East India Tramway Company
The East India Tramway Company was formed in 1884 to provide a tramway service in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
The Karachi Steam Tramway was opened to the port on April 20, 1885, and was replaced with a horse tramway a year later. In 1909 the horse trams were replaced with distinctive-looking petrol cars. 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. [1]
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this tramway [2] gives the following:-
- Q/13/1/5, item 13; "E-Bom-231: The East India Tramways Company Limited"; 13 Jul 1928
This record has not been examined and may provide further useful information to supplement the above. Little information has otherwise been found
References
- ↑ "History of TRAMS - Pakistan" by John Rossman; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 5 Apr 2016