The characteristic trams of Milan

If you have been in Milan, you will have noticed the characteristic trams that still cross the city. If you haven’t been in Italy and in Milan yet you may have heard of it, otherwise you will discover our “mythical” trams through this post😉

For Milanese and for those who love Milan, trams are a true institution. A mean of transport that has been crucial for many years and which today also unites the whole city, from its suburbs to its centre. It is one of the many contrasts that Milan offers, a city that combines technology, fashion, art and tradition.

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And it is in tradition proper that trams, used since the early 1900s, should be placed.

In 1892, Edison introduced a project for the urban line electrification, which was first tested from Piazza Duomo to Corso Sempione and then extended to the whole network in 1901.

Tramcars have been replaced and modernized over the years, being careful, however, not to completely modify their layout, at least for a number of cars. Eleven models followed each other until today over the years.

In the city there are still 150 cars of the 1500-series, also known as “Ventotto”, which were built between 1928 and 1932, becoming very successful even outside the city: in 1983 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce organized an exhibition of tramcars coming from all over the world.

The Milanese ones were particularly appreciated and, from that moment on, an export of such cars began. Nowadays they still run on the Castro-Fisherman’s Wharf line in San Francisco.

In fact, similarities with San Francisco’s trams are not fortuitous, they are the fruit of this relationship and commercial exchange.

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