Monday, July 15, 2013

Excellent article about the history of #publictransit in Shanghai

The push for passengers - SHANGHAI - Globaltimes.cn: "More than two decades after Russia opened the world's first tram service in 1880, the British-owned Shanghai Electric Construction Co was given permission to run a tram service in the former International concession in 1905. Workers began laying tracks in April, 1906, installing overhead wires and building terminals and depots. In 1907, the company imported its first batch of four-wheeled single-deck trams from Loughborough, England."

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