List of town tramway (urban tramway, streetcar) systems - Europe

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This is a list of European cities and towns that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. Other geographic regions:

• Africa and Asia
• Oceania, North America and South America

Sources, references and external links:

• Books, Periodicals and External Links

See also: List of light-rail transit systems, List of rapid transit systems, List of trolleybus systems.

Contents 1 Europe 1.1 Albania 1.2 Austria 1.3 Belarus 1.4 Belgium 1.5 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1.6 Bulgaria 1.7 Croatia 1.8 Czech Republic 1.9 Denmark 1.10 Estonia 1.11 Finland 1.12 France (by Région ) 1.12.1 Alsace 1.12.2 Template:Country data Aquitaine Aquitaine 1.12.3 Template:Country data Auvergne Auvergne 1.12.4 Template:Country data Basse-Normandie Basse-Normandie 1.12.5 Template:Country data Bourgogne Bourgogne 1.12.6 Template:Country data Bretagne Bretagne 1.12.7 Template:Country data Centre Centre 1.12.8 Template:Country data Champagne-Ardenne Champagne-Ardenne 1.12.9 Corse (Corsica) 1.12.10 Template:Country data Franche-Comté Franche-Comté 1.12.11 Template:Country data Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin 1.12.12 Template:Country data Haute-Normandie Haute-Normandie 1.12.13 Template:Country data Île-de-France Île-de-France 1.12.14 Template:Country data Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon 1.12.15 Template:Country data Limousin Limousin 1.12.16 Template:Country data Lorraine Lorraine 1.12.17 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[edit] Europe

[edit] Albania

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Vlorë	Horse	?	?	A photograph of a horse-drawn tramcar, dated 1963 (Peschkes, Part Three, 1987, Page 19), establishes that Albania did have a town tramway service.

[edit] Austria

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Dornbirn – Lustenau	Electric	30 Nov 1902	31 Oct 1938
	Gmunden (am Traunsee)	Electric	13 Aug 1894		Ranked as the world's smallest operating town tramway (by system length).
	Graz	Horse	18 Jun 1878	23 Jul 1899
		Electric	29 Jan 1898
	Innsbruck	Steam	1 June 1891	8 January 1910
		Electric	15 July 1905

• Klagenfurt – Horse traction, 30 June 1891 - 1911. Electric traction, 6 May 1911 - 16 April 1963.
• Linz – Horse traction, 1 July 1880 – 31 July 1897. Electric traction, 31 July 1897 -.
  • Ebelsberg – Sankt Florian – Electric traction, 1 September 1913 – 31 December 1973. Part reopened as a museum tramway.
• Salzburg – Electric traction, 4 May 1909 – 5 November 1940.
• Sankt Pölten – Electric traction, 18 March 1911 – 10 February 1976.
• Wien /Vienna Horse traction, 4 October 1865 – 28 June 1903. Steam traction, 27 October 1883 – 23 January 1922. Electric traction, 28 January 1897. Ranked as world's second-largest operating town tramway (by system length).
  • Mödling – Hinterbrühl – Electric traction, 17 October – 1883 – 31 March 1932. First permanent electric tramway in Europe.
  • Baden (bei Wien) – Horse traction, 16 July 1876 – October 1893. Electric traction, 16 July 1894 – 14 February 1951.
  • Wien – Baden – Steam traction, 29 September 1886 – 1906, September 1917 - ?. Electric traction, 11 May 1899 -. Wien - Baden electric service began 1 May 1907.
• Ybbs an der Donau – Electric traction, 11 November 1907 – 22 September 1953.
• Unterach – Electric traction, 18 August 1907 – 18 September 1949. Located at the south end of Attersee lake.

[edit] Belarus

• Mahilyow / Магілёў (Mogilev) Horse traction, 10 February 1910 - 1920.
• Mazyr / Мазыр - Electric traction (express tramway), 1 August 1988 -.
• Miensk / Менск /Minsk - Horse traction, 22 May 1892 - 20 January 1928. Operation suspended May 1918 - 7 August 1921 because of war. Electric traction, 13 October 1929 -. Operation suspended 25 June 1941 - 1 May 1943 and June 1944 - 30 April 1945 because of war.
• Navapołacak / Наваполацак (Novopolotsk) - Electric traction (express tramway), 21 May 1974.
• Viciebsk / Віцебск (Vitsyebsk) - Electric traction, 30 June 1896 -. Operation suspended 1918 - April 1923 and July 1941 - 5 October 1947 because of war.

[edit] Belgium

• Antwerpen (Anvers) /Antwerp - Horse traction, 25 May 1873 - ?. Electric traction, 2 September 1902 -.
• Brugge (Bruges) - Electric traction till 1950 or 1951.
• Bruxelles / Brussel / Brussels Horse traction 1 May 1869 - 190_. Steam traction, 1876 - 1877, 1879. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 1883, 1886 - 1890. Electric traction, 1 May 1894 - (see Brussels trams).
• Charleroi Urban: Steam traction 1881 - ?. Electric traction, 4 July 1904 - 29 June 1974.
  • La Louvière - Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - ?.
  • Vicinal (interurban tramway) network: Steam traction 3 June 1887 - ?. Electric traction, 28 March 1901. First Prémétro (Métro Léger de Charleroi, LRT) segment opened 24 May 1983.
• De Panne (La Panne) - Horse traction, ? - ?. Petrol traction, ? - ?. Electric traction. See also Kustlijn (Belgian coast tram).
• Eupen - Electric traction, ? - 30 July 1956.
• Gent (Gand) /Ghent - Horse traction, 24 May 1874 - ?. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 23 January 1899 - ?. Electric traction, 1 December 1901 -.
• Hasselt - Genk - Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - 31 January 1958. Reitroduction (LRT) planned (interurban line will connect Hasselt and Maastricht), source - Flemish television news, 12 February 2007
• Knokke (Knocke) - Urban net: Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - 1951. See also Kustlijn (Belgian coast tram).
• Koksijde - Horse traction, ? - ?. See also Kustlijn (Belgian coast tram).
• Kortrijk (Courtrai - Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - 25 March 1963.
• Liège (Luik) Urban: Electric traction, ? - 23 December 1961.
  • Liège - Seraing - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - 30 April 1968.
• Leuven (Louvain) - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - 15 August 1952.
• Mechelen (Malines) - Electric traction, ? - 30 April 1957.
• Mons (Bergen) - Steam traction, ? - ?. Petrol traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - 3 June 1973.
• Namur (Namen) - Electric traction, ? - 26 May 1963.
• Nieuwpoort (Nieuport) - Oostduinkerke - Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - ?. See also Kustlijn (Belgian coast tram).
• Oostende (Ostende) /Ostend Urban: Steam traction, ? - ?. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, - 1 July 1958.
  • Kustlijn (Coast Line, Adinkerke - De Panne - Oostende - Knokke): Steam traction 15 July 1885 - ?. Electric traction, 1 October 1908 - (see Belgian coast tram).
• Tielt (Thielt) - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Péruwelz - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Tournai (Doomik) - Electric traction, ? - 21 May 1955.
• Verviers - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - 31 December 1969.

[edit] Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Sarajevo - Electric traction, 1 May 1895 -.

[edit] Bulgaria

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Plovdiv / Пловдив				Construction of electric tramway started ca. 1913, not completed.
	Sofia / София	Electric	1 January 1901

[edit] Croatia

• Dubrovnik - Electric traction, 22 December 1910 - 20 March 1970.
• Opatija - Electric traction, 9 February 1908 - 1 April 1933.
• Osijek - Electric traction, 13 December 1926 -.
• Pula - Electric traction, 24 March 1904 - 15 June 1934.
• Rijeka - Electric traction, 7 November 1899 - 31 May 1962.
• Zagreb - Horse traction 1891 - 1910(?), Electric traction, 18 August 1910 -.
• Velika Gorica (near Zagreb) - Horse traction (former Zagreb horse cars) - during thirties, Diesel locomotive pulled former horse cars after II world war 1944 - ?

[edit] Czech Republic

• Bohumín - Horse traction, 22 December 1902 - 13 October 1903. Steam traction 13 October 1903 - 23 September 1916, 2 January 1918 - 23 July 1918. Electric traction 23 September 1916 - 2 January 1918, 23 July 1918 - 1 August 1973
• Brno - Horse traction, 17 August 1869 - 1874, 4 June 1876 - 3 October 1880. Steam traction, 31 May 1884 - 21 June 1900. Electric traction, 21 June 1900 -.
• České Budějovice - Electric traction, 15 June 1909 - 2 March 1950.
• Český Těšín - Electric traction. See Cieszyn, Poland.
• Liberec - Electric traction, 25 August 1897 -.
• Jablonec nad Nisou - Electric traction, 7 February 1900 - 31 March 1965.
  • Liberec - Jablonec interurban tramway line. Electric traction. Part of line opened 16 November 1953, completed 1955. Partial closures for reconstruction during 1972 - 1975.
• Jihlava - Electric traction, 26 August 1909 - 4 December 1948.
• Mariánské Lázně - Electric traction, 12 May 1902 - 26 April 1952.
• Most - Litvínov - Electric traction, 7 August 1901 -. New alignment opened 30 December 1957, original alignment closed 24 March 1961.
• Olomouc - Electric traction, 1 April 1899 -.
• Opava - Electric traction, 4 December 1905 - 23 April 1956.
• Ostrava - Steam traction, 18 August 1894 - 1 May 1901. Electric traction, 1 May 1901 -.
  • Vítkovice - Steam traction, 3 July 1913 - 29 March 1934. Electric traction, 29 March 1934 - . Vítkovice, now part of Ostrava and served by the Ostrava town tramway network, had a separate tramway network to 1953.
  • Ostrava - Karviná - Bohumín - interurban tramway network. Steam traction, 9 January 1904 - 1 November 1911. Electric traction, 6 April 1909 - 1 October 1973.
• Plzeň - Electric traction, 29 June 1899 -.
• Praha - Horse traction, 23 September 1875 - 12 May 1905. Electric traction, 18 July 1891 -.
• Teplice - Electric traction, 26 July 1895 - 28 February 1959.
• Ústí nad Labem - Electric traction, 1 July 1899 - 1 June 1970.

[edit] Denmark

• Århus - Horse traction, 31 May 1884 - 23 May 1895 [1]. Electric traction, 7 July 1904 - 7 November 1971 [2].
• København /Copenhagen - Horse traction, 22 October 1863 - 14 June 1915 [3]. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 4 March 1897 - 15 March 1902 [4]. Electric traction, 19 September 1899 - 22 April 1972 [5].
  • Hellerup - Charlottenlund - Klampenborg - Electric traction, 1903 - 1953.
• Lakolk (Rømø island) - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Odense - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 9 September 1911 - 1 July 1952 [6].

