The first steam-driven tram line, linking Lyon and Vénissieux ... The initial horse-drawn trams which started operation in ...

On January 31 1902, the horse trams that had been running on the Manningham Lane service since 1882 were finally retired. During 1903 the last steam tram ran on the former B&STC track and the ...

A steam tram drawing a car was given its first trial run on the steep gradient of Chapel Hill on November 13, 1882, and the first 10 miles of track was granted a certificate of fitness on November ...

Initially steam trams were seen around the town’s of East ... In Blackburn, the first route between Blackburn and Darwen began in 1882 and a tram service operated until 1949.

They tried to introduce steam trams in Nottingham on select routes such as up Derby Road in the early 1880s but they were not a success - they didn't ever exceed six miles an hour. The first ...

To formalise the initiative, a company called Calcutta Tram Company Limited (CTC) was registered in London on December 22, 1880. More routes were added and by 1882, steam locomotives were used to ...

Kolkata's tram journey began on February 24, 1873, with horse-drawn cars running on tracks. In 1882, steam engines were introduced, paving the way for modernization. The first electric-powered ...

One of Greater Manchester's Metrolink trams has been renamed in honour of a tourist steam railway line. Tram number 1007 was renamed as East Lancashire Railway (ELR) at a ceremony at Bury Interchange ...

Rockhampton operated its own network of steam trams in 1909 The trams operated for three decades and carried more than 40 million passengers A local rail museum has restored one of the trams Today ...

Penang indeed once boasted an impressive local transport system, as it was one of the first urban centres in Southeast Asia to operate not only steam trams but also horse-drawn trams, electric ...

They tried to introduce steam trams in Nottingham on select routes such as up Derby Road in the early 1880s but they were not a success - they didn't ever exceed six miles an hour. The first ...