Following further research, it is possible that this is either Helwan or Heliopolis, both areas on the outskirts of Cairo.Ĭairo's tramway origins date back to 1894, by which time Egypt had fallen under British rule. This image was featured in our previous article and identified by Jamie via Facebook as Cairo. Click here to learn more about the archive and help identify more images from within it.
Here are some more photos from that part of the archive and some history behind Cairo's lost tramways.Īll photographs courtesy of We Are Railfans, by an unknown photographer. With help from our followers on Facebook, this was identified as the wider Cairo tram network in Egypt, which sadly has since been taken up and removed.
Last month, We Are Railfans asked you to identify a selection of images taken by an anonymous railfan in the late 1980s and the feedback was fantastic! One image depicted a green and white tram looking worn and well-used as it trundled through a major city.
