Workers lay basalt stone blocks at the restoration site of a section of old tram tracks, adjacent to the Flora fountain in Mumbai, India. Trams served Bombay (earlier name) for almost 90 years. The Britishers proposed the project in 1864 and awarded the contract to the company – Stearns and Kitteredge in 1873. The first tram started on 9 May 1874 drawn by six to eight horses, and had a speed of 5 miles per hour. The cost of riding the tram was one anna.
In 1907, the Bombay Electric Supply and Tramways Company () purchased Bombay Tramway Company Limited () and began operating the city’s first electric tram system on 7 May, 1907. A double-deck tram service began in September 1920. At the peak of service in CE 1935, 433 trams ran on 47 kilometres. On 31st March 1964, the last tram travelled on the streets of Mumbai between Bori Bunder and Khodadad tram terminus (now Dadar ). The last tram was scheduled at 10pm from Bori Bunder. To bid farewell large crowd gathered and the tram was packed to full capacity.
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Location: Flora Fountain, Fort, Mumbai, India.
Photo credit: © Sanjay Marathe / India Photo Stock / Alamy / Afripics
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