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Transportation
The Tram
"Cowboy" History
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The tram which serviced the line "Customs House-SAP Station-Larissa Station" {Τελωνείον-Σταθμός ΣΑΠ-Σταθμός Λαρίσσης}, (later changed to "Customs House-EIS Station-Larissa Station" {Τελωνείον-Σταθμός ΕΗΣ-Σταθμός Λαρίσσης}), was known as "Cowboy" [The Tram]. The inhabitants of Piraeus named it thus because its movement was wobbly, reminiscent of a horse rider in the Wild West.
It was also called Melina's tram (from the long-time now deceased Melina Merkouri {Μελίνα Μερκούρη}), because it was used in the film "Never on Sundays" {Ποτέ Την Κυριακή}.
It was constructed by the English company Dick Kerr Works and it was operated by "Athens Piraeus Railways" {Σιδηρόδρομοι Αθηνών Πειραιώς}.
Its operation was discontinued on November 14th, 1960, when it was replaced by the green buses [The End].
Source:
Eleftherotipia 
{Ελευθεροτυπία} Newspaper, Featured
Article: The History Of The Railway, Saturday, July 3rd,
1999.
11-30-2003