page_title: Trams in Finland
section_title: Helsinki
hierarchical_section_title: Trams in Finland / History / Helsinki
caption_attribution_description: English: Valmet RM 2 tram no. 49 on line 1 in Kauppatori, Turku, Finland in 1959. It is turning from southeastwards to southwestwards, from Köpmansgatan onto Eriksgaten. Suomi: Valmetin RM 2 -raitiovaunu nro 49 linjalla 1 Wiklundin vanhan tavaratalon edustalla Kauppatorilla Turussa vuonna 1959
context_page_description: Trams in Finland date from a horse-drawn Turku tramway network, which opened in 1890. Electric tramway traction started in Finland in 1900, and the last horse-drawn trams were withdrawn from operation in 1917. Although there were three Finnish tramway networks between 1912 and World War II, by 1972 the number of networks had dwindled to just one, that of Helsinki, which remains Finland's only tramway network. However, as of January 2018, a tram line is being constructed in Tampere, and there have been proposals to set up tram or light rail networks in some other cities.
context_section_description: In Helsinki, horse trams operated between 1890 and 1900, and again between 1913 and 1917. Since 1900, electric trams have operated there.
  For part of its existence, the Helsinki tramway network has been supplemented by a trolleybus line: in 1949–1974, and on a trial basis in 1979–1985.
  There was a horse-drawn tramway in Lauttasaari, an island that was a part of the municipality of Huopalahti, which was later merged into Helsinki.
  Kulosaari, Haaga, Huopalahti and Helsinge municipality had a tramway that belonged to Helsinki.
caption: Valmet RM 2 no. 49 on line 1 to the harbour at Market Square in Turku, 1959.
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