This is a piece on the trams of Penang that I wrote as a guest blogger for The Guardian:
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George Town on the island of Penang in Malaysia used to have a viable tram system in the early
20th century. It was part of a fairly integrated and efficient transport system.
But then the trams faded away in this British ‘Crown Colony’, with the advent of buses and private motor vehicles, at about the same time some of the tram systems in Europe disappeared. Read more
