There have been two separate generations of trams in London, from 1860 to 1952 and from 2000 to the present.
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Tramlink began operation in May 2000 as Croydon Tramlink, becoming the first tram system in London since 1959. It is owned by London Tramlink, an arm of Transport for London (TfL) and is operated by Tram Operations Ltd (TOL), a subsidiary of FirstGroup.
Best of all, the ieTram is electric and emission-free. Twenty of them will be running on the route, with overhead charging stations at both ends to top up the juice. TfL says that if the trial is successful, the ieTram will appear on more bus routes across the capital.
First electric tram in England was opened in 1885 in Blackpool. There are more than 200 European cities who have active tram lines. More than 36,000 trams and light rail vehicles are currently in operation all around the world. The largest fleet of trams is in a city of Prague (920).
On 4 April 1901, the London United Tramway Company opened London's first regular electric tram service on a public road. This was the golden age of the electric tram. The first public tramway had opened in Blackpool in 1885, and between 1900 and 1907 the national tramway mileage doubled.