Malta Tramways
The Malta Tramways Ltd company operated electric tramways in Malta from 23 February 1905 till 1929.[1] A legal trailer was founded in 1903 by the Society. It was handled by a meter-wide track. Drive along the Bilevel rail car, the side and on top of the Oberdeck open.
The tramway was connected with two lines,[2] considered to be a direct line:[3]
- Valletta – Marsa – Paola – Cospicua
- Valletta – Ħamrun – Qormi – Żebbuġ
- Valletta – Ħamrun – Birkirkara
There was no immediate extension of the track to Mosta.[2][3]
The tracks ran on the road parallel to the Valletta-Mdina railway line, which allowed the traffic system to be used by cars and buses in the ruin. The road operation was terminated after the bankruptcy of the company on December 15, 1929 and the infrastructure was rebuilt.[4]
In 2008, the Halcrow report[5] suggested the government to reintroduce two tram lines in Malta: Valletta to Sliema along the coast road, and Valletta to Ta' Qali. The report was largely overlooked, as the government focused on reforming the bus transport. In 2016 the government announced a new study on reintroducing the tram.[6] The new study, which is expected by late 2020, should also look at metro and monorail options.[7]
Inauguration, 1905
Car 13 in Piazza St Anna, Floriana ca 1910
St Anne Street, Floriana ca 1910
Tram car 12 heading for Valletta and about to pass through 'Porte des Bombes' in Floriana, circa 1910
Floriana Tramway Station
Mile End, Hamrun
Tramway in Hamrun, Malta
Tramway at Fleur-de-Lys
Tram on its way from Birkirkara to Valletta
Car 11, 1905
Car 1, 1905
Car 4, 1910
1910
Car 1, 1912
Car 10, 1920
Car 6, 1926
Car 6, 1927
Valletta-Zebbug tram, 1927
Notes[]
- ^ Joseph Bonnici & Michael Cassar, The Malta railway. Malta 1992. S. 82.
- ^ a b Karl Baedeker: Italie Méridionale, Sicilie, Sardaigne, Malte, Tunis, Corfou. 14. Aufl. Leipzig 1907.
- ^ a b Karl Baedeker: Unteritalien, Sizilien, Malta, Tripolis, Korfu. Handbuch für Reisende. 16. Aufl. Leipzig 1929.
- ^ Joseph Bonnici & Michael Cassar, The Malta railway. Malta 1992. S. 97.
- ^ Halcrow report, 2008
- ^ Times of Malta
- ^ TVM
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