[edit] Estonia

• Tallinn - Horse traction, 24 August 1888 - 24 September 1919. Electric traction, 28 October 1925 - [7].
  • Tallinn - Kopli - Steam traction, 26 January 1916 - ?. Petrol (gasoline) traction, 26 January 1916 - November 1953 [8]. Electric traction, 6 November 1951 -. Connected with main Tallinn system, 5 November 1953.

[edit] Finland

• Helsinki - Horse traction, 21 June 1891 - 21 October 1901, 1913 - 31 October 1917. Electric traction, 4 September 1900 - (see Helsinki tram [9]).
  • Kulosaari (Brändö) - Electric traction, 25 September 1910 - 14 February 1951. Unconnected to main system as built, connection to Helsinki (Sörnäinen) by tramcar ferry. Connection (bridge) opened 1919 [10].
  • Lauttasaari - Horse traction, 1913 - 31 October 1917 [11].
• Turku - Horse traction, 4 May 1890 - 31 October 1892. Electric traction, 22 December 1908 - 1 October 1972 [12].

[edit] France (by Région )

[edit] Alsace

• Colmar - Electric traction, 16 March 1902 - 31 January 1960
• Strasbourg Steam traction 22 July 1878 - 1899. Electric traction, May 1895 - 30 April 1960. Reintroduced 25 November 1994.
• Turckheim – Trois Épis - Electric traction, 1899 - 1937

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• Arcachon - Electric traction, 1911 - 1930
• Bordeaux Horse traction, 4 May 1880 - ?. Electric traction, 1899 - 7 December 1958. Reintroduced 23 December 2003.
• Hendaye - Electric traction, 1908 - 1935
• Pau - Electric traction, 1900 - 1929
• Le Puy - Electric traction, 1896 - 1914

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• Clermont-Ferrand - Electric traction, 7 January 1890 - 17 March 1956.

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• Avranches - Electric traction, 1907 - 1914
• Caen - Electric traction, 1901 - 1937 (See Tramway de Caen).
• Cherbourg - Electric traction, 1910 - 1944

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• Dijon - Electric traction, 1 January 1895 - 1 December 1961

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• Brest - Electric traction, 1898 - 1945. Reintroduction planned for 2010.
• Lorient - Electric traction, 1901 - 1944
• Saint-Malo - Saint-Servan - Electric traction, 1927 - 1948

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• Blois - Electric traction, 1910 - 1934
• Bourges - Electric traction, 1898 -1949
• Orléans - Horse traction 6 May 1877 - ?. Electric traction, 28 June 1899 - 31 March 1938. Reintroduced 20 November 2000.
• Tours - Electric traction, 1900 - 1949

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• Troyes - Electric traction, 1899 - 1950
• Châlons-en-Champagne - Electric traction, 1897 - 1938
• Charleville - Mézières - Electric traction, 1900 - 1914
• Reims - Electric traction, 1900 - 1939
• Sedan - Electric traction, 1899 - 1914

[edit] Corse (Corsica)

• Ajaccio Horse traction, ? - ?. Construction of electric tramway started, not completed (ca. 1914).

[edit] Template:Country data Franche-Comté Franche-Comté

• Beaucourt - Electric traction, 1904 - 1935
• Belfort - Electric traction, 29 May 1898 - 1952
• Besançon - Electric traction, 21 March 1897 - 24 December 1952

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• Mulhouse - Steam traction, 1 October 1882 - 1894. Electric traction, 1894 - 2 May 1956. Reintroduced on 13 May 2006.

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• Elbeuf - Electric traction, 1898 - 1926.
• Eu – Le Tréport - Electric traction, 1902 - 1935.
• Le Havre - Electric traction, 1894 - 1951 (See Tramway du Havre).
• Rouen - Horse traction, 29 December 1877 - ?. Electric traction, 1896 - 28 February 1953. Reintroduced 17 December 1994 (See Tramway de Rouen).

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• Fontainebleau - Electric traction, 29 September 1896 - 31 December 1953 (See Tramway de Fontainebleau).
• Melun - Electric traction, 1901 - 1914
• Paris - Horse traction 1855 - ? Electric traction introduced 1895. Final closures: within Paris, 15 March 1937; suburbs 14 August 1938. Reintroduced (suburbs) 6 July 1992 (see Tramways in Paris).
• Versailles - Horse traction, 11 November 1876 - 1896. Electric traction, 1896 - 3 March 1957. (See Tramway de Versailles)

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• Montpellier - Electric traction, 1 January 1898 - 31 January 1949. Reintroduced 1 July 2000.
• Nîmes - Horse traction, 1880 - 1900. Electric traction, 1899 - 1950.
• Perpignan - Electric traction, September 1900 - October 1955
• Sète - Electric traction, 1901 - 1935

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• Limoges - Electric traction, 6 June 1897 - 2 March 1951

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• Épinal - Electric traction, 1906 - 1914
• Forbach - Electric traction, 1912 - 1950
• Hagondange - Maizières-lès-Metz - Electric traction, 1913 - 1964
• Longwy - Electric traction, 1902 - 1935
• Metz - Electric traction, 1902 - 1948
• Nancy - Horse traction 12 August 1874 - 1903?. Electric traction, 1898 - 2 December 1958.
• Novéant (-sur-Moselle) - Electric traction, 1911 - 1933
• Saint-Avold - Electric traction, 1910 - 1940
• Thionville - Electric traction, 9 May 1912 - 22 September 1952

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• Lourdes - Electric traction, 1899 - 1930
• Rodez - Electric traction, 1902 - 1920
• Toulouse Horse traction, 31 July 1887 - ?. Electric traction, May 1906 - 7 July 1957. Reintroduction planned for 2008.

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• Armentières - Electric traction, 1901 - 1914
• Boulogne (-sur-Mer) - Electric traction, 1897 - 1951
• Calais - Electric traction, 1906 - 1940
• Cambrai - Electric traction, 1903 - 1914
• Cassel - Electric traction, 1900 - 1938
• Douai - Electric traction, 1898 - 1950
• Dunkerque - Horse traction, 1 June 1880 - ?. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 1899 - 1903. Electric traction, 1903 - 3 November 1952.
• Étaples – Le Touquet-Paris-Plage - Electric traction, 1900 - 1935
• Lille - Horse traction 7 June 1874 - ?. Electric traction 1900 - 29 January 1966.
  • Roubaix - Horse traction 19 March 1877 - ?. Electric traction, 1894 - 15 July 1956.
  • Tourcoing - Horse traction 19 March 1877 - ?. Electric traction, 1894 - 15 July 1956.
  • Suburban (ELRT, "le Mongy") lines to Roubaix and Tourcoing, opened 4 December 1909.
• Maubeuge - Electric traction, 16 March 1902 - 1951
• Valenciennes - Steam traction 1 January 1881 - 1914. Electric traction, 1914 - 2 July 1966. Reintroduced 3 July 2006 (see Tramway de Valenciennes).

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• Angers - Electric traction, 21 May 1896 - May 1949. Reintroduction planned for 2009.
• Le Mans - Electric traction, 1897 - 1947. Reintroduction planned for 2008.
• Nantes - Compressed-air traction 13 February 1879 - 1917. Electric traction, 1913 - 25 January 1958. Reintroduced 7 January 1985 (See Tramway de Nantes).
• Les Sables d'Olonne - Electric traction, 1898 - 1925

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• Amiens - Electric traction, 1899 - 1940
• Tergnier - Electric traction, 1910 - 1939
• Saint-Quentin - Electric traction, 6 March 1899 - 27 May 1956

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• Angoulême - Electric traction, 1900 - 1935
• Poitiers - Electric traction, 1899 - 1947

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• Avignon - Electric traction, 1901 - 1932
• Cannes - Electric traction, 1899 - 1933 (See Tramway de Cannes).
• La Ciotat - Electric traction, 1935 - 1955
• Marseille Horse traction 21 January 1876 - ?. Steam traction, 1892 - ?. Electric traction introduced 1900. Closed 28 January 2004 for reconstruction; reopening planned for 2007.
  • Marseille - Aix-en-Provence - Electric traction, 1903 - 1948
• Nice - Horse traction, 27 February 1878. Electric traction, 1900 - 10 January 1953. Reintroduced 2007. (See Tramway de Nice et du Littoral and Tramway de Nice).
• Toulon Horse traction, July 1886 - ?. Electric traction, July 1897 - 15 April 1954. Reintroduction planned for 2009.

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• La Bourboule - Electric traction, 1904 - 1914

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• Biarritz - Bayonne - Electric traction, 1914 - 1948

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• Annemasse - Steam traction, 22 October 1883 - 1902. Electric traction, 2 January 1902 - 31 December 1958. Operated by Genève (Geneva), Switzerland, tramway undertaking. International tramway service suspended 2 (?) September 1939 because of World War II, not restored.
• Évian-les-Bains - Electric traction, 1898 - 1908
• Saint-Etienne Steam traction 4 December 1881 - 1912. Electric traction, 17 April 1897 -. Last tramway, other than Line 4 (current), closed 20 June 1952. (See Tramway de Saint Etienne.)
• Grenoble - Electric traction, 17 April 1897 - 1 October 1952, reintroduced 5 September 1987
• Lyon - Urban: Horse traction 21 June 1897 - ?. Steam traction, 1888 - ?. Electric traction, 26 August 1894 - 30 January 1956. Reintroduced 23 December 2000.
  • Lyon - Neuville (suburban): Steam traction, August 1889 - 1932, electric traction 1932 - 30 June 1957.
• Moûtiers - Salins (-les-Thermes) - Electric traction, 1899 - 1929
• Valence (Drôme) - Saint-Peray - Electric traction, 1927 - 1950
• Roanne - Electric traction, 1901 - 1935
• Saint-Chamond - Electric traction, 1906 - 1931

[edit] Germany (by Bundesland )

[edit] Template:Country data Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg

