A double-decker tram is a tram that has two levels. Double-deck trams were once popular in some European cities, like Berlin and London, and in parts of Asia. They are still in service in Hong Kong, Alexandria, and Blackpool. Some double-decker trams had open tops. Hong Kong Tramways is the only tram company in the world that operates double-deck trams exclusively.
Double-deck trams were common in the United Kingdom until the 1950s. Apart from the Blackpool tramway, the Glasgow Corporation Tramways were the last to close (in 1962). Some have been preserved at the UK's National Tramway Museum and at various other museums.
From 1910 to 1964 double-deck trams were in use in Mumbai. They were also in use in Johannesburg where trams were operational from 1906 to 1961.
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