City transportation company. In the 1970s, due to urban development most of the tram lines were removed. At that time the No. 1 Tram line was abandoned and now the No. 15 bus line serves the route instead. At the end of the 20th century, Dalian city had only three tram routes: route No. 201, 202 and 203. Between 15 October 1999 and 1 December 2002, route No. 202 was reformed. Some of the vehicles of type DL8000 retired and others were sold to Changchun city (now in operation as route No.54 of the Changchun Tram system). For the replacement of the DL8000 cars, the Tram Factory of Dalian Public Transport Group built type DL6W tram cars. From 10 June 2006 to 30 December 2007, route No. 201 and 203 were reformed and merged as the new route 201. Consequently, many tram cars were replaced with type DL6WA cars. Today 27 cars of type DL3000 built by the Japanese in the 1930s still remain and serve on the merged route 201 after retrofitting. Historic Overview 1909: electric trams started operating. 1945: the tramway network reached its maximum length, up to 11 routes. 1946: eight routes were closed step by step until 1979. 2002: some rolling stock was replaced by low floor trams. 30 December 2007: routes No. 201 and 203 were merged to form new route No. 201, with the rolling stock partly replaced by low floored trams. Tram routes There are two tram routes operating as of 2018. Tram routes of Dalian are prefixed by 20. The tram network serves the down-town and south-western areas in the city. There used to exist a Line 203 which ran the eastern half of what is today Line 201 from Dalian Railway Station. Lines 201 and 203 was merged to create a larger Line 201, and now the modern 201 trams stop service at Huale Square (marked as 区间, which means services on only part of the route) and a free shuttle tram service will be running the rest part 201 – Haizhiyun Park – Xinggong Street (via Dalian Railway Station) This route passes through busy residential areas. Route – Haizhiyun Park --> Jinguang East Coast --> Haichangxincheng --> Huale Square --> Chunhai Street --> Siergou --> Erqi Square --> Sanba Square --> Shiji Street --> Minzhu Square --> Minsheng Street --> Shengli Bridge --> Dalian Railway Station --> Dongguan Street -->