• Baden-Baden - Electric traction, 24 January 1910 - 28 February 1951.
• Esslingen am Neckar - Electric traction, 24 May 1912 - 7 July 1944.
  • Esslingen - Nellingen - Denkendorf - Electric traction, 19 December 1926 - 28 February 1978.
• Freiburg im Breisgau - Electric traction, 14 October 1901 -.
• Heidelberg - Horse traction, 13 May 1885 - 7 October 1902. Electric traction, 17 March 1903 -. See also Mannheim.
  • Schwetzingen - Ketsch - Electric traction, 12 December 1910 - 31 March 1938.
  • Heidelberg - Schwetzingen - closed 4 January 1974.
  • Walldorf (in Baden) - Horse traction, 22 February 1902 - 21 February 1907. Electric traction, 22 February 1907 - 1 August 1954. Separate undertaking to 3 September 1945.
  • Wiesloch - Horse traction, 1 September 1886 - 4 July 1901.
  • Heidelberg - Wiesloch - Electric traction, 24 July 1901 - 16 June 1973.
• Heilbronn (am Neckar) - Electric traction, 29 May 1897 - 1 April 1955. Reintroduced 21 July 2001.
• Karlsruhe Horse traction, - 21 January 1877 - 19 March 1900. Steam traction, 16 July 1881 - 19 March 1900. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 10 February 1900 - 1903. Electric traction, 10 February 1900 -.
  • Albtalbahn - Steam traction, 1 December 1897 - 1911. Electric traction, 1 December 1898 -.
  • Karlsruhe - Ettlingen opened 1 December 1897. Ettlingen - Bad Herrenalb opened in stages, completed 2 July 1898. Branch Busenbach - Ittersbach opened 10 April 1899.
• Lörrach - Electric traction, 16 November 1919 – 31 August 1967. Operated by Basel, CH, tramway undertaking (q.v.). Operation suspended 1 September 1939 - 11 May 1947 because of closure of border
• Mannheim - Horse traction, 2 June 1878 - 22 May 1902. Steam traction, 6 May 1884 - 23 March 1914. Electric traction, 10 December 1900 -. Operated jointly with Ludwigshafen system (q.v.). See also Heidelberg.
• Mannheim - Heidelberg (OEG) - Steam traction, 12 December 1887 - 31 August 1956. Electric traction, 10 December 1900 -.
  • Mannheim - Heidelberg opened 1892. Electrified 1928 - 1929.
  • Mannheim - Weinheim opened 1887. Electrified 1915.
  • Heidelberg - Weinheim opened 1890. Electrified 1949 - 1956.
• Müllheim - Steam traction, 15 February 1896 - 1913. Electric traction, 7 April 1914 - 22 May 1955.
  • Müllheim - Badenweiler - closed 22 May 1955.
• Pforzheim - Electric traction, 1 December 1911 - 10 October 1964.
• Ravensburg - Weingarten - Baienfurt - Steam traction, 6 January 1888 - 12 September 1911. Electric traction, 1 September 1910 - 1 July 1959.
• Reutlingen - Steam traction, 1 November 1899 - 24 July 1912. Electric traction, 24 July 1912 - 19 October 1974.
• Stuttgart- Horse traction, 28 July 1868 - 28 November 1896. Electric traction, 26 September 1895.
  • Bad Cannstatt - Electric traction, 20 July 1899 -. Separate undertaking to 1 January 1919.
  • Feuerbach - Electric traction, 30 December 1926 -. Separate undertaking to 1 January 1934.
  • Rack tramway - steam traction, 23 August 1884 - 1907. Electric traction, 1 May 1904 -.
  • First tunnel segment opened 1966. First standard-gauge Stadtbahn line opened 28 September 1985.
• Ulm (an der Donau) - Electric traction, 15 May 1897 -.

[edit] Bayern (Bavaria)

• Augsburg - Horse traction, 8 May 1881 - 31 August 1898. Steam traction, 12 September 1886 - 15 June 1887. Electric traction, 1 September 1898 -.
• Bamberg - Electric traction, 1 November 1897 - 10 June 1922.
• Hof (an der Saale) - Electric traction, 5 August 1901 - 14 November 1922.
• Ingolstadt (an der Donau) Horse traction, 10 November 1878 - 3 March 1921. Construction of electric tramway started, not completed (ca. 1914).
• Landshut (in Bayern) - Horse traction, 1 July 1902 - 1913. Electric traction, 15 January 1913 - 18 March 1945.
• München /Munich - Horse traction, 21 October 1876 - 1 November 1900. Steam traction, 9 June 1883 - 15 July 1900. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 1 July 1886 - 17 July 1895. Electric traction, 23 June 1895 -.
• Nürnberg /Nuremberg - Horse traction, 25 August 1881 - 20 July 1898. Electric traction, 7 May 1896 -.
  • Nürnberg - Fürth: Bayerische Ludwigsbahn opened 7 December 1835 between Nürnberg and Fürth, first railway in Germany. Railway closed 31 October 1922, express tramway built on alignment. Closed together with remaining tramway lines in Fürth, because of U-Bahn (metro) construction, 21 June 1981.
• Regensburg - Electric traction, 21 April 1903 - 1 August 1964.
• Schweinfurt - Horse traction, 5 May 1895 - 31 January 1921.
• Würzburg - Horse traction, 8 April 1892 - 4 October 1900. Electric traction, 30 June 1900 - 20 April 1920. Reopened by a new undertaking, 18 September 1924 -.

[edit] Berlin and Template:Country data Brandenburg Brandenburg

• Berlin - Horse traction, 22 June 1865 - 8 December 1907. Steam traction, 5 May 1886 - 1919. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 8 February 1895 - 1902. Electric traction, 16 May 1881 -.
  • Tramway divided into East Berlin and West Berlin systems from 16 January 1953. West Berlin tramway lines replaced by motorbus from 1954, final closure on 2 October 1967. (See Berlin Straßenbahn; link to English-language page.)
  • Buchholz - Horse traction, 9 July 1904 - 8 December 1907. Electric traction, 8 December 1907 -. Separate undertaking to 22 July 1907.
  • Heiligensee an der Havel - Electric traction, 29 May 1913 - 1 June 1958. Separate undertaking to 3 December 1920.
  • Köpenick (Cöpenick) - Horse traction, 18 October 1882 - 11 August 1903. Electric traction, 11 August 1903 -. Separate undertaking to 1 October 1920.
  • Spandau - Horse traction, 5 June 1892 - 17 March 1896. Electric traction, 18 March 1896 - 2 October 1967. Separate undertaking to 1 August 1920.
    • Spandau - Nonnendamm - Electric traction, 30 September 1908 - 2 October 1967.
    • Spandau West - Henningsdorf - Petrol (gasoline) traction, 1 August 1923 - 11 November 1929. Electric traction, 11 November 1929 - April 1945.
  • Steglitz (Grunewaldbahn) - Electric traction, 3 December 1905 - 2 May 1963.
  • Teltow: Separate undertaking to 16 April 1921.
    • Berlin-Lichterfelde - Steglitz - Südende-Mariendorf line, electric traction, 16 May 1881 - 14 February 1930. Incorporated segment of line opened 1881 by Siemens und Halske, world's first electric tramway.
    • Berlin-Lichterfelde - Teltow - Stahnsdorf - Klein Machnow (Schleuse), steam traction, 1 July 1888 - 30 March 1907. Electric traction, 30 March 1907 - 2 May 1966.
    • Potsdam - Horse traction, 11 May 1880 - 1 September 1907. Electric traction, 2 September 1907 -.
    • Schöneiche (bei Berlin) - Petrol (gasoline) traction, 28 August 1910 - 30 May 1914. Electric traction, 30 May 1914 -.
    • Strausberg - Steam traction, 17 August 1893 - 15 March 1921. Electric traction, 18 March 1921 -.
    • Woltersdorf (bei Berlin) - Electric traction, 17 May 1913 -.
• Brandenburg (an der Havel) - Horse traction, 1 October 1897 - 20 April 1911. Electric traction, 1 April 1911 -.
  • Plaue (an der Havel) - Electric traction, 24 December 1912 - 28 September 2002. Separate undertaking to 1 October 1952.
• Cottbus (Chóśebuz) - Electric traction, 8 July 1903 -.
• Eberswalde - Electric traction, 1 September 1910 - 3 November 1940.
• Frankfurt an der Oder - Electric traction, 23 January 1898 -. See also Słubice, PL.
• Guben - Electric traction, 24 February 1904 - 8 June 1938. See also Gubin, PL.
• Jüterbog - Horse traction, 21 March 1897 - 29 July 1928.
• Küstrin - Electric traction, 16 May 1927 - 30 January 1945. See also Kostrzyn nad Odrą, PL.
• Werder (an der Havel) - Horse traction, 27 July 1895 - 7 August 1926.

[edit] Template:Country data Bremen Bremen

• Bremen - Horse traction, 4 June 1876 - 31 October 1911. Electric traction, 22 June 1890 -.
• Bremerhaven - Horse traction, 26 June 1881 - 28 August 1908. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 21 August 1898 - 31 July 1908. Electric traction, 4 June 1908 - 30 July 1982.

[edit] Hamburg

• Hamburg - Horse traction, 16 August 1866 - 18 December 1922. Steam traction, 13 May 1878 - 22 June 1897. Electric traction, 5 March 1894 - 1 October 1978.
  • Harburg - Electric traction, 30 September 1899 - 24 September 1975.
  • Alt-Rahlstedt - Volksdorf - town tramway service over local railway (kleinbahn) - 30 October 1906 - 15 April 1923.
  • Altona - Blankenese - Electric traction, 26 August 1899 - 9 November 1921.

[edit] Template:Country data Hesse Hessen (Hesse)

• Bad Homburg (vor der Höhe) - Electric traction, 26 July 1899 - 31 July 1935. Served by line of Frankfurt am Main system to 1971 (this line was upgraded to the Frankfurt U-Bahn line that serves Bad Homburg).
• Darmstadt - Horse traction, 25 August 1886 - 31 March 1922. Electric traction, 24 November 1897 -.
• Eltville - Schlangenbad - Steam traction, 20 June 1895 - 17 March 1933
• Frankfurt am Main - Horse traction, 19 May 1872 - 17 June 1904. Steam traction, 1 September 1888 - 13 July 1929. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 1 January 1897 - 9 September 1900. Electric traction, 18 February 1884 -.
  • Offenbach am Main - Horse traction, 10 April 1884 - 28 October 1906. Electric traction, 27 October 1906 - 3 November 1963. Worked by Frankfurt tramway system, 31 March 1907 - 3 November 1963. Served by line of Frankfurt tramway system to 1 June 1996.
• Gießen - Electric traction, 20 November 1909 - 31 March 1953.
• Hanau - Electric traction, 15 June 1908 - 18 March 1945.
• Kassel - Steam traction, 9 July 1877 - 10 May 1899. Horse traction, 27 April 1884 - 28 February 1899. Electric traction, 14 December 1898 -.
  • Kassel - Wolfsanger - Horse traction, 24 September 1897 - 20 October 1911. Electric traction, 20 October 1911 -.
  • Kassel - Palmenbad, Brasselsberg, Herkules, Hohes Gras (Herkulesbahn) - Electric traction, 27 April 1903 - 12 April 1966.
• Marburg (an der Lahn) - Horse traction, 1 October 1903 - 10 October 1911. Electric traction, 28 November 1911 - 17 May 1951.
• Wiesbaden - Horse traction, 16 August 1875 - 14 August 1900. Steam traction, 18 May 1889 - 27 August 1900. Electric traction, 16 May 1896 - 30 April 1955. See also Mainz (Rheinland-Pfalz).

