The tram

The first line of the electric tram to Sóller was inaugurated from Sóller to Port of Sóller on the 4^th of October in 1913 .

The tram of Sóller started being built after the inauguration of the railway line from Palma to Sóller. The project was designed and directed by Pere Garau. 4.868 metres of railway were installed. It outstands the iron bridge over the “ Major stream” .

Initially the tram had its own power station placed in the Sóller railway station. It worked with an internal combustion engine of 65 cart-horses which operated on a dynamo Siemens-Schuckert and produced continuous power of 600 volts.

Although the tram of Sóller was conceived for the transport of passengers, it was also used to transport goods to the port. The fresh fish was carried in a small isothermic truck and the coal was also carried in towes to the old submarine military headquarters in the Port of Sóller and to the Gas factory.

The three self-propelled vehicles of the tram numbered from 1 to 3 and the towes numbered 5 and 6 are the original ones, ordered from the company Carde & Escoriaza in Zaragoza. The open tramcars were bought in the trams of Palma in 1954. Moreover, the tram of Sóller has five self-propelled vehicles from Lisbon.

The landscape of port of Sóller is charming; the tram runs past orange orchards and the harbour .