This is not exactly railways. But worth a mention here.
A replica of the city’s last surviving tram is in ruins at the BEST Transport Museum. It is similar to the ones that ran on Mumbai’s roads. Tram services in Mumbai, then called Bombay, were terminated in 1964 after 90 years of existence. Tramways were proposed as early as 1864, but a contract for their construction was given to Stearns and Kitteredge only in 1873. They were to run the lines for 21 years after which electric trams were introduced. The first trams, between Parel and Colaba were drawn by teams of six to eight horses. When the tramways started in 1874, Stearnes and Kitteredge had a stable of 900 horses.Electric trams were introduced in 1907 and ran till 1964.
The order for the first electric tram-car had been placed with the Brush Electrical Company of London. The vehicle arrived in Mumbai in January 1906. There used to be an Upper Class in the tram-cars; it was removed after some time. (27/09/09)
10 comments:
Mumbai's trams were lovely creatures slowly trundling through the city's traffic. They should not have been scrapped...
Amit Desai, Mahalaxmi
Rajendra Ji,
You are really doing great job by collection information about Railway History it is very useful.
Sunish Subramanian Kunju
Bhandup, Mumbai
It is interesting to know that the tram still exists. I'd like to know where the transport museum is. They shouldn't have been scrapped.
Akshay Iyer, Chembur, Bombay
Wonderful blog & good post.Its really helpful for me, awaiting for more new post. Keep Blogging!
Used Cars in Mumbai
Amongst all your posts on this wonderful site, this one is the most charming. Keep it up !!!
Does anyone have a map of all the Bombay tram routes?
Yes. The map is available. I think I do have a copy of the map.
Hi ,
If anyone has the copy of tram routes, please pass it on. Also , I would appreciate all the information on trams of mumbai..
doing a research of the same
thanking everyone in advance.
That photograph of the tram at the Anik Depot is from Calcutta. It was used in a movie made on Dr.Ambedkar. The Bombay trams looked completely different from the calcutta ones. Unfortunately BEST has not retained even one model of the old AEC Double deck or single deck buses leave alone trams. Anyone having the tram routes, kindly share that with me as well.
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