[edit] Template:Country data Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania)

• Rostock - Electric traction, 16 October 1888 -.
• Schwerin - Electric traction, 1 December 1908 -.
• Stralsund - Electric traction, 25 March 1900 - 7 April 1966.
• Warnemünde - Electric traction, 1 July 1910 - 30 April 1945.

[edit] Template:Country data Lower Saxony Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)

• Bad Pyrmont - Horse traction, 1 June 1879 - 12 March 1925.
• Bückeburg - Bad Eilsen - Electric traction, 1918 - 21 May 1966.
• Braunschweig - Horse traction, 11 October 1879 - 24 September 1904. Electric traction, 28 October 1897 -.
• Celle - Electric traction, 1 November 1907 - 2 June 1956.
• Cuxhaven Petrol-electric (Benzolelektrisch) traction, 6 July 1914 - 2 August 1914.
• Emden - Electric traction, 23 February 1902 - 30 April 1953.
• Göttingen Construction of electric tramway started, not completed (ca. 1914).
• Hannover - Horse traction, 16 September 1872 - 1897. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 10 September 1895 - 20 November 1903. Electric traction, 19 May 1893 -.
  • Hannover - Hildesheim - Electric traction, 22 March 1899 - 16 August 1959.
• Hildesheim - Electric traction, 7 August 1905 - 22 March 1945.
• Osnabrück - Electric traction, 31 January 1906 - 29 May 1960.
• Wilhelmshaven - Electric traction, 17 March 1913 - 30 March 1945.

[edit] Template:Country data North Rhine-Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia)

• Aachen - Horse traction, 26 December 1880 - 10 September 1897. Caustic soda (Natronsmotor) traction, June 1884 - March 1885. Electric traction, 15 July 1895 - 29 September 1974.
  • Eschweiler - Electric traction, 1897 - 6 October 1969.
  • Stolberg - Electric traction, 1898 - 8 January 1967.
• Bad Salzuflen - Horse traction, 1 July 1909 - 1924.
  • Bad Salzuflen - Schötmar - Horse traction, 15 June 1912 - 1915.
• Bielefeld - Electric traction, 20 December 1900 -.
• Düren - Steam traction, 1 April 1893 - 1913. Electric traction, 20 November 1913 - 30 June 1965.
  • Düren - Nörvenich - Besenich (Dürener Kreisbahn) - Electric traction, 6 October 1908 - 30 April 1963. Düren - Nörvenich closed 30 April 1963, Düren - Besenich closed 31 January 1960.
• Gummersbach - Electric traction, 1 October 1915 - 4 October 1953.
• Herford - Steam traction, 10 August 1900 - 10 May 1932. Electric traction, 26 June 1930 - 22 April 1966.
• Kleve - Electric traction, 1 October 1911 - 31 March 1962.
• Minden (in Westfalen) - Steam traction, 7 September 1893 - 7 December 1920. Electric traction, 9 December 1920 - 29 December 1959.
• Münster (in Westfalen) - Electric traction, 14 July 1901 - 25 November 1954.
• Paderborn - Electric traction, 11 November 1900 - 27 September 1963.
  • Detmold - Electric traction, 1 March 1900 - 15 August 1954. Separate undertaking to 1920.
• Plettenberg - Steam traction, 25 May 1896 - 1 January 1959.
• Rees - Empel - Steam traction, 5 September 1897 - 1914. Electric traction, 28 February 1915 - 30 April 1966.
  • Wesel - Rees - Emmerich (am Rhein) - Electric traction, 25 May 1914 - 30 April 1966.
• Siegen - Electric traction, 14 November 1904 - 31 August 1958.
  • Siegen - Kreuztal - Electric traction, 14 November 1904 - 29 May 1952.

[edit] Rhein-Ruhr

Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr Area) towns in geographic order, west to east:

• Moers - Electric traction, 1 October 1908 - 25 September 1954.
  • Homberg - Electric traction, 1 April 1909 - 25 September 1954. Separate undertaking to 1 January 1925.
  • Lines extended to Ruhrort (1913 - March 1945). Served by Düsseldorf (Rheinbahn) system (1911 - 20 October 1958) and Krefeld system (1918 - 2 November 1962).
  • Moers - Kamp - Rheinberg - Electric traction, 12 February 1915 - 11 October 1952.
• Duisburg - Horse traction, 24 December 1881 - 31 July 1898. Steam traction, 22 July 1882 - 25 December 1897. Electric traction, 3 August 1897 -.
  • Lines extend to Ruhrort (24 December 1881 -) - Hamborn (24 February 1898 -) - Dinslaken (1 May 1900 -), and Mülheim an der Ruhr (1912 -).
  • First Stadtbahn tunnel segment opened 11 July 1992.
• Oberhausen (im Rheinland) - Electric traction, 4 April 1897 - 13 October 1968. Connected with Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Recklinghausen systems, met Duisburg system at Holten (but no track connection because of gauge difference). Served by Mülheim an der Ruhr system to 4 April 1971. Reintroduced 1 June 1996, connects with Mülheim an der Ruhr system.
• Mülheim an der Ruhr - Electric traction, 8 July 1897 -. Connects with Essen and Oberhausen systems.
  • First Stadtbahn tunnel opened 3 Nov 1979 (served by Essen system). First tunnel segment for Mülheim system opened 27 April 1985.
• Essen - Electric traction, 23 August 1893 -. Connects with Mülheim an der Ruhr and Bochum - Gelsenkirchen systems, previous connection with Recklinghausen system.
  • First tunnel segment opened 5 October 1967. First Stadtbahn tunnel segment opened 29 May 1977.
• Bochum - Gelsenkirchen - Electric traction, 23 November 1894 -.
  • Lines extend to Herne (23 November 1894 -), Wanne-Eickel (20 October 1896 -), Gelsenkirchen (3 November 1895 -), Buer (24 June 1901 -), Horst (24 June 1901 - 18 October 1955), Hattingen (1 October 1902 -), Witten (21 December 1900 -) and Castrop-Rauxel (20 December 1909 - 8 May 1967).
  • First tunnel segment (Bochum) opened 26 May 1979. First Stadtbahn tunnel segment (Bochum - Herne) opened 2 September 1989.
  • First tunnel segment (Gelsenkirchen) opened 1 September 1984.
  • Hattingen - Electric traction, 12 March 1914 - 30 June 1969. Operation suspended 24 October 1923 - 31 May 1924 because of Occupation of the Ruhr. Separate undertaking to 1 October 1932.
• Herne - Electric traction, 20 December 1906 - 30 September 1959 .
  • Lines extended to Castrop-Rauxel (15 July 1910 - 1 January 1952).
• Castrop-Rauxel: Served by Bochum - Gelsenkirchen system, 1909 - 8 May 1967. Served by Herne system, 15 July 1910 - 30 September 1959. Served by Dortmund system, 1 November 1910 - 1 July 1962.
• Dortmund - Horse traction, 1 June 1881 - 1897. Steam traction, February 1892 - 1896. Electric traction, 1 March 1894 -.
  • Lines extended to Recklinghausen (Henrichenburg, 1 November 1910 - 1 July 1958), Castrop-Rauxel (1 November 1910 - 1 July 1962) and Unna (1906 - 31 March 1965).
  • First tunnel segment opened 1983.
• Unna - Kamen - Werne - Electric traction, 1 August 1909 - 15 December 1950. See also Dortmund.
• Hamm (im Westfalen - Electric traction, 20 October 1898 - 2 April 1961.

• Recklinghausen (Vestische Straßenbahn) - Electric traction, 26 February 1898 - 30 December 1982.
  • Lines extended to Herten in Westfalen (10 May 1901 - 30 May 1981), Wanne-Eickel (10 May 1901 - 15 November 1975), Buer (1907 - 1 October 1980), Gladbeck (1909 - 31 October 1978) Horst (1909 - 31 October 1978) and Bottrop (1910 - 27 November 1976). Connected with Essen and Bochum - Gelsenkirchen systems.

Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Region) and Bezirksregierung Arnsberg (Arnsberg Region) towns not tabulated above, in geographic order, west to east:

