A railway (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_car">railroad</a>)&nbsp;car (carriage)&nbsp;that is generally pulled along a railway line by a <a href="/diesel-locomotive/" title="🛲 Diesel Locomotive">locomotive</a>. Shown with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantograph_(transport)">pantograph</a>&nbsp;above the carriage on many platforms which makes it look more like a&nbsp;<a href="/tram-car/" title="🚋 Tram Car">tram car</a>.

Google&rsquo;s artwork <a href="/google/android-5.0/railway-car/">previously</a>&nbsp;looked&nbsp;like a <a href="/bus/" title="🚌 Bus">bus</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;Microsoft&#39;s older versions&nbsp;appeared&nbsp;similar to a <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/railway-car/">minecart</a>.

Railway Car

A high speed train, designed to cover long distances at high speed. Also features a streamlined bullet nose, often used in reference to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> in Japan.

High-Speed Train with Bullet Nose

A train and railway in the&nbsp;<a href="/mountain/" title="⛰ Mountain">mountains</a>.

Previously displayed as&nbsp;a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular">funicular</a> in <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/mountain-railway/">Microsoft&rsquo;s </a>artwork. Android also <a href="/google/android-7.0/mountain-railway/">previously</a> displayed&nbsp;this train as front-facing and&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-6.0.1/mountain-railway/" title="🚞 Mountain Railway on Google Android 6.0.1">leaving a tunnel</a>, which appeared&nbsp;similarly to the <a href="/metro/" title="🚇 Metro">metro emoji</a> at small sizes.

Mountain Railway

A metro: frequent underground train found in built-up areas with high populations.

This emoji is generally displayed as a forward-facing train, with some platforms also displaying a tunnel as a circle surrounding the train. Apple&#39;s artwork shows the characters&nbsp;IL2&nbsp;which may be a reference to one of the more <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/apple-infinite-loop-oral-history/">locked-down buildings&nbsp;at Apple&#39;s Infinite Loop</a> Headquarters during iPhone development&nbsp;(IL2 = Infinite Loop 2).

Metro

A form of public transport on rails, usually found on streets in cities or other urban areas. For short or medium-length journeys.
<a title="🚊 Tram" href="/tram/">Trams</a> tend to be similar to <a title="🚈 Light Rail" href="/light-rail/">light rail</a>, with the difference being that they don’t tend to have their own dedicated tracks.
This emoji is generally shown as the side of the tram. The intended usage of this emoji, instead of the <a title="🚊 Tram" href="/tram/">tram</a> emoji is not clear.

Tram Car

An Aerial Tramway, most commonly seen at ski resorts, for transport between locations on a mountain. Can also be used as a tourist attraction, or as a form of public transport.

In 2018 this emoji was the focus of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/26/17613850/twitter-least-used-emoji-tramway">a grassroots campaign on Twitter</a> where users of the platform began using this emoji more frequently. This was to update the least-used emoji on emojitracker.com (as tracked by the <a href="https://twitter.com/leastUsedEmoj">@leastUsedEmoji</a> Twitter bot) from the Aerial Tramway to another emoji.

Aerial Tramway

A type of bus that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus">uses overhead electrical wires</a> for power. Appears similar to a cross between a <a title="🚌 Bus" href="/bus/">bus</a> and a <a title="🚋 Tram Car" href="/tram-car/">tram car</a>.

Trolleybus

A steam train, powered by coal or wood.&nbsp;An early type of locomotive, now mostly replaced by electric or diesel <a href="/train/" title="🚆 Train">trains</a>.

Steam Locomotive

A form of public transport on rails, usually found on streets in cities or other urban areas. For short or medium-length journeys.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram">Trams</a> tend to be similar to <a title="🚈 Light Rail" href="/light-rail/">light rail</a>, with the difference being that they don’t tend to have their own dedicated tracks.
This emoji is generally shown as the front of the tram, on tracks. The intended usage of this emoji, instead of the <a title="🚋 Tram Car" href="/tram-car/">tram car</a> emoji is not clear.

Tram

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Discord

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Apple

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Google Noto Color Emoji

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Samsung

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Microsoft 3D Fluent

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Microsoft

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

WhatsApp

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Twitter / X

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Facebook

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Huawei

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Skype

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Twitter Emoji Stickers

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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JoyPixels

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

SerenityOS

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

Sony Playstation

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

Noto Emoji Font

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

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Icons8

An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

emojidex

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Messenger

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

SoftBank

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Docomo

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

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Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Mozilla

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

From early 2021, Android 11 began rollout out for LG Velvet devices in select regions.

Alongside Android 11 came the first update LG&#39;s emoji set <a href="/lg/g5/">since early 2016</a>, which reintroduced the vendor&rsquo;s own emoji set to eligible devices. From 2017 until this update, LG devices used the <a href="/google/">stock Android emoji set</a> from Google.

This update introduced emojis from 2016&#39;s <a href="/people/">Emoji 3.0</a>&nbsp;up to 2019&rsquo;s <a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a> to the LG emoji set. It also revised many emoji designs within the <a href="/people/">😃 Smileys &amp; People</a> category.

🚃 Railway Car on undefined G3

🚃 Railway Car on undefined G3

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