The Turku tramway network was the first tram system to be operated in Finland, and was the second-to-last first generation tram system in Finland. It...
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most concrete such plans are in Turku. In Helsinki, horse trams operated between 1890 and 1901. Since 1900, electric trams have operated there. For part...
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transportation. Many early trams were horse-drawn, but electric trams followed. By the mid-1910s, the urban population were fully accustomed to trams as a fashionable...
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system (1949-74 and 1979-85) in addition to trams. Trams in Finland List of town tramway systems in Europe List of tram and light rail transit systems...
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Turku (/ˈtʊərkuː/ TOOR-koo; Finnish: [ˈturku] ; Swedish: Åbo, Finland Swedish: [ˈoːbu] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland...
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Tampere light rail (redirect from Tampere tram)
the fourth city in Finland to have a tram system but one of only two to still have trams in service, as Turku discontinued tram service in 1972 and Vyborg...
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had tram systems. Vyborg abandoned its trams in 1957 after it was ceded to the Soviet Union after the end of World War II. Turku withdrew its trams in 1972...
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until trams in Turku were discontinued in 1972. For a long time, Turku was an important traffic hub for commuter traffic, as trains went from the Turku Central...
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Turku (Swedish: Åbo) is Finland's oldest city, having been founded in 1229. The city has a history as part of Sweden, Russia, and finally as an important...
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The following is a list of tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems with their track length, track gauge, electrification...
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