• Mönchengladbach - Horse traction, 10 August 1881 - 14 February 1900. Electric traction, 15 February 1900 - 15 March 1969.
  • Lines extended to Rheydt (10 August 1881 - 5 October 1968). Connected with Krefeld system.
  • Rheydt - Horse traction, 10 August 1881 - 14 February 1900. Electric traction, 15 February 1900 - 31 January 1959. (Rheydt was amalgamated with Mönchengladbach from 29 July 1929 to 31 July 1933, and again from 1 January 1975.)
• Krefeld - Steam traction, 3 May 1883 - 18 September 1901. Horse traction, 11 May 1883 - 6 April 1901. Electric traction, 30 October 1901 -.
  • Lines extended to Mönchengladbach (Neuwerk, 1910 - 8 March 1954) and Moers (1918 - 2 November 1962).
• Düsseldorf (Rheinbahn)- Horse traction, 6 February 1876 - 21 June 1900. Steam traction, 5 August 1901 - 30 April 1902. Electric traction, 27 January 1896 -. (See also Rheinbahn; link to English-language page.)
  • Lines extend to Neuss (21 December 1901 -).
  • First tunnel segment opened 4 October 1981.
  • Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Electric traction, 31 October 1899 -. New alignment opened 1 May 1926.
  • Düsseldorf - Moers - Electric traction, 1911 - 20 October 1958.
  • Düsseldorf - Krefeld - Electric traction, 15 December 1898 -.
  • Mettmann - Electric traction, 19 July 1909 - 17 May 1952.
    • Line extended Düsseldorf (Auf der Hardt) - Mettmann (closed 9 December 1936) - Wülfrath (closed 14 May 1938) - Tönisheide (closed 14 May 1938), Mettmann - Wieden (closed 17 May 1952). Separate undertaking to 1 April 1937.
  • Düsseldorf (Benrath) - Solingen (Ohligs) - Electric traction, 1899 - 15 April 1962.
  • Düsseldorf (Benrath) - Wuppertal (Vohwinkel) - Steam traction, 1899 - 1900. Electric traction, 1900 - 7 May 1961.
  • Neuss - Electric traction, 24 December 1910 - 7 August 1971. Served by Düsseldorf system (21 December 1901 -).
• Solingen - Electric traction, 1 July 1897 - 15 November 1959.
  • Lines extended to Wuppertal (Vohwinkel) (1899 - 1 October 1958), Solingen (Ohligs) (19 November 1898 - 1 August 1953), and Burg am der Wupper (1908 - 12 October 1959).
• Remscheid Electric traction, 9 July 1893 - 10 April 1969.
  • Lines extended to Burg am der Wupper (12 July 1900 - 31 July 1960), and Wuppertal (Cronenfeld) (worked jointly with Wuppertal system, 1901 - 30 April 1965).
• Wuppertal - Horse traction, 10 April 1874 - 5 February 1896. Steam traction, 28 May 1891 - 3 April 1903. Electric traction, 16 April 1894 - 30 May 1987. Towns of Barmen, Eberfeld and several neighboring towns were amalgamated at 1929 to form Wuppertal.
  • Wuppertal town tramway system ranked as fifth-largest in Germany, with a peak system length of 175 km (109 mi, ca. 1948).
  • Rack tramway (zahnradbahn), Barmen - Toelleturm ("Barmer Bergbahn") - Electric traction, 16 April 1894 - 4 July 1959.
  • Lines extended to Velbert - Essen (Werden) (5 March 1899 - 1 February 1952), Essen (Steele) (24 November 1907 - 16 April 1954), Sprockhövel - Hattingen (1907 - 30 November 1953), Schwelm (7 August 1896 - 3 May 1969) - Milspe (18 January 1907 - 28 September 1964), Remscheid (15 August 1901 - 16 June 1954), Solingen (4 August 1914 - 3 May 1969), Wülfrath (19 July 1909 - 1 June 1952) and Mettmann (19 July 1909 - 17 May 1952).
• Ennepetal (in Westfalen) - Electric traction, 24 February 1907 - 31 March 1956.
  • Lines extended Gevelsberg - Milspe - Voerde (24 February 1907 - 31 March 1956), Gevelsberg - Haßlinghausen (19 May 1909 - 31 March 1956).
• Hagen - Horse traction, 13 November 1884 - 1 July 1898. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 7 January 1895 - 20 December 1902. Electric traction, 18 November 1896 - 29 May 1976.
  • Lines extended to Gevelsberg (12 April 1900 - 26 July 1953) and Hagen (Hohenlimburg) (8 May 1900 - 15 September 1968.
  • Eckesey - Horse traction, 7 July 1895 - 189_. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 1 July 1898 - 20 October 1900. Electric traction, 21 October 1900 - 26 May 1974.
  • Hagen (Haspe) - Voerde - Breckerfeld - Steam traction, 1 May 1903 - . Opened in stages to 1906. Passenger service withdrawn 1921. restored 1926. Electric traction, 9 December 1927 - 2 November 1963. Separate undertaking to 1926.
• Iserlohn - Electric traction, 4 March 1901 - 31 December 1959.

Bezirksregierung Köln (Cologne Region) towns in geographic order, north to south:

• Opladen - Lützenkirchen - Electric traction, 9 April 1914 - 11 July 1955.
  • Köln - Opladen - Solingen (Ohligs) / Solingen (Höhscheid) 22 July 1911 - 10 July 1955.
• Köln - Horse traction, 28 April 1877 - 22 May 1907. Steam traction, 13 November 1893 - 1914. Electric traction, 15 October 1901.
  • First tunnel segment opened 1968.
• Wahn - Electric traction, 6 May 1917 - 1 October 1961.
• Zündorf - Troisdorf - Siegburg - Electric traction, 19 March 1914. Opened in stages, completed 1 October 1921. Closed in stages, 14 October 1963 to 31 August 1965.
• Köln - Wesseling - Bonn (Rheinuferbahn) - Electric traction, September 1905 -.
  • Köln - Brühl - Bonn (Vorgebirgsbahn) - Electric traction, 1 August 1897 -. Completed Brühl - Köln 20 January 1898.
• Bonn - Horse traction, 19 April 1891 - 24 September 1909. Steam traction, 22 May 1892 - 12 October 1911. Electric traction, 21 May 1902 -. **First tunnel segment opened 22 March 1975.
  • Bonn - Bad Godesberg - Steam traction, 22 May 1892 - 1911. Electric traction, 27 March 1911 -. Tunnel segment in Bad Godesberg opened September 1994.
  • Bad Godesberg - Mehlem, 3 October 1911 - 23 December 1976.
  • Bonn - Siegburg - 21 September 1911 -.
  • Bonn Bad Honnef - opened 18 March 1913 to Königswinter, extended to Bad Honnef 27 September 1925.

[edit] Template:Country data Rhineland-Palatinate Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)

• Bad Kreuznach - Electric traction, 11 September 1906 - 5 January 1953.
• Bingen (am Rhein) - Electric traction, 25 February 1906 - 20 October 1955.
• Idar-Oberstein - Electric traction, 1 October 1900 - 29 July 1956.
• Kaiserslautern - Electric traction, 18 December 1916 - 1 July 1935.
• Koblenz - Horse traction, 28 May 1887 - 1 October 1899. Electric traction, 17 January 1899 - 19 July 1967.
• Ludwigshafen am Rhein - Horse traction, 2 June 1878 - 23 May 1902. Electric traction, 30 May 1902 -. Operated jointly with Mannheim system (q.v.).
  • Ludwigshafen - Bad Dürkheim (Rhein-Haardtbahn) - Electric traction, 4 September 1913 -. Trains operate over town tramway systems in Ludwigshafen and Mannheim to serve business centers and main railway stations.
• Mainz - 27 September 1883 See also Wiesbaden (Hesse).
• Neuwied - Electric traction, 29 July 1901 - 31 October 1950.
• Pirmasens - Electric traction, 8 June 1905 - 3 July 1943.
• Trier - Horse traction, 27 July 1890 - 15 July 1905. Electric traction, 13 October 1905 - 14 September 1951.
• Worms|Worms (am Rhein) - Electric traction, 22 December 1906 - 29 January 1956.

[edit] Saarland

• Neunkirchen (im Saarland) - Electric traction, 13 September 1907 - 10 June 1978.
• Saarbrücken Steam traction, 4 November 1890 - 26 September 1899. Electric traction, 8 February 1899 - 22 May 1965. Reintroduced 24 October 1997, international tramway to Sarreguemines, FR.
  • Rastpfuhl - Heusweiler - Electric traction, 27 January 1907 - 1948. Separate undertaking to 1 July 1937.
• Saarlouis - Electric traction, 20 May 1913 - 28 February 1961.
  • Saarlouis - Dillingen (an der Saar) closed 31 May 1957.
• Völklingen (an der Saar) - Electric traction, 3 September 1909 - 18 April 1959.

[edit] Template:Country data Saxony Sachsen (Saxony)

• Bad Schandau (Kirnitzschtalbahn) - Electric traction, 28 May 1898 -. Operation suspended from 21 July 1969 following an accident. Operation restored from 24 July 1972.
• Chemnitz - Horse traction, 22 April 1880 - 5 February 1894. Electric traction, 19 December 1893 -.
  • Last 925-mm gauge line closed 6 November 1988. First standard-gauge line opened 8 May 1960.
  • Chemnitz - Altchemnitz - Stollberg - Electric traction, 15 December 2002. Operates over DB railway line (Würschnitztalbahn) between Altchemnitz and Stollberg,
• Döbeln - Horse traction, 10 July 1892 - 20 December 1926.
• Dresden - Horse traction, 26 September 1872 - 25 August 1900. Gas traction, 28 July 1894 - 31 December 1895. Electric traction, 6 July 1893 -.
  • Dresden - Bühlau - Electric traction, 22 August 1899. Separate undertaking to 1926.
  • Dresden-Cotta - Cossebaude - Electric traction, 27 September 1906 - 2 December 1990. Separate undertaking to 1926.
  • Dresden-Mickten - Zitzschewig (Lößnitzbahn) - Electric traction, 21 August 1899 -. First electric narrow-gauge railway in Saxony, later regauged. Separate undertaking to 1926. Initial segment, Mickten - Weißes Roß. Weißes Roß - Radebeul - Coswig opened in stages September 1929 - May 1930. Coswig - Weinböhla opened 14 November 1931.
  • Dresden-Niedersedlitz - Kreischa (Lockwitztalbahn) - Electric traction, 3 March 1906 - 18 October 1977.
• Freiberg in Sachsen - Electric traction, 11 August 1902 - 31 December 1919.
• Görlitz - Horse traction, 25 May 1882 - 30 November 1897. Electric traction, 1 December 1897 -. See also Zgorzelec, PL.
• Hohenstein-Ernstthal - Oelsnitz (Erzgebirge) - Electric traction, 15 February 1913 - 26 March 1960.
• Klingenthal (Sachsen) - Electric traction, 27 May 1917 - 4 April 1964.
• Leipzig - Horse traction, 18 May 1872 - 16 April 1897. Electric traction, 17 April 1896 -. See Leipzig Transport Company, LLC, Leipzig Tramway Network History.
• Meißen - Electric traction, 13 December 1899 - 1 March 1936.
• Plauen (im Vogtland) - Electric traction, 17 November 1894 -.
• Zittau - Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 29 June - 22 September 1902. Electric traction, 14 December 1904 - 19 November 1919.
• Zwickau - Electric traction, 6 May 1894 -.

