117 years ago today, on March 5, 1908 (February 3, 1908, the lunar calendar), Shanghai's first tram was officially opened to traffic. In the early morning of March 5, 1908, Yingshang No. 1, the first tram in Shencheng, was officially opened to traffic. On March 24 of the same year, the Yingshang No. 2 tram from Waibaidu Bridge to Lekono Road on Yangshupu Road was opened to traffic. On December 11, Yingshang No. 2 tram was extended to the Shanghai General Assembly on the Bund, and was later renamed No. 3 tram. See photo: 18a The No. 3 tram from Yangshupu to the Bund is a tram in old Shanghai. The tram in old Shanghai is a tram in old Shanghai. Yingshang Shanghai Tram Co., Ltd., the full name of Shanghai Electric Construction Co., Ltd. is Shanghai Electric Construction Co., Ltd., referred to as "Yingshang Tram Company" or "Yingdian", one of the earliest public transportation companies operating in Shanghai. British Electric started operating Shanghai's earliest tram line in 1908. In 1881, the British merchant Jardine and Yangxing proposed to the Public Council of the French Concession to set up tram services in the Concession. The Public Council of the Concession adopted the initiative and began to study plans to use tram traffic in the French Concession. This is the first time in Shanghai's history that a tram project has been organized. On March 1, 1905, the British businessman Bruce Piper Company finally obtained the right to establish a tram project in Shanghai. All works were carried out by HarPerBros Co. Responsible for contract construction. On September 21, the British businessman Bruce Pibor signed a franchise contract for tramcars with the Ministry of Industry of the Shanghai Public Concession, obtaining the tram franchise for 35 years. On March 15, 1906, Bruce Piper Company transferred the right to operate the tram business to Shanghai Electric Business Construction Company. On October 1, 1907, Shanghai Electric Construction Company Shanghai Tram Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric Business Construction Company, was established. The general management office is located at No. 2 North Suzhou Road, with a registered capital of 700,000 pounds and an actual start-up capital of 320,000 pounds., and the company's board of directors is located in London, England. In the same year, Shanghai Electric Construction Company completed the Jing 'an Temple Depot (No. 80 Hade Road) located in Jing' an Temple area. On December 25, the special tram substation built by the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession on Pike Road (now Huanghe Road) and Filon Road (now Jiulong Road) was finally completed. On January 21, 1908, Shanghai's first tram drove out of Jing 'an Temple Depot and was commissioned on Aiwenyi Road (now Beijing West Road) and final debugging of related equipment. In the early morning of March 5, Shanghai's first bus line, Yingshang No. 1 tram line, was officially opened to traffic, with a total length of 6.04 kilometers, from Jing 'an Temple to the Bund Shanghai General Assembly. In 1906, No. 2 Beisuzhou Road, North District, Shanghai Public Concession, the tram of old Shanghai, the tram between Nanjing Road and Fujian Road, aluminum ticket ticket price In 1908, after the first line was opened to traffic, the entire line was divided into three sections. Among them, the first-class fare is 3 cents silver yuan for each section, and the entire journey is 15 cents; the second-class fare is 2 cents for each section, and the entire journey is 3 cents. The disparity in ticket prices is mainly to restrict "miscellaneous rides between China and the West". Later, shortly after it opened that year, the company took the initiative to lower fares in order to attract more passengers. In 1911 and 1915, tram fares were reduced again, with the first class being reduced to 2 points, 3 points, and 4 points; the second class being reduced to 1 point, 2 points, and 3 points. In 1920, third-class tickets appeared, with 1.86 copper dollars per mile. Later, the price increased to 5.52 copper yuan in 1937. After 1937, the Japanese Puppet Central China Metropolitan Company, which accepted the British Commercial Trolley Company, also sold military and police tickets in addition to ordinary tickets, which were only used by uniformed military police and military caretakers. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, due to severe inflation, various companies sold tickets according to classes A, B, C, D, and E (A, B, C, D, and E), with temporary stamps on the day before the release. Since June 1949, British Power has increased ticket prices seven times. In addition to one-way tickets, British Electric also sold monthly and season tickets, which were first sold in September 1908. This type of ticket is limited to foreigners traveling in first class. It is divided into two types: people and children. Each ticket price is 8 silver yuan and 5 silver yuan respectively. The monthly ticket contains the passenger's name. Originally, no photo was posted (a one-inch half-body photo was posted later), and it was marked with the English letters G and L to distinguish between men and women, and the English letters were also used to distinguish between boys and girls. Distinguished in different colors every month. In 1909, monthly tickets began to be sold to Chinese, but they could only be used in third-class cars, and the price was 5 silver dollars each. After the joint venture between British and French commercial trams, the common monthly ticket for British and French trams is 10 silver dollars per ticket. Later, British businessmen issued season tickets of 12 silver dollars each. From then on, monthly tickets are commonly known as monthly tickets. In 1914, the price of first-class adult monthly passes was reduced to 6 silver dollars, children's monthly passes were 3 silver dollars, and third-class monthly passes were 3 silver dollars. At the same time, women's monthly passes were newly released, each with 3 silver dollars.