Rare segment of pre-war trolley track uncovered in George Town


GEORGE TOWN: A rare segment of the pre-war trolley track built here in 1895 was uncovered during recent construction works outside Fort Cornwallis.

The track, measuring about 7m in length, was discovered on June 26 during kerb and sidewalk upgrades along Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah, revealing a stretch of narrow-gauge steel rails buried beneath the road surface near the fort’s northwest bastion.

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