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MAP
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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Singapore Electric Tramways.
Route numbers are mostly indicative, and were not used on the trams themselves.
| 1 | Keppel Harbour - Tanjong Pagar - Johnston's Quay - Tank Road |
| 2 | Tanjong Pagar - South Bridge Rd. - North Bridge Rd. - Kallang Rd. - Geylang Rd. - Geylang |
| 3 | Kallang Rd. - Lavender St. - Rumah Miskin |
| 4 | Raffles Hotel - Serangoon Rd. - Rumah Miskin - Paya Lebar |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Trams: 25 km.
HISTORY
- Steam trams: 3 May 1886 - 1 June 1894
- Electric trams: 25 July 1905 - 4 Sept. 1927
- Underground (Mass Rapid Transit Rail [MRT]): 7 Nov. 1987 - today.
- Light Rapid Transit (LRT) [automated]: 6 Nov. 1999 - today.
- Monorail (Sentosa Express): 15 Jan. 2007 - today.
GAUGE
- Steam & electric trams: 1000 mm.
- MRT/LRT: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- York, F. W, & Phillips, A. R. Singapore: A history of its trams, trolleybuses and buses - Vol.1: 1880's to 1960. Croydon (England): DTS Publishing, 1996
WIKIS
- Light Rapid Transit (Singapore)
- Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
- Rail transport in Singapore
- Sentosa Express
- Trams in Singapore
- Transport in Singapore
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