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The Copenhagen tram system was a tramway network active from 22 October 1863 - 22 April 1972 in and around Copenhagen, Denmark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.visitdenmark.com/copenhagen-history )〕 The first lines were horse-drawn trams which were replaced in the 1880s by steam-powered tramways. In the 1890s electrical trams were introduced. The trams were operated by a number of private companies until 1911 when the city took over the operation of most of the system, followed by a full take-over some years later. The system was closed on April 22, 1972 at a time when streetcar systems across Europe and North America were being closed because they were not seen as a modern transportation solution and they were largely replaced by busses and private automobiles. Copenhagen also had an expanding commuter rail service, the S-train, which had expanded greatly over the preceding decades. Teddy Østerlin Koch has since argued that the removal of the trams was a mistake, as modernised trams were more economical than reported in the city's evaluations of the time, and that an updated tram system would have been cheaper, more timely, better for the environment, and more effective at transporting large volumes of passengers than the solutions eventually implemented: building a Copenhagen metro (opened 30 years after closure of tram system) and expanding the bus network. After a 40-year absence, plans are now underway to build a new tram/light rail line in Copenhagen, scheduled for completion by 2020. ==See also== * Transport in Copenhagen * History of trams 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trams in Copenhagen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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