Video: Unusual public transport: double-decker trams - the symbol of Hong Kong
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Public transport, along with famous landmarks, can often be the hallmark of a city. For example, it is difficult to imagine the streets of the Philippines without the brightly colored Jeepney buses or London - without the branded red double-decker buses. Once upon a time in the UK (as well as in New Zealand and Australia) were also popular double-decker tramshowever, over time they were decommissioned. But in Hong kong they can be seen to this day, they have become a real symbol of the city, but Hong Kong Tramways has become the only company in the world that carries passengers exclusively on double-decker trams.
Double-decker trams could be seen on English roads until the 1950s, Glasgow Corporation Tramways closed in 1962, and since then such trams can only be seen in the UK's National Tramway Museum.
In Hong Kong, the first trams appeared in 1904, and the unusual double-decker trams appeared in 1912. The first double-decker trams had an open top, which served rather a decorative function: all kinds of plants were located at the top. Since 1925, fully glazed trams have been put into operation. Locals call the tram "ding-ding" because it is the double signal that drivers use to warn the pedestrian. Today, there are 163 trams in Hong Kong designed for ordinary passengers, as well as 2 special ones for tourists (in which the upper floor is open for travelers to admire the city).
Many tourists prefer to go on a sightseeing tour of the city by tram. Not only is it an environmentally friendly form of public transport, the fare for Hong Kong is quite democratic - $ 2.30. the city is represented in miniature sculptures.
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