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Karachi Tramway - #History
1879: John Brunton devised a special grooved bridge rail of inverted U-shape for four foot gauge horse to be later used in the tramways in Karachi.

1881: Karachi’s Municipal Secretary and Engineer, conceived the idea of Karachi Tramway around this year
October 1884: Work starts on the construction of Karachi Tramway. Gauge of the track was 4 feet. John Brunton, formerly Chief Engineer of the Sind-Punjab and Delhi Railway, and engineer to the city of Oxford Tramways becomes the Chief Engineer of Karachi Tramway Project.
April 20, 1885: Steam Tramway was opened in Karachi. There was a ceremonial opening of the Main Line from Scots Kirk neat St Andrew’s Church (located on present day Abdullah Haroon Road and Shara-e-Liaqat intersection) to Kiamari. Goods line between McLeod Road
1902: East India Tramway Co (E.I.T.C) Limited which was running trams in Karachi got re-organized with John Abbot as Chairman.

circa 1904: Light Steel-framed horse carts were introduced on the tramway.
The First Petrol Tram in the World – Karachi 1910. 46 seat —- type. 8 miles per gallon with petrol at 4 annas per gallon. Weight unloaded 3 tons. Designed by John Abbot, Chairman with J.P. Abbot Longfellow. Power unit —– valveless —– and Dixon Abbot patent Gearbox.
In 1949, the whole system of Karachi tramway was shifted from the East India Tramways Company Limited to the Mohamedali Tramways Company (MTC). The tram company was bought by a Karachi resident Mr. Sheikh Mohammad Ali. MTC continued to operate the trams.
There were 64 of these in service in 1955 when the company celebrated its 70th Anniversary. The petrol trams continued in service until April 30, 1975! We really wish for #Karachi could revive it's Tramways and moral support from #Calcutta !
Lets revive the South Asian Heritage.
Tram is the literary and magical version of the train! Hopefully we all can form together revive the South Asian Heritage and establish Calcutta Karachi beautiful Tramway friendship! sharing a pictures of Melbourne art'festival 2017 where Calcutta & Karachi featured together..

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Sep 14, 2021
#CalcuttaTramways - Historical Timeline
▪️1873
24th Feb
Horse Trams introduced as meter gauge, closure in the same year.
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▪️1880
1st Nov
Services restarts, Final opening of horse tram as a permanent system.
20th Dec
Calcutta Tramways Company was Registered in London.
▪️1881
Esplanade terminus & Kalighat depot opened.
Routes opened -▪️Dalhousie Square - Lalbazar - Bowbazar - Lebutala - Sealdah Station.
▪️Esplanade - Lalbazar - Companybagan - Shobhabazar - Kumortuli.
▪️Esplanade - Planetarium - Hazra Park - Kalighat was commissioned.
1882
▪️Tram service expanded to High Court terminus & Nimtala .
Dalhousie Square - Metcalfe Hall - High Court. (Later Rt 14 extension)
Metcalfe Hall - Howrah Bridge - Nimtala .Horse was imported from Kabul , Afghanistan to run trams but many horses died due to hot humidweather These type of caps were introduced for shade from hot sun.
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