The excellent tramway to The Peak from 1888

11/09/2010


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  Peak Tram, existing in many postcards themed Hong Kong, has long been a very very famous sightseeing vehicle to the view of the charming Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. The tram starts running on May 30th 1888, attracted 600 passengers on that day. With 122 years operation history, you can say it's a heritage with symbolic meaning to many Hong Kong people, as well as the tourists visiting Hong Kong. Tens of millions of people from every corner of the globe have taken the ride, which affords a uniquely spectacular perspective of the city.

  The Peak is one of the top ten Hong Kong tourist attraction by the HK tourism board because you can appreciate the whole Victoria Harbour view very clearly in Tai Ping Mountain. And the peaktram not only simply serves as the means of transportation to The Peak but passangers can also see the harbour view through the tram big windows during the tram trip.

Here are some photos illustrating the history of the peaktram. We thank to the peaktram company to provide our blog with these photos:

1888-1926

1926-1948

1948-1959

1959-1989

1989-present

The symbol of HK peaktram

 The Peak Tram Lower Terminus is located at the Garden Road, Central.

Q: Just a silly question this time^^! What is the colour of peaktram at present?

A. Red
B. Orange
C. Yellow
D. Green
E. Indigo
F. Blue
G. Purple 

2 comments:

Jerry Wong said...

i think A is answer

Sunny said...

Jerry is so clever