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Open trams were taken out of service in the 1940s for safety reasons, but they were brought back for the Helsinki Olympics in 1952. They were a big hit with passengers, giving them a chance to indulge in a bit of nostalgia or else take their first ride in an open tram. Extra services were operated during the Olympics. Fourteen extra trams ran along a temporary route from the Railway Square via Kallio to Käpylä. A temporary line was also built on Reijolankatu

Line colour lamp from the post-war period. The colours were red, white, green, blue and orange.

Line map from 1950. The basic tram network remained more or less unchanged for decades. The net-work reached its peak in 1956, when it totalled 93 kilometres.