You need to run the city for a year.
Not sure about the CTDs, the new networks can't be dragged like the standard ones. A fault of the game engine.
You have to download a tram station.
Have you checked the mod's documentation?
Good to know, I'll fool around with it for a little more.
I don't mind individual placement of the new networks. I'll survive so long as the system stabilizes. My question is, though, do you directly place tram-on-roads or do you lay down a road, and then place tram-on-roads on top of it? I tend to get a CTD if I do the former, so I'll have to stick to the latter, even if it's more expensive.
I'll look around for the tram station, it might be already installed and I just haven't seen it yet. I can't imagine they would put the tram lines in but not a station.