[edit] Template:Country data Saxony-Anhalt Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt)

• Bernburg - Electric traction, 1 April 1897 - 19 April 1921.
• Dessau - Gas traction, 15 November 1894 - 24 March 1901. Electric traction, 26 March 1901 -.
• Groß Rosenburg - Horse traction, 3 October 1884 - 1 October 1922.
• Halberstadt - Horse traction, 28 June 1887 - 30 April 1903. Electric traction, 2 May 1903 -.
• Halle an der Saale- Horse traction, 15 October 1882 - 14 May 1899. Electric traction, 24 April 1891 -.
  • 'Halle - Merseburg - Electric traction, 15 March 1902 -. Separate undertaking to 1 May 1951.
• Magdeburg - Horse traction, 16 October 1877 - 19 December 1899. Steam traction, 14 July 1886 - 21 March 1900. Electric traction, 18 July 1899.
• Mansfeld - Eisleben - Electric traction, 10 April 1900 - 2 December 1922.
• Naumburg (an der Saale) - Electric traction, 18 June 1892 -. Operation suspended 19 August 1991 because of poor track condition. Reopening planned. Operates on occasion for special events.
• Schönebeck - Salzelmen - Horse traction, 22 June 1886 - 15 February 1917.
• Staßfurt Electric traction, 10 April 1900 - 31 December 1957.
• Stendal - Horse traction, 3 June 1892 - 14 October 1926.
• Lutherstadt Wittenberg - Horse traction, 26 July 1888 - 1921.
• Zerbst - Horse traction, 2 November 1891 - 1 August 1928.

[edit] Template:Country data Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein

• Wittdün - Norddorf (Amrum island, North Frisian Islands) - Steam traction, 1893 - 1 November 1939. Electric traction, 10 July 1909 - August 1910. Use of electric traction ended because generating station was destroyed by fire. Overhead contact system removed 1920. Operation suspended 17 October 1918 - 1920.
• Flensburg - Horse traction, 8 May 1881 - 30 December 1906. Electric traction, 6 July 1907 - 2 June 1973.
• Kiel - Horse traction, 9 July 1881 - 11 April 1896. Electric traction, 12 May 1896 - 4 May 1985.
• Lübeck - Horse traction, 1 May 1881 - 19 June 1894. Electric traction, 12 May 1894 - 15 November 1959.
• Schleswig - Horse traction, 1 July 1890 - 31 December 1909. Electric traction, 1 January 1910 - 26 August 1936.

Light railway (kleinbahn) operating under tramway (straßenbahn) concession (from 1952 - 1953):

• Sylt (Sylter Inselbahn)
  • Nordbahn: Westerland - List, 8 July 1888 - 29 December 1970.
  • Südbahn: Westerland - Hörnum, 1 July 1901 - 30 May 1970.

[edit] Template:Country data Thuringia Thüringen (Thuringia)

• Altenburg - Electric traction, 18 April 1895 - 30 April 1920.
• Eisenach - Electric traction, 3 August 1897 - 31 December 1975.
• Erfurt - Horse traction, 13 May 1883 - 20 August 1894. Electric traction, 1 June 1894.
• Gera - Electric traction, 22 February 1892 -.
• Gotha - Electric traction, 3 May 1894 -.
  • Gotha - Waltershausen (Thüringerwaldbahn) - Electric traction, 17 July 1929 -.
• Jena - Electric traction, 6 April 1901 -.
• Mühlhausen - Electric traction, 21 December 1898 - 27 June 1969.
• Nordhausen - Electric traction, 25 August 1900 -.
• Weimar - Electric traction, 4 June 1899 - 30 June 1937.

[edit] Greece

• Athína / Αθήνα (Athens) Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction ? - 1960. Reintroduced 19 July 2004.
  • Athína - Palaio Faliro / Παλαιό Φάληρο (Pháliron) - Neo Faliro / Νέο Φάληρο (Neon Pháliron) - Steam traction, ? - ?. Electrified and incorporated into Athína town tramway network. (New Athína tramway also serves Palaio Faliro and Neo Faliro.)
  • Peiraiás / Πειραιάς /Piraeus - Electric traction, ? - 196_. (New Athína tramway also serves Peiraiás.)
  • Pireaus - Perama / Πέραμα - Electric traction, 1936 - 1977.
• Kalamata / Καλαμάτα - Electric traction, ? - ?.
• Karlovasi / Καρλόβασι (Samos / Σάμος) - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Patra / Πάτρα (Patras) - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 1902 - ?.
• Thessaloniki / Θεσσαλονίκη (Salonica) - Electric traction, 1907 - 1957.
• Volos / Βόλος - Steam traction, ? - ?.

[edit] Hungary

• Békéscsaba - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Budapest - Horse traction, 30 July 1866 - ?. Electric traction, 30 July 1889 -.
• Cegléd - Steam traction, ? - ?.
• Debrecen - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 15 March 1911 -.
• Miskolc - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 10 July 1897 -.
• Nyíregyháza - Electric traction, 5 August 1911 - 31 May 1969.
• Pécs - Electric traction, 20 October 1913 - August 1960.
• Sopron - Electric traction, 28 April 1900 - 31 May 1923.
• Szeged - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 1 December 1908 -.
• Szombathely - Electric traction, 5 June 1897 - 20 August 1974.

[edit] Ireland

• An Airnigh /Arigna - Steam traction, 1887 - 1959.
• |Corcaigh /Cork - Horse traction, 12 September 1872 - December 1875. Electric traction, 22 December 1898 - 30 September 1931.
• Baile Átha Cliath /Dublin - Horse traction, 1 February 1872 - 1901. Electric traction, 16 May 1896 - 3 July 1949. Operation suspended during part of 1944 because of fuel (coal) shortage, restored 2 October 1944. Reintroduced 30 June 2004 (see Luas).
  • Dublin - Dún Laoghaire - Deilginis /Dalkey - Horse traction, 17 March 1879, opened in stages, completed 9 July 1885. Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 16 May 1896 - 3 July 1949.
  • Dublin - Lucan - Steam traction, 1 June 1881, opened in stages, completed 1 February 1883. Electric traction, 1900 - 14 April 1940. Separate undertaking to 1925.
    • Lucan - Léim an Bhradáin /Leixlip - Steam traction, 1889 - 1900. ELectric traction, 1900 - 1925.
  • Dublin - Binn Éadair /Howth - Electric traction, 26 July 1900 - 29 March 1941.
  • Ceann Binn Éadair /Howth Head (Hill of Howth Tramway) - Electric traction, 17 June 1901 - 1 June 1959. Operation suspended June - September 1944 because of fuel (coal) shortage.
• Gaillimh / Galway - Salthill - Horse traction, 1879 - 1918.

[edit] Italy (by Regione )

[edit] Penisola italiana (Italian peninsula)

[edit] Template:Country data Abruzzo Abruzzi e Molise

• L'Aquila - Electric traction, ? - ?.
• Chieti - Electric traction 1905 - 1944.
• Pescara - Electric traction 1934 - 1960.
• Sulmona - Electric traction 1908 - 1944.

[edit] Template:Country data Calabria Calabria

• Catanzaro - Electric traction 1910 - 1954.
• Reggio di Calabria - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1918 - 1928.

[edit] Template:Country data Campania Campania

• Napoli /Napoli - Horse traction 1875 - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1899 -.
• Salerno - Electric traction 1922 - 1937.

[edit] Template:Country data Emilia-Romagna Emilia Romagna

• Bologna - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction 1880 - ?. Electric traction 1903 - 1963. Reintroduction planned.
• Ferrara - Electric traction 1910 - 1939.
• Forlì - Steam traction, ? - ?.
• Modena - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1912 - 1950.
• Parma - Electric traction 1910 - 1954.
• Piacenza - Electric traction 1910 - 1955.
• Reggio nell'Emilia - Electric traction (?). Peschkes (Part Two, 1987, page 96) states that the existence of this tramway is confirmed only by a single source.
• Rimini - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1921 - 1938.

[edit] Template:Country data Friuli-Venezia-Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia

• Gorizia - horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1909 - 1935.
• Trieste urban: Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1900 - 1970.
  • Trieste - Villa Opicina line, 1902 -.
• Udine - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1908 - 1952.

[edit] Template:Country data Lazio Lazio

• Fiuggi - Electric traction 1917 - 1962.
• Frosinone - Electric traction 1917 - 1937.
• Roma /Rome - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction 1877 - ?. Electric traction 1890, 1895 -.
  • Suburban (STEFER) - Electric traction 1903 - 1980.

[edit] Template:Country data Liguria Liguria

• Genova /Genoa - Horse traction 1878 - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1893 - 1966. Light-rail (LRT) line opened 13 June 1990, initial segment uses former tramway tunnel.
• Imperia - Electric traction 1926 - 1947.
• Sanremo - Electric traction 1913 - 1948.
• Savona - Electric traction, ? - ?.
• Sestri Levante - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• La Spezia - Electric traction 1902 - 1953.
• Ventimiglia - Electric traction 1901 - 1936.

[edit] Template:Country data Lombardy Lombardia (Lombardy)

• Bergamo - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 1898 - 1958. Reintroduction planned for 2006.
• Brescia - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 1904 - 1952.
• Certosa di Pavia - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Como - Electric traction, 1899, 1906 - 1952.
• Cremona - Electric traction, 1916 - 1940.
• Lecco - Electric traction, 1927 - 1953.
• Mantova /Mantua - Electric traction, 1914 - 1932.
• Massa - Steam traction, ? - ?.
• Milano /Milan Horse traction 1835 - 1850. Steam traction, 1840 - 1920. Petrol (gasoline) traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 1893 -.
• Monza - Electric traction, 1900 - 1956.
• Pavia - Electric traction, 1913 - 1954.
• Stresa - Electric traction, ? - ?.
• Varese - Electric traction, 1895 - 1953.
• Viggiù - Electric traction, 1912 - 1951.

[edit] Template:Country data Marche Marche

• Ancona - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1909 - 1949.
• Offida - Electric traction ? - ?.
• Pesaro - Electric traction (?). Peschkes (Part Two, 1987, page 96) states that the existence of this tramway is confirmed only by a single map.

[edit] Template:Country data Piemonte Piemonte (Piedmont)

• Alessandria Steam traction 1880 - ?. Electric traction 1913 - 1952.
• Biella - Electric traction 1911 - 1958.
• Cuneo - Electric traction, ? - ?.
• Monchiero - Dogliani - Electric traction, ? - ?.
• Torino /Turin - Horse traction 1871 - ?. Electric traction 1898 -.
  • Torino - Chieri - Electric traction, 1914 - 1955.
  • Torino - Rivoli - Electric traction, 1914 - 1955.
• Valenza - Electric traction, 1914 - 1947.

[edit] Template:Country data Puglia Puglia

• Bari - Electric traction 1909 - 1952 ?.
• Taranto - Electric traction 1922 - 1950.

[edit] Template:Country data Toscana Toscana (Tuscany)

• Carrara - Electric traction 1915 - 1955.
• Firenze /Florence - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction 1881 - ?. Electric traction 1890 - 1958. Reintroduction planned for 2008.
• Livorno - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1897 - 1944 ?.
• Montepulciano - Steam traction, ? - ?.
• Pisa - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1912 - 1952.
• Viareggio - Electric traction 1909 - 1944 ?.

