First electric tram introduced in Prague 116 years ago

One hundred and sixteen years ago, on July 18th, 1891, the first electric tram was introduced in Prague, to gradually replace horse-drawn trams that had been in service for 15 years then. The first tram line, only 800 metres long, connected Prague's Stromovka and Letna parks and was discontinued in 1900. By that time tram lines had connected the districts of Liben, Vysocany and Vinohrady and became the backbone of Prague's public transport. Currently, 1000 tram carriages are operated on 35 lines and 560 kilometres around Prague. Trams in Prague carry some 350 million passengers every year.