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Up to the mid-1930s there were few bus services, so trams did not face real competition. Lines were expanded and the number of passengers rose steadily with Helsinki’s rapid population growth..

"One of the very first things that attract the attention of visitors from the countryside is trams. They help give Helsinki a metropolitan feel..."

"...In the daytime visitors cannot help staring at the trams which zoom through bustling squares and streets and which at times form a train of three cars. With their large glass windows, loud bells, colourful signs and uniformed personnel they are a magnificent sight..."

Helsingin Sanomat expressed praise for trams on 22 October 1922.

American tram supplied by J.G. Brill and General Electric, model 1920. The Tram Company eagerly expanded its fleet in the 1920s, since purchases had to be postponed dur-ing the First World War.