[edit] Template:Country data Trentino-Alto-Adige Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Trentino-Alto Adige)

• Bolzano Town tramway service, Electric traction 1909 - 1948. Rittnerbahnhof /Stazione Renon - Maria Himmelfahrt /Maria Assunta rack railway segment closed 1966. Rittnerbahn/Ferrovie Renon, Oberbozen /Soprabolzano - Klobenstein /Coballo.
• Lana - Electric traction, ? - ?.
• Merano - Electric traction 1906 - 1956.
• Trento - Electric traction (?). Peschkes (Part Two, 1987, page 96) states that the existence of this tramway is confirmed only by a single source.

[edit] Template:Country data Umbria Umbria

• Perugia - Electric traction 1899 - 1946.
• Terni - Electric traction 1901 - 1960.

[edit] Template:Country data Veneto Veneto

• Padova /Padua - Electric traction 1907 - 1954, reitroduced since March 25th, 2007
• Venezia /Venice:
  • Lido Steam traction 1882 - ?. Electric traction 1907 - 1941.
  • Mestre Steam traction 1891 - ?. Electric traction 1905 - 1933.
• Verona - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1908 - 1954. Reintroduction planned.
  • Verona - San Bonifacio - Electric traction 1912 - 1961.
  • Caldiero - Tregnago - Electric traction 1921 - 1956.
  • Villanova - San Giovanni Ilarione - Electric traction 1929 - 1956.
  • Verona - Grezzana - Electric traction 1922 - 1958.
• Vicenza - Electric traction 1910 - 1951.
• Treviso - Electric traction 1910 - 1938 ?.

[edit] Sardegna (Sardinia)

• Cagliari - Steam traction 1888 - ?. Electric traction 1915 - 1971. Reintroduction planned for 2006.
• Sassari - electric traction since 27 October 2006, source.

[edit] Sicilia (Sicily)

• Catania - Electric traction 1905 - 1951.
• Messina - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1910 - 1951. Reintroduced 3 April 2003.
• Palermo - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction 1898 - 1946. Reintroduction planned.
• Trapani - Electric traction ? - 1952.

[edit] Latvia

• Daugavpils - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 5 November 1946 - See Daugavpils Tramway, [13].
• Kemeri - Electric traction, 16 June 1912 - 1935 (?) [14].
• Liepaja - Electric traction, 26 September 1899 - [15].
• Riga - Horse traction, 4 September 1882 - 1901, 23 August 1903 - 1909 [16]. Electric traction, 23 July 1901 - [17].

[edit] Lithuania

• Kaunas - Horse traction, 5 June 1892 - 15 April 1929 [18]. Steam traction, 1914 - 1936 [19].
• Klaipėda - Electric traction, 18 August 1904 - October 1934 [20], 1950 - 1967 [21].
• Palanga - Horse traction, ? - ? [22].
• Vilnius - Horse traction, 15 June 1893 - 1915 [23]. Petrol (gasoline) traction, 1914 - 1926. Electric tramway, in planning. Excepting microstates, Vilnius, Tirana, Podgorica and Reykjavík are the only European capitals where electric town tramways have not yet been built.

[edit] Luxembourg

• Differdange (Déifferdeng) - Electric traction, ? - ?.
• Dudelange (Diddeleng) - Electric traction, ? - ?.
  • Esch-sur-Alzette (Esch-Uelzecht) - Electric traction, ? - ?.
• Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg) - Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - 5 September 1964. Reintroduction planned for 2007.

[edit] Malta

• Valletta - Electric traction, 23 February 1905 - 15 December 1929.

[edit] Moldova

• Chişinău - Horse traction, 29 October 1888 - 1914. Electric traction, 25 January 1914 - 13 May 1961.

[edit] Monaco

• Monte Carlo - Electric traction, 1898 - 1932.

[edit] The Netherlands

• Alkmaar - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Amersfoort - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Amsterdam Horse traction, - 3 June 1875 – 7 August 1916, 1921 – 1922. Electric traction, 14 August 1900 -. (See also Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf; link to English-language page.)
  • Amsterdam - Edam - Volendam (Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Tramweg-Maatschappij, "NZH", Blauwe Tram) - Steam traction, 13 December 1888 - ?. Electric traction, ? - 30 September 1956 (Edam - Volendam opened 1 December 1932).
    • branch to Purmerend, 22 June 1894 - 14 May 1949.
  • Amsterdam - Haarlem - Zandvoort (NZH, Blauwe Tram) - Electric traction, 3 July 1899 - 31 August 1957. (Haarlem - Zandvoort was first electric tramway segment in The Netherlands.)
• Apeldoorn - Horse traction, 1897 - 1917. Petrol traction, 1919 - 1922.
• Arnhem – Horse traction, 1880 - ?. Electric traction, 1911 - 17 September 1944. Closed because of war damage, replaced by trolleybus.
  • Heritage tram opened in National Heritage Museum, Arnhem in 1996.
• Baarn - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?.
• Bergen - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Breda - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Capelle - Steam traction, ? - ?.
• Castricum - Horse traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, ? - ?.
• ('s-Gravenhage) Den Haag /The Hague Horse traction, 25 June 1864 - 1907. Steam traction, 1 July 1879 - ?. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 2 August 1890 - ?. Petrol (gasoline) traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 6 August 1904 -. First underground (Souterrain, Semimetro) segment opened 16 October 2004. (See also HTM Personenvervoer and RandstadRail; links to English-language pages.)
  • Den Haag - Scheveningen - Horse traction, 25 June 1864 - ?. Steam traction, 1 July 1879 - ?. Electric traction, 6 August 1904 -.
  • Den Haag - Delft - Horse traction, 24 June 1866 - 1887. Steam traction, 1887 - 1924. Electric traction, 1924 -.
    • branch to Voorburg, 1934 -.
  • Den Haag - Leiden - Steam traction, 1881 - ?. Electric traction, 25 January 1924 - 9 November 1961.
  • Den Haag - Leiden line of Den Haag town tramway system (HTM, Gele Tram): Electric traction, 1925 - 31 December 1960.
• Den Helder - Steam traction, ? - ?.
• Deventer - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Dordrecht - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Eindhoven - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Enschede - Electric traction, 5 July 1908 - 28 February 1933.
• Gertruidsbergen - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Groenlo - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?. Petrol (gasoline) traction, ? - ?.
• Groningen - Horse traction, 1880 - 1910. Petrol traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 1910 - 1949.
• Haarlem - Horse traction, 28 May 1878 - 1911. Electric traction, 1911 - 31 October 1948.
  • Amsterdam - Haarlem - Zandvoort (NZH, Blauwe Tram): see under Amsterdam, above.
• Heerlen - Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 1923 - 1950.
• Hilversum - Horse traction, ? - ?.
  • Kerkrade - Heerlen - Brunssum - Hoensbroek - Roermond (Limburgse Tramweg Maatschappij, "LTM"): ? - ?.
• Leiden - Horse traction, 1871 - 1911. Electric traction, 1911 - 7 October 1960. Reintroduction planned for 2007 (see RijnGouweLijn (link to English-language page).
  • Leiden - Haarlem (NZH, Blauwe Tram): Steam traction, 16 May 1881 - ?. Electric traction, ? - 2 January 1949.
  • Leiden - Noordwijk aan Zee (NZH, Blauwe Tram): Steam traction, 21 June 1885 - 7 October 1960.
  • Leiden - Katwijk aan Zee (NZH, Blauwe Tram): Steam traction, 4 June 1881 - 7 October 1960.
• Maastricht - Horse traction, ? - ?.Reitroduction (LRT) planned (interurban line will connect Hasselt and Maastricht), source - Flemish television news, 12 February 2007. When completed, line will be operated by Flemish public transport authority De Lijn
• Nijmegen Horse traction, 1889 - 1911. Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 1911 - 1955.
• Oudewater - Horse traction, ? - ?. Petrol traction, ? - ?.
• Rotterdam Horse traction, - 1 June 1879 – 18 May 1925. Steam traction, ? - ?. Petrol (gasoline) traction, 19 May 1924 – 25 October 1928. Electric traction, 18 September 1905 -. (See also RandstadRail.)
• Schiedam - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• 's-Hertogenbosch - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?.
• Tholen - Steam traction, ? - ?. Petrol tration, ? - ?.
• Utrecht - Horse traction, 1879 - 1906. Electric traction, 1906 - 1939.
  • Utrecht - De Bilt - Zeist - Amersfoort - Driebergen - Rhenen - Arnhem (Nederlandsche Buurtspoorweg-Maatschappij, NBM) - 1927 - 1949, Utrecht - Zeist was last segment in operation.
  • Utrecht – Nieuwegein - 17 December 1983 -.
• Venlo - Steyl - Horse traction, ? - ?. Petrol traction, ? - ?.
• Venray - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Vlissingen - Middelburg - steam traction, 1885 - 1910. Electric traction, 1910 - 1944.
• Vught - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction, ? - ?.
• Zaltbommel - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Zandvoort - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Zeist - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Zutphen - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Zwolle - Horse traction, ? - ?.

[edit] Norway

• Bergen - Electric traction, 3 July 1897 - 31 December 1965 [24]. New system under construction (see Bergen Light Rail).
• Oslo - Horse traction, 5 October 1875 - 14 January 1900 [25]. Electric traction, 3 March 1894 - (see Oslotrikken, link to English-language page [26]).
• Trondheim - Electric traction, 3 December 1901 - 12 June 1988 [27]. Suburban line (Gråkallbanen) restored 18 August 1990 [28].

