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Keeping the 'ding dings' ringing
Having designated car-free lanes and allowing fare hikes to fund upgrades will help ensure the future of HK's trams
Published Sun, Apr 16, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Hong Kong
THEY'RE difficult to miss - narrow double-deck carriages standing elegantly tall amid your usual traffic, their signature bells ringing a familiar "ding ding" at each stop over the cacophony of otherwise impatient honking.
They are Hong Kong's iconic trams, affectionately known as "ding dings", running on a 112-year-old streetcar system that has been increasingly overshadowed by its more modern counterpart, the ever-expanding Mass Transit Railway (MTR) offering faster, air-conditioned travel by train.
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