Tramscape Tramway Photographs


Istanbul, Turkey

1994
Featuring the heritage tram service between Tunel and Taksim Square featuring trams 47+418 and 223+411. The 1.6 km line, which runs along the busy shopping pecinct of Istiklal Caddesi and is single track with a central passing loop (seen left), was opened on 29th December 1990. At Tunel (far left) there is a stub terminus withinterchange with the steep underground rail line to the ferry terminal on the Golden Horn opened in 1873. The trams date from 1914 to 1928, preserved from the former tramways which closed in 1966 


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