The tram service in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, which began with the launch of the Viru Square-Kadriorg regular horsecar line in 1888, celebrated its 135th anniversary with a party that started at the Kopli depot at noon on 26 August, preceded by a parade of old-timer streetcars at the Vana-Lõuna roundabout.
The deputy mayor of Tallinn, Vladimir Svet, described it as “significant” that the city is celebrating the “honourable anniversary” of the tram service at a time when an expansion of the tramway infrastructure has started in the direction of the Old City harbour.
“It is hard to imagine public transport in the capital without trams.