping trolley, known to Americans as a shopping cart;
  • a two-wheeled hand-truck or dolly;
  • a soapbox car or cart, also known as an unmotorised go-kart;
  • a gurney when used in a hospital environment;
  • an abundance of trolls;
  • a trolleybus, also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, or trackless tram;

• San Diego Trolley - A major form of public transportation in San Diego
• A trolley is a particular configuration of horse-drawn vehicle.
• A Porter's Trolley is a type of small, hand-propelled wheeled platform. It can also be called a baggage cart.
• Trolley can also refer to a grooved wheel that rolls along a suspended electrical rail or track best described in the article Trolley pole.
• Trolley problem, a philosophical thought experiment