[edit] Poland

• Białystok - Horse traction, 1895 - 1915.
• Bielsko-Biała - Electric traction, 1895 - 1972.
• Bydgoszcz - Horse traction, 18 May 1888 - 1896. Electric traction, 1895 -.
• Cieszyn - Electric traction, 12 February 1911 - 2 April 1921. The Austrian-ruled town of Teschen (Polish: Cieszyn; Czech: Těšín) became part of Poland in 1918, following the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The suburb of Sachsenberg (Polish: Saska Kępa), west of the river Olsa (Polish: Olza; Czech: Olše) became part of Czechoslovakia (as Český Těšín) from 28 July 1920. The tramway connected the railway station (in Český Těšín) to the business center (in Cieszyn). It suffered financial losses following division of the town and was therefore closed in 1921.
• Częstochowa - Electric traction, 8 March 1959 -.
• Elbląg - Electric traction, 23 November 1895 -.
• Gdańsk - Horse traction, 22 June 1873 - 1896. Electric traction, 1895 -.
• Gorzów Wielkopolski - Electric traction, 29 July 1899 -.
• Gubin - Electric traction, 1904 - 1938. Gubin was a part (the historic center) of Guben, Germany, until 1945 and was served by a tramway line that crossed the river Nysa Łużycka (German: Lausitzer Neiße).
• Grudziądz - Horse traction, 15 June 1896 - 1899. Electric traction, 1899 -.
• Inowrocław - Electric traction, 1912 - 1962.
• Jelenia Góra - Gas (gazowy) traction, 1897 - 1899. Electric traction, 1900 - 1967.
• Katowice - Steam traction, 27 May 1894 - 1895. Electric traction, 1898 -. System serves neighboring towns including Bytom, Chorzów. Gliwice and Sosnowiec (see Silesian Interurbans).
• Kostrzyn nad Odrą - Horse traction, 1903 - 1923. Electric traction, 1912 - 30 January 1945. Kostrzyn was part of Küstrin, Germany, until 1945 and was served by a tramway line that crossed the river Oder (Polish: Odra).
• Koszalin - Electric traction, 21 December 1911 - 30 September 1938.
• Kraków - Horse traction, 1 November 1882 - ?. Electric traction, 1903 -. Nowa Huta, founded as a separate industrial town in 1949, was joined to Kraków in 1951 and served by the Kraków tramway system from 1952.
• Legnica - Electric traction, 1898 - 1969.
• Łódź - Electric traction, 24 December 1898 -.
• Olsztyn - Electric traction, 1907 - 1965.
• Poznań - Horse traction, 30 July 1880 - ?. Electric traction, 1898 -. Express tramway opened 1 March 1997 (see Poznański Szybki Tramwaj).
• Słubice - Electric traction, 1898 - 28 September 1945. Słubice was part of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, until 1945 and was served by a tramway line that crossed the river Odra (German: Oder). Construction of new line planned.
• Słupsk - Horse traction, 1905 - ?. Electric traction, 1910 - 1959.
• Szczecin - Horse traction, 23 August 1879 - 1898. Electric traction, 1897 -.
• Tarnów - Electric traction, 1911 - 1942.
• Toruń - Horse traction, 1891 - 1900 (?). Electric traction, 16 May 1891 -.
• Wałbrzych - Electric traction, 1898 - 1966.
• Warszawa - Horse traction, 11 December 1866 - 1916 (1921 ?). Electric traction, 1908 -.
• Wrocław - Horse traction, 10 July 1877 - 1906. Electric traction, 1893 -.
• Zgorzelec - Electric traction, 1897 - March 1945. Zgorzelec was part of Görlitz, Germany, until 1945 and was served by a tramway that crossed the river Nysa Łużycka (German: Lausitzer Neiße). Construction of new line planned.

[edit] Portugal

• Braga - Mule traction, 20 May 1877 - 1882. Steam traction, 25 March 1882 - 1914. Electric traction, 19 October 1914 - 20 May 1963.
• Coimbra - Mule traction, 17 September 1874 - 1883 and 1 January 1904 - 1910. Electric traction, 1 January 1911 - 9 February 1980. Reintroduction planned (LRT) for 2007.
• Lisboa - Mule traction, 17 November 1873 - 10 August 1902. Steam traction, 1889 - 1892. Cable traction, 14 August 1890 - 3 July 1913. Electric traction, 31 August 1901 -.
• Porto - Mule traction, 9 March 1872 - 1903. Steam traction, 1878 - 9 November 1914. Electric traction, 12 September 1895 -. First electric tramway on Iberian Peninsula. Remaining system operated as a heritage tramway. Light metro (Metro Ligiero, LRT), trial operation began July 2002, initial segment opened 7 December 2002.
• Sintra - Electric traction, 31 March 1904 -. Operates only during summer season (from 1953) Operation suspended from end of 1974 season - 1980.

[edit] Romania

• Arad - Horse traction, 24 October 1869 - 1916. Steam traction, ? - ?. Diesel traction ? - ?. Electric traction, 29 November 1946 -.
• Botoşani - Electric traction, 6 September 1991 -.
• Brăila - Horse traction, 1886 - ?. Electric traction, 25 June 1900 -.
• Braşov - Steam traction, 1890 - 1960. Electric traction, 23 August 1987 -. Future of system in doubt.
• Bucuresţi /Bucharest - Horse traction, 28 December 1872 - ? (before 1930). Electric traction, 9 December 1894 -.
• Cluj-Napoca - Steam traction, 28 August 1893 - 15 May 1902. Electric traction, 1 October 1987 -.
• Constanţa - Steam traction, 1905 - ?. Electric traction, 18 July 1944 - August 1944 (using rolling stock requisitioned from Odessa); 23 August 1984 -.
• Craiova - Electric traction, construction started 1942 (using rolling stock requisitioned from Odessa), not completed. Current system, 26 September 1984 -.
• Galaţi - Electric traction, 26 June 1900 -.
• Iaşi - Electric traction, 1 March 1900 -.
• Oradea - Electric traction, 25 April 1906 -.
• Ploieşti - Electric traction, 1 December 1987 -.
• Reşiţa - Electric traction, 20 August 1988 -.
• Satu Mare - Steam traction, 14 June 1900 - 1900. Electric traction, 8 August 1900 - 31 December 1906.
• Sibiu - Electric traction, 8 September 1905 - 1970.
  • Sibiu - Răşinari - Electric traction, 8 September 1905 (?) -. Town tramway services within Sibiu closed from 1970. Răşinari line re-extended over part of former urban system from 1972 (but not to town center).
• Timişoara - Horse traction, 1869 - ?. Electric traction, 27 July 1899 -.

[edit] Russia

[edit] Europe

• Abinsk / Абинск - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Arkhangelsk / Архангельск - Electric traction, 26 June 1916 - 24 July 2004.
• Astrakhan / Астрахань - Electric traction, 24 June 1900 -. Operation suspended April 1919 - April 1922 because of war.
• Bor / Бор - Animal traction, ? - ?.
• Cherepovets / Череповец - Electric traction, 19 October 1956 -.
• Dzerzhinsk / Дзержинск - Electric traction, 7 November 1933 -.
• Grozny / Грозный - Electric traction, 7 November 1932 - December 1994. Closed because of war damage. Virtually all tramway infrastructure has been destroyed, and no plans for reconstruction are known.
• Ilsky / Ильский - Horse traction, 1908 - ?
• Irbit / Ирбит - Horse traction, 1926 - 1933.
• Ivanovo / Иваново - Electric traction, 8 November 1934 -.
• Izhevsk / Ижевск - Electric traction, 18 November 1935 -.
• Kaliningrad / Калининград - Horse traction, 26 May 1881 - 1901. Electric traction, 31 May 1895 -. Operation suspended January 1945 - 7 November 1946 because of war.
• Kazan / Казань - Horse traction, 15 October 1875 - 1900. Electric traction, 2 December 1899 -.
• Kirov / Киров Construction of electric tramway started 1943, not completed.
• Kolomna / Коломна - Electric traction, 5 November 1948 -.
• Krasnodar / Краснодар - Electric traction, 23 December 1900 -.
  • Suburban line to Pashkovskaya / Пашковская - Petrol (gasoline) traction, 4 April 1912 - 1914. Electric traction, 14 December 1914. Connected to main Krasnodar system 1918.
• Kursk / Курск - Electric traction, 30 April 1898 -. Operation suspended April 1918 - October 1924 and November 1941 - September 1943 because of war.
• Krymsk / Крымск - Horse traction, 1921 - 1932
• Lipetsk / Липецк - Electric traction, 11 December 1947 -.
• Moscow / Москва - Horse traction, 22 June 1872 - 1912. Steam traction, 29 July 1886 - 1922. Electric traction, 6 April 1899 -.
• Murmansk / Мурманск - Petrol (gasoline) traction, 1918 - 1934
• Naberezhnye Chelny / Набережные Челны - Electric traction, 8 October 1973 -.
• Nizhnekamsk / Нижнекамск - Electric traction, 15 February 1967 -.
• Nizhny Novgorod / Нижний Новгород - Horse traction, 1908 - 1918. Electric tramway, 20 May 1896 -. Operation suspended 1 May 1919 - 2 August 1923.
• Noginsk / Ногинск - Electric traction, 2 March 1924 -. Operation suspended 1992 - 1994.
• Novocherkassk / Новочеркасск - Electric traction, 22 January 1954 -.
• Novorossiysk / Новороссийск - Electric traction, 30 May 1934 - 26 August 1969
• Novotroitsk / Новотроицк - Electric traction, 5 November 1956 -.
• Oryol / Орёл (Orel) - Electric traction, 15 November 1898 -. Operation suspended May 1919 - May 1922 and October 1941 - October 1943 because of war.
• Penza / Пенза - Diesel traction, 1935 - 1938.
• Perm / Пермь - Electric traction, 7 November 1929 -. Unconected line to southwest (Osentsy / Oсенцы) opened 25 October 1957. Connected with main Perm system December 1958.
• Pskov / Псков - Horse traction, 13 November 1909 - 1912. Electric traction, 22 January 1912 September 1944.
• Pyatigorsk / Пятигорск - Electric traction, 5 May 1904 -.
• Rostov Veliky / Ростов Великий - Horse traction, 1902 (?) - 1921
• Rostov-na-Donu / Ростов-на-Дону /Rostov-on-Don - Horse traction, 11 September 1887 - December 1902. Electric traction, 2 January 1902 -. Operation suspended October 1941 - 1 June 1943 because of war.
  • Nakhichevan-na-Donu /Нахичевань-на-Дону - Horse traction, 21 May 1890 - December 1902. Electric traction, 4 January 1903 -. Nakhichevan amalgamated with Rostov in 1928.
• Ryazan / Рязань - Electric traction, 2 January 1963 -.
• St. Petersburg / Санкт-Петербург (See Tramways in Saint Petersburg) - Horse traction, 8 September 1863 - September 1917. Steam traction, 1882 - 1922. Electric tration, 29 September 1907 -. Operation suspended 8 December 1941 - 15 April 1942 because of war. Ranked as world's largest operating town tramway (by system length).
• Salavat / Салават - Electric traction, 29 July 1957 -.
• Samara / Самара - Horse traction, 22 July 1895 - 1917. Electric traction, 25 February 1915 -. Operation suspended 1 March 1919 - 20 July 1920.
• Saratov / Саратов - Horse traction