有轨电车是真正意义上近代城市公共交通的起源,对城市的发展与百姓的生活有重要的推动作用。有轨电车于民国时期传入北京,是中国传统文化与西方近代文明相碰撞的产物,此后一直缓慢发展,步履维艰,有轨电车在北京变革正是中国曲折近代化进程的缩影,充分反映了中国社会转型的艰难进程。 Tram is the real source of modern urban public transport, the development of cities and people’s lives have an important role in promoting. The tramcar, which was introduced into Beijing during the Republic of China, was a product of the collision between Chinese traditional culture and the modern Western civilization. Since then, the tram has been slowly developing and struggling. The transformation of the tram in Beijing is a microcosm of the tortuous process of modernization in China, which fully reflects that China The difficult process of social transformation.