page_title: Trams in Colombo
section_title: Tram network
hierarchical_section_title: Trams in Colombo / Tram network
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing Tramways and Mosques in Colombo, Ceylon - 1914
context_page_description: Trams existed in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo from 1899 to 1960.
context_section_description: The tram network consisted of a single 12 km (7 mi) line which utilised a 42 in (107 cm) rail gauge. A total of 52 cars were in service, shuttling thousands of passengers between ten stops on the route from Maradana Station to Borella. The trams used trolley poles and consisted of open "toast-rack" type, and closed centre-entry type.
  The average number of passengers carried on both routes in 1900 was 14,529 daily, in 1904 the number of passengers carried was 6,5559,059 and in 1905 was 6,555,338.
caption: 1914 map of the tram network and mosques in Colombo.
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