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A tram on Boston Road, Hanwell. Photo: Wikimedia commons Trams first appeared in London in 1860. They were horse-drawn and caused ... What's more, London Transport — these are the pre-TfL ...
Here's the first electric tram on Kingston Bridge, in 1906. Image: public domain 1861: American entrepreneur George Francis Train begins running horse-drawn trams between Notting Hill Gate and ...
But the history of trams goes back more than 200 years when they were the most cutting-edge transport ... and costly’ horse population, the museum explained. London population had grown to ...
This interactive museum traces the history of London’s world-famous ... the capital's first licensed public transport – the sedan chair – and a horse-drawn omnibus from 1805, its painted ...
The museum’s award-winning galleries, showcasing 200 years of London transport history, will be open for families to explore.
Visitors to a museum will be able to ride on the only surviving horse-drawn tram ... to restore the tram, which was designed in 1877, and after it stopped being used for public transport was ...
A NEW exhibit at the Oxford Bus Museum, the horse drawn tram, was unveiled today by the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire John Harwood. The innovative new form of urban passenger transport ...