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1870年代，香港由日本引進人力車。1895年，有15部人力車在九龍半島行走。到了1903年，開始出現在新開闢、通往新界的大埔道。
1930年代，由於巴士及的士盛行，人力車業走下坡，但在日治時代，人力車又成為主要的交通工具。
1960年後，人力車的數量逐年減少，路邊的車站也漸消失。而今只餘下十多輛成為遊客留影的裝飾背景。
Rickshaws, c. 1968
Rickshaws were introduced from Japan to Hong Kong in the 1870s. In 1895, there were fifteen rickshaws in Kowloon Peninsula. In 1903, rickshaws began to run on the newly constructed Tai Po Road which spans from Kowloon to Tai Po in the New Territories.
Rickshaws began to decline after the popularity of buses and taxis in the 1930s and after World War II. During the Japanese Occupation, because of the lack of motor vehicles, rickshaws became popular as a mode of transport . The number of rickshaws has become fewer since the 1960s and now only a few are still there mainly for taking photos by tourists. ■鄭寶鴻 香港歷史博物館名譽顧問
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