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Trams, Buses, and Rails: The History of Urban Transport in Bangkok, 1886–2010 bangkok Giuseppe BolottaThis title is currently out of stock. Please e mail ecommerce@silkwormbooks. com to enquire about purchase. 23 Figures, 53 Tables, Paperback Trams, Buses, and Rails recounts the unique and little known 130 year history of Bangkoks transportation system, from the first horse powered tramway in 1888 to the mass transit urban railway of the twenty first century. It documents the emergence of trams, buses, subways, elevated trains, and paratransit