Hong Kong Tram

Humming along the handsome streets of Hong Kong the tram carries its passengers as they practice their gift for gab. Turn an ordinary day of commuting drudgery into a trip around the globe, and experience an exotic city space in this far away land. Hong Kong tramways is notable for being one of the three tramways in the world that have regular operation of double-decker trams, the others being Blackpool tramway, in England and the Alexandria Tram system in Egypt. The electric tram system was proposed in 1881; however nobody was willing to invest in a system at the time. In August 1901, the Second Tramway Bill was introduced and passed into law. A boycott in November 1912 followed the company's refusal to accept Chinese coins in payment for fare. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=92974