Editing Transport in Hong Kong (section)

===Tramways===
[[File:HK Central-Tram Nos. 15, 13, 40 and 48.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The [[Hong Kong Tramways]]]]
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The Hong Kong Tramways is the tram system run exclusively with [[double decker tram|double decker]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|edition=12th|publisher=Lonely Planet Publications|isbn=1-74059-843-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/hongkongmacau00fall/page/302 302]|last=Fallon|first=Stephen|title=Hong Kong & Macau|chapter=Tram|date=January 2006|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/hongkongmacau00fall/page/302}}</ref> The electric tram system was proposed in 1881;<ref>{{Cite book|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|isbn=1-84014-171-9|page=110|last=Dimitriou|first=Harry T.|author2=Alison H. S. Cook|title=Land-Use/Transport Planning in Hong Kong: The End of an Era: A Review of Principles and Practices|year=1998}}</ref> however nobody was willing to invest in a system at the time. In August 1901, the Second Tramway Bill was introduced and passed into law as the 1902 Tramway Ordinance. Hong Kong Tramway Electric Company Limited, a British company, was authorised to take the responsibilities in construction and daily operation. In 1904, the tram system first got into service. It was soon taken over by another company, Electric Tranction Company of Hong Kong Limited and then the name was changed to Hong Kong Tramways Company Limited in 1910.

The rail system is {{convert|13|km|mi}} long,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bondada|first=Murthy V. A.|title=Urban Public Transportation Systems: Implementing Efficient Urban Transit Systems and Enhancing Transit Usage: Proceedings of the First International Conference: March&nbsp;21–25, 1999, Miami, Florida, USA|year=2000|publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers|isbn=0-7844-0498-4|page=240}}
</ref> with a total track length of {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}},<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cheng|first=Joseph Y. S.|author2=Yushuo Zheng, Hungyi Chen|title=Hong Kong in Transition|year=1986|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Hong Kong|isbn=0-19-584061-5|page=379}}</ref> and it runs together with other vehicles on the street. Its operation relies on the 550V [[direct current]] (d.c.) from the [[overhead cable]]s, on 3'6" gauge (1067&nbsp;mm) [[rail gauge|tracks]]. The trams provide service to only parts of [[Hong Kong Island]]: they run on a double track along the northern coast of [[Hong Kong Island]] from [[Kennedy Town]] to [[Shau Kei Wan]], with a single [[Clockwise and counterclockwise|clockwise]]-running track of about {{convert|3|km|mi}} around [[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]] Racecourse.