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The Tramlines of An Bhá nan Éirith Ghréine are a network of serving the Rockallic capital An Bhá nan Éirith Ghréine and the surrounding Rockallic Federal District. With 18 lines, 565 trams, 202 stops, and a total length of 264 km it is the largest tram network in the world, surpassing the by 14 kilometres.

Trams have operated in An Bhá nan Éirith Ghréine since 1865, starting with a single horse-drawn tramline running from east to west. The system was electrified in 1927 and greatly expanded. The system reached its current length after the completion of the tramway to Ábergheoinn in Léacheannelochián in 1993. It is operated by the Department of Tramway Operations of the Marquessate of Transport and Infrastructure.

Horse tram
The first tram in An Bhá nan Éirith Ghréine was a running from An Iméallean na nCháteair to Óibh Ngháidhrith via the city centre of the Barony of An Bhá nan Éirith Ghréine and Léacheannelochián, following roughly the route of the current Line 15, and opened in 1865. The tramway was built through a joint effort by the federal government of Rockall and the Confederate Government of the Seafaring Confederation.

The horse tram proved succesful and popular, and in 1870 three more horse tramlines were opened: the current Lines 1, 2 and 4.

Electrification
The tram network was electrified in 1927 after an act of the Parliament of the Earldom of Rockall with the approval of the Confederate Government and the Legislature of the Rockallic Federal District. With the electrification, the network was greatly expanded to cover the expanding agglomeration of the district.

Expansions
With the opening of the Red Line in 1967, additional tram tracks were laid in order to reach the new stations of Crannchóiste and An Iméallan na nCháitear. An additional tramtrack was also laid to connect Déaseoinn to the tram stop Teoirrin na nBhá nan Éirith Ghréine 's Léacheannelochián, and further on the Central Station.

The last extension to date to the tram network was the tram track to the neighbourhood of Ábergheoinn in Léacheannelochián.

Current status
As of 2015, the tram network of An Bhá nan Éirith Ghréine is run by the Marquessate of Transport and Infrastructure.

In 2001, a massive overhaul of the tram routes took place, bringing back the total number of tramlines from 25 to 18. This was done due to complaints that the system from before 2001 was unnecessarily complicated and in some cases plainly illogical. An example of this was Line 24 which ran between Déaseoinn Léabheinn na n-áibhainn and Teoirrin na nBhá nan Éirith Ghréine 's Léacheannelochián. This meant that passengers had to change platforms at Teoirrin na nBhá nan Éirith Ghréine 's Léacheannelochián, which involved crossing the heavily trafficked Sríad ag Óithear. In another example, Lines 23 and 25 were joined together and formed the current Line 11.

Future
There are currently plans to create a tramway between Méase na Déarnuiardh and Léacheannelochián Ábergheoinn-Fareoise via An Bhá nan Éirith Ghréine Airport and Óibhùirrchennog, which would eventually initiate/terminate at Léacheannelochián railway station. Works on the tramway are expected to begin in 2016 and will end in 2018. This new line will be known as Line 19.