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Tramway Live Cams
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Australia 
The city of Adelaide, Australia, provides this website. From the tourist webcams on offer, the two mounted on the bell tower of the town hall are of interest to us. The north view looks down onto King William Street and the south view gives Victoria Square. A frequent service on the newly extended Adelaide Glenelg tramway can be seen on both. At weekends the heritage tram may also be seen. The images automatically update every 5 or 10 seconds, but can be slowed for dial-up users.
This website is in Melbourne, Australia and has some 40 views of the city, updated every half hour. Mostly they form a panorama, but some shots look down at the streets below. Views around the Flinders Street area can sometimes include the small image of a passing tramcar. Note that the time in Melbourne is GMT +10.
Austria 
This camera from Dr. W. Oberthaler shows the Südtiroler Platz in Innsbruck, Austria. The city's tramway routes normally pass in front of the Hauptbahnhof here, but due to the station's reconstruction have been diverted until April. Progress on the new trackwork can be seen. Use refresh on your browser to update the image.
This camera's view is from the Hypo-Bank, at Landstraße 38, Linz, Austria. It shows the tram stop at Mozartkreuzung in the central area, where the town's tramway routes all run. The image automatically updates about every 5 seconds, according to your line speed. If your computer system cannot support the update method, to try for a snapshot, click here.
This camera is located in an office at Ferdinand Hanusch Platz in Salzburg, Austria. A series of views from the office are taken hourly and presented in a panorama of thumbnails. Clicking on the thumbnails gives enlarged pictures and there are also archives of earlier views available. Trolleybuses can be seen passing the scenes at Fischkrieg trolleybus stop, Griesgasse trolleybus stop, Platzl, Staatsbrücke, Hanusch Platz and Hotel Stein.
This is a traffic camera looking in the Vienna direction at the Salzburg Mitte exit from the West Autobahn (A1) in Austria, located north-east of Salzburg city centre. Trolleybuses on route 29 cross the two flyovers over the motorway. The camera angle sometimes varies and the image automatically updates every 3 minutes. Below the image are links for alternative access methods.
Positioned high above the Danube Canal in Vienna (Wien), Austria, the camera looks down onto a panorama of the city. The camera can be repositioned and zoomed, and the view is updated in real time, giving a semi-moving picture. The best shot is of the Franz-Josefs-Kai where tram routes 1 and 2 run. Select Saint Ruprecht's Church as a start point and then move downwards to find the tram track. A still photo can be captured. The main problem with this site is that another user may well take control of the camera at a crucial point and also recently it has been off-line.
This is a controllable camera in Vienna (Wien), Austria. On the page are several cameras together with different access methods, but the one of Lainzer Straße is of interest to us. Trams on route 60 (and 61 at peak hours) can be seen. The image can update automatically giving a moving picture.
This camera is provided by a Skoda car dealer in Vienna (Wien), Austria. It looks along Neubaugürtel towards Westbahnhof. Trams on routes 6, 9 and 18 pass on the left of the scene. The image updates automatically with an adjustable frequency.
Here we are looking south over the platforms of Nordbahnhof at Praterstern in Vienna (Wien), Austria, which is served by the U-bahn, S-bahn and Regionalbahn railways. Trams can be seen passing at street level. The image updates rapidly giving a near moving picture. If the main link is off-line or your computer system cannot support the update method, to try for a snapshot, click here.
This camera in Vienna (Wien), Austria looks down from a high point into Rathausplatz with the Burgtheater in the background. Trams on routes 1, 2 and D pass by on the "Ring" and can just be seen. The image updates automatically every 60 seconds.
This is a seasonal camera in Vienna (Wien), Austria in the Rathausplatz looking down onto the annual Christmas "Christkindlmarkt". It is often available at other times of the year. A fully controllable camera with a moving picture, it can be directed to show the Burgtheater with trams on routes 1, 2 and D on the "Ring" passing in front.
This camera in Vienna (Wien), Austria shows a new shopping centre near the Ernst Happel football stadium at Prater. In front of the scene trams on route 21 used to regularly pass by, but with the May 2008 opening of the U2 Metro extension, service will now only be "specials". The image updates every 5 seconds.
These cameras are in Vienna (Wien), Austria where you will get "moving" pictures, but you will need a high line speed. From the first page, take the option 'Verkehrsbilder', which will give you a menu of views. The Spitellauer Lände and Floridsdorfer Brücke options can both show trams. WARNING: Do not try to link or short-cut directly to these camera pages as they can do some nasty things to your browser set-up.
Not live but this series of video clips from Vienna (Wien) Transport, Austria, is well worth trying out. There is a selection of routes, including locations covered by the previous Vienna live cameras, each one giving a virtual tram ride. A high speed connection is recommended.
Bulgaria 
This camera is in Sofia, Bulgaria looking onto Vitosha Boulevard at its junction with Patriarh Evtimii Boulevard. The image is viewed with Macromedia Flash, which can be used to pan and zoom. The picture is updated only twice a day, but a calendar of previous views is available.
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