Ding ding! 100-plus historic photos of Hong Kong trams in new book
- ‘The Tramways of Hong Kong’ by Peter Waller takes readers on a colourful, rickety journey through the history of the city
- Book also provides a range of technical information about the tramways
Hong Kong’s iconic trams not only form a low-cost link between the east and west of Hong Kong Island, they also provide a direct link to the city’s past.
Our beloved “ding dings” are a quaint, reassuring daily reminder of simpler times, surviving Hong Kong’s transformation from a barren rock into a bustling metropolis.
With only slight modifications over the years, today’s trams aren’t far removed from the models that first hit the rails in 1904 – one year after the launch of the South China Morning Post.
But while not much has changed with the trams, the same cannot be said for the city that has sprouted up on the sides of the tracks – a transformation wonderfully chronicled in Peter Waller’s new book The Tramways of Hong Kong, published by Blacksmith Books.
