对现代有轨电车可采用的司机人工控制方式和列车自动控制方式进行适用性研究，分析行车需求、环境条件、平交路口控制方式、工程实施方式、景观需求、投资及维护等因素对选择列车控制方式的影响及相互制约关系，提出现代有轨电车工程选择列车控制方式的原则和思路，即：行车需求低的有轨电车工程适合司机人工控制的方式；行车需求高的工程须采用列车自动控制的方式实现安全防护，此时应尽量创造封闭的线路环境，通过立交的方式减少平交路口，为信号系统提供实施自动控制的条件。

The applicability research of modern tram control mode could be classified into manual control and auto control. The paper analyzed how the operational requirements, environment conditions, control mode of the flat crossing, project implementation method, landscape requirement, investment and maintenance, etc., affect the modern tram control mode and how they affect and restrict each other. The method and principles of the selection of the train control mode in modern tram project were proposed in the end. Manual control is fit to the condition that operational demand is low; on the other hand, automatic control should be supported by safety protection. In this case, closed environment of railway line should be provided, and the number of the flat crossings should be reduced by overpass. All these are to create the conditions for signal system to implement automatic control.