# Are The Lisbon Portugal Strretcars The Smallest In The World?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 20, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-lisbon-portugal-strretcars-the-smallest-in-the-world/671725 "2013-10-20T15:06:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-lisbon-portugal-strretcars-the-smallest-in-the-world/671725/1 "2013-10-20T15:06:55Z")

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I was just watching an Anthony Bourdain travel clip about Lisbon. The streetcars in that city seem to be very small and narrow.  
Are they the world’s smallest?

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-lisbon-portugal-strretcars-the-smallest-in-the-world/671725/2 "2013-10-20T16:01:14Z")

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No. At least not by track size. It’s a[900 mm gauge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_track_gauges) which is pretty narrow but not the narrowest. Looks like the same trolleys used in the United States at the turn of the last century.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-lisbon-portugal-strretcars-the-smallest-in-the-world/671725/3 "2013-10-21T03:38:57Z")

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I rode the Lisbon streetcar system for two years: it only seems extremely narrow because many of the streets are extremely narrow.

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-lisbon-portugal-strretcars-the-smallest-in-the-world/671725/4 "2013-10-21T03:55:40Z")

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Misspelled title? Must be ralph124c.