Rosettes and Other Hidden Traces of Hamburg’s Tram
- Public Transportation Almost 50 years after Hamburg’s last tram ran, I went looking for what it left behind, from rosettes on house walls to rails under the asphalt.
- Tram in front of the Rathaus, 1965 © Jean-Henri Manara, CC BY-SA 2.0 When I was writing about the Fuhle, I came across a small detail: in 1895, the first tram line in Hamburg built for electric operation from the start ran along Fuhlsbüttler Straße.
- I knew that Hamburg once had trams, but I never knew much about them.
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- Public Transportation Almost 50 years after Hamburg’s last tram ran, I went looking for what it left behind, from rosettes on house walls to rails under the asphalt.
- Tram in front of the Rathaus, 1965 © Jean-Henri Manara, CC BY-SA 2.0 When I was writing about the Fuhle, I came across a small detail: in 1895, the first tram line in Hamburg built for electric operation from the start ran along Fuhlsbüttler Straße.
- I knew that Hamburg once had trams, but I never knew much about them.
Sources: Alsterrunde