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The '''Delhi Electric Tramway and Lighting Company''' was registered in London in 1908.
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<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ba4BcujAUNgC&pg=PT346&lpg=PT346&dq=Delhi+Electric+Tramways+and+Lighting+Company&source=bl&ots=CJaB2xn7FN&sig=VxgPhH-TVg9-g2kbIpWm04z6MiI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QBiMVeyUPMj2UqmhkqAE&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books "A Genius for Money", by Caroline Dakers. Chapter 15, No 62]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
 
  
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The tram system opened on March 6, 1908 and by 1921 there were 15 km of track and 24 cars. The system closed c.1963.
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The ‘Delhi Electric Tramway and Lighting Company’ was registered in London in 1908
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<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ba4BcujAUNgC&pg=PT346&lpg=#v=onepage&q&f=false  Google Books "A Genius for Money", by Caroline Dakers. Chapter 15, No 62]; Retrieved 25 March 2020</ref>.
  
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<ref>[http://www.tramz.com/tva/tvx.html Google Books "History of Trams" by John Rossman, 1998. Section Asia/India/Calcutta]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
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The tram system opened in March  1908, 10 miles (16km) of track were laid running to most parts of the city as well as the outskirts of Subzee Mandi and Sudder Bazaar. The track comprised a concrete bed and single line with turnouts with side-pole arrangement and bracket arms
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<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3DS-IrNpJ_AC&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=Delhi+Electric+Tramways+and+Lighting+Company&source=bl&ots=Pg-f9RRsmN&sig=krPycY-Odo5NK-2RxjmZJHDwNJk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QBiMVeyUPMj2UqmhkqAE&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Delhi%20Electric%20Tramways%20and%20Lighting%20Company&f=false Google Books "Case Studies in Management" Page 211 by Hement Kumar]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
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<ref name=Lalvani>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=OB9CCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT453&lpg=#v=onepage&q&f=false ‘The Making of India’: The Untold Story of British Enterprise, by Kartar Lalvani, Chapter 15 page 463-67]; Retrieved 25  Mar 2020</ref>.
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By 1921 there were 24 cars, each car was of the convertable type so as to meet summer and winer conditions of service <ref  name = Lalvani/>.
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There were three main routes on the system, but all routes passed through Fatehpuri Junction with fixed stopping-places <ref  name = Lalvani/>.
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The system closed c.1963 <ref>[http://www.tramz.com/tva/tvx.html Google Books "History of Trams" by John Rossman, 1998. Section Asia/India/Calcutta]; Retrieved 25 Mar 2020</ref>
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==See Also==
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*See Fibis page [[Delhi Tramways]] for other tramways in Delhi  
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 11:00, 25 March 2020

Delhi Electric Tramway and Lighting Company

The ‘Delhi Electric Tramway and Lighting Company’ was registered in London in 1908 [1].

The tram system opened in March 1908, 10 miles (16km) of track were laid running to most parts of the city as well as the outskirts of Subzee Mandi and Sudder Bazaar. The track comprised a concrete bed and single line with turnouts with side-pole arrangement and bracket arms [2].

By 1921 there were 24 cars, each car was of the convertable type so as to meet summer and winer conditions of service [2].

There were three main routes on the system, but all routes passed through Fatehpuri Junction with fixed stopping-places [2].

The system closed c.1963 [3]

See Also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Google Books "A Genius for Money", by Caroline Dakers. Chapter 15, No 62; Retrieved 25 March 2020
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ‘The Making of India’: The Untold Story of British Enterprise, by Kartar Lalvani, Chapter 15 page 463-67; Retrieved 25 Mar 2020
  3. ↑ Google Books "History of Trams" by John Rossman, 1998. Section Asia/India/Calcutta; Retrieved 25 Mar 2020
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