Minecraft wiki entry for Water_tram, associated text: The Water Tram is a fast travel creation which consists of streams of water flowing in the direction you wish to travel. Water trams are usually created using water, a boat, and pressure plates. Since water flows in both directions, the pressure plates are necessary to break the water up into streams flowing only in the direction you wish to travel. Since the introduction of ice travel, this method has become somewhat obsolete, as boats travel much faster on ice than in currents.