Turku tram network in its most extensive form after expansion in 1956.
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 was operated as horse tramway from 1890 until 1892, and as an electrified tramway from 1908 until 1972. Prior to 1919 the tram system was owned by private interests, and from that year onwards by the City of Turku until closure of the system.[1]
The possible recreation of the tram network and/or a creation of a light rail network have been discussed since the (second) closure of the tram system in 1972.[2] In December 2009 the Turku City Council made the decision that a light rail system (Finnish: pikaraitiotie, "fast tramway") system would be realised in the city after an intermediate phase of bus rapid transit.[3]
^"Turun raitiotiet / Tramways of Turku" (in Finnish and English). Finnish Tramway Society. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
^Laaksonen, Mikko. "Raitiovaunulla Naantaliin, Kaarinaan, Runosmäkeen, Varissuolle?" (in Finnish). Finnish Tramway Society. Archived from the original on 1 September 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
^"Raitiovaunut palaavat Turkuun" (in Finnish). YLE. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
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