 The process of upgrading the lines to allow electric trams to run began soon after the takeover, and on 12 July 1900, the horse trams stopped working the Perth Road route, and electric trams began public service.The Lochee route followed suit on 22 October 1900.Work then began on converting the rest of the system, and the steam trams running on the Fairmuir route were the last to be replaced, when they were replaced on 14 May 1902.