Bangkok Tramways
Subtitle: eighty years 1888-1968 : with local railways and Lopburi trams
By: Dick van der Spek, Wisarut Bholsithi and Wally Higgins
Contributors: Wisarut Bholsithi, author; Higgins, Wally, author
Publisher: White Lotus Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Bangkok, Thailand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9789748495378
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Electric railroads; History; Street-railroads; Bangkok Tramway Company
Notes: Includes bibliographical (pages 155-159) references and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginnings: early transport and the first tramway; title: Tramway electrification and expansion; title: Railways; title: Tramway operations through the years; title: Wartime problems and reconstruction; title: Changes in the 1950s; title: The tram fleet; title: Traffic problems and an uncertain tramway future; title: The last years of a citywide system: tram routes in 1959; title: Final years; title: Replicas and imitations; title: The Lopburi tramway; title: The Maeklong railway; title: The Paknam Railway; title: The Bang Buathong Railway; title: The Paklat tramway; title: Survivors; title: Odyssey; title: Epilogue; title: Bibliography.