Philippine Tramways
Horse drawn tramcars are thought to have been operated from the 1870's, followed by steam trams in Malabon and electric tramcars from 1905 until the Second World War when very little survived and they were abandoned.
Photographs of horse trams in Manila and San Roque can be found on the
Picturesque Old Philippines pages of the
University of Vienna, Austrian Philippine Website.
The Manila Malabon Tramway purchased four steam tramway
locomotives from Schichau of Germany in 1887.
Manila Tramways started with the Compania de los Tranvias Filipinas
who operated horse trams until the Manila Railways and Light Company
was formed in 1903 and then became the Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company
(Meralco) operating electric trams from 1905 until World War II.
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Click left to link to 100 Years of Meralco.
Don't miss the replica Tram 1220 in the Meralco Museum in the Technical Services Building, Ortigas Center.
Select News Archives at the bottom of the page and then "23. Museum of Meralco History and 24. A Glimpse of History".
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Link from the Meralco Facilities Page or the MMLDC Logo.
Apparently two Trams were constructed and 520 is in the museum of the MMLDC Foundation Inc. Center, the Meralco Training Center in Antipolo.
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The US army also operated an electric tramway on Corregidor Island.
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See the Corregidor Historic Society Website. |
