[1] In the early days of operation, tram cars were partitioned to provide first- and second-class seating.
[3][4] Later that year, the French completed an 8.5 km tram line between The Bund and Xujiahui.
[3] During the Korean War, anti-western sentiment and sanctions by the United States made it very difficult for the British and French to operate their respective systems.
By 1952 and 1953, the British and French companies were shut down and the three tram systems were consolidated and turned over to local control as part of a mass campaigns of the Communist Party to expel foreign influence.
[5] Starting from the late-1960s, the number of buses, taxis and private cars increased rapidly, taking over more streetspace and causing traffic congestion.
On the British tramways, traditional four-wheel single-deck cars built by the Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited in their Falcon Works at Loughborough, England were utilized.