The historic horse tram in Pakistan

James_Bhaand · March 20, 2010, 5:43am

**Chak Number 591-GB **is a small village in Faisalabad Division. It is also called **Gangapur **- named after the famous philanthropist and engineer Sir Ganga Ram](Programmable Search Engine). Some text on the web suggests that **Sir Ganga Ram owned the village of Gangapur (confirmation needed). It is said that he was a landlord here and turned it into a model village of the late 19th century. He introduced modern agricultural means and machinery of the time to Gangapur. One such machine was a heavy duty Electrical Motor **which was installed in **1898 **on **Gogira branch canal **to pump water for agriculture. This motor was brought to Gangapur from Lahore by railways and this is where the story of our today’s post starts. The nearest Railway Station from Gangapur is another village called Buchiana (101 km from Lahore on Sheikhupura - Shorkot branch line). From Buchiana to **Gangapur **the distance is approximately **3 kilometers **and in 1890s there were no means avialable to transport a heavy electrical motor from **Buchiana **Railway Station to Gangapur. Therefore **Sir Ganga Ram **ordered a special railway track to be built for the purpose between the two villages and a horse-driven trolley was used to transport this electric motor to Gangapur. After the motor was installed, the horse driven trolley remained in operation to transport people between the two villages.

Therefore the horse driven trolley that we see in the title photo is now **112 years old **(built in 1898). It remained in continuous operation for 100 years until **1998 **when financial problems and disrepair of track and trolley put an end to the service. That was until yesterday. As our title photo from **March 9, 2010 **suggests that after 12 years of dis-repair and non-service the horse tram of Gangapur has now been rehabilitated and put back into service. Yes!

Great innovation :k:

goodnews · March 20, 2010, 6:35am

Re: The historic horse tram in Pakistan

Phely tu main hoi ke Bas yehi qasar reh gai thi sarkon per tu caron or buson ke sath sath bail aur tanga garion se traffic ke masail paida kiey hi they yeh railway ko bhi nahi bakhsha apny Pakistanion ne:smack:magar phir tfseel se perha tu sukoon ka sans aiya ker yeh tu TARIKHI ghra tram hai good shukar hy Pakistani Musalmanon ne isey Islam ke sunhree usoolon ki khilaf qarzi qarar daity hoey band hi na rkha well done thanks for sharinh GB:jhanda:(abhi khiya l aiya My Bro call me GB:hehe:)