Trams in Colombo

Colombo Electric Tramways
Operation
Open13 January 1900 (1900-01-13)
Close30 June 1960 (1960-06-30)
Infrastructure
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Statistics
Track length (total)12 km (7 mi)

Trams existed in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo from 1899 to 1960.

History

In 1892 the Colombo Municipal Council called for tenders for the construction of tramways in the city. Three years later a contract was signed with Boustead Brothers, a private British company.[1] Work on laying the tracks, overhead construction and the power station commenced in September 1897.[2]

On 11 January 1900 the Ceylon Electric Tramways opened the country’s first tramway for public service[1] with the ‘Grand Pass Route’ being the first section to open, followed by the ‘Borella (Maradana) Route’.[3]

The tramways was eventually brought under Colombo Electric Tramways and Lighting Company Ltd after its formation in 1902, the same company that built the Pettah Power Station. The Pettah Power Station was the second power station established in the country and was used to power the tram network, mercantile offices, government buildings and street lights.[4][5]

The whole of the track on both routes was relaid with 43 kg (95 lb) rails between December 1905 and August 1907, with all joints being welded by thermite process.[2]

After a tram car strike in 1929, the Colombo Municipal Council took over operations of the electric tram system on 31 August 1944.[6] The tram network were eventually scrapped in 1960.[7]

The Colombo Municipal Council closed the service on 30 June 1960.[1]

Tram network

1914 map of the tram network and mosques in Colombo.

The tram network consisted of a single 12 km (7 mi) line which utilised a 42 in (107 cm) rail gauge.[8] A total of 52 cars were in service, shuttling thousands of passengers between ten stops on the route from Maradana Station to Borella.[9] The trams used trolley poles and consisted of open "toast-rack" type, and closed centre-entry type.

The average number of passengers carried on both routes in 1900 was 14,529 daily, in 1904 the number of passengers carried was 6,5559,059 and in 1905 was 6,555,338.[3]

Tramway Route

The original two tramway routes were:

‘Grand Pass Route’

‘Borella Tramway’

  • Fort Terminus (opposite Grand Oriental Hotel)
  • York Street
  • Chatham Street
  • North Road
  • Fort Railway Station
  • Lake and Royal College
  • Ferry terminal to Captain’s Garden
  • Railway Goods Station
  • Technical College
  • Pass over railway at Maradana Junction
  • Police Headquarters
  • Maradana Road
  • Borella

Incidents

  • On 16 June 1899 at 10pm, a tramcar travelling along Maradana Road (now Gnanaratha Pradeepa Mawatha) collided with a pony cart travelling from Regent Street to Jail Road (now E W Perera Mawatha, and Ananda Rajakaruna Mawatha) causing injury to the two cart riders and pony, and damages to the cart and harness.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "When tramcars were popular". The Sunday Times. 2 September 2007. ISSN 1391-0531. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Sueter, Edward Beaumont Fraser (1913). The Ceylon Manual, for the Use of Officials: Comprising Historical, Statistical, and Other Information Concerning the Island and its Administration, for 1912-1913. Colombo: A. M. & J. Ferguson. p. 491.
  3. ^ a b Saile, Ryhanna (29 October 2017). "Tramcars and trolley buses in Old Colombo". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ^ "History of Electricity in Sri Lanka". Ceylon Electricity Board. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. ^ "The 49th anniversary of Ceylon Electricity Board, was celebrated on 1st November 2018". Ceylon Electricity Board. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Colombo Electric Tramways and Lighting Co. Ltd (appellant), and Commissioner of Inland Revenue (respondent)" (PDF). Lawnet: Ministry of Justice. p. 313. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Rail routes of Sri Lanka". Infolanka.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. ^ Ferguson, John (1903). Ceylon in 1903: Describing the Progress of the Island since 1803. Colombo: A. M. & J. Ferguson. p. cxxii.
  9. ^ "Colombo, Ceylon". Tramz.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Perera v. The United Planters' Company of Ceylon" (PDF). Lawnet: Ministry of Justice. 30 October 1899. pp. 140–143. Retrieved 29 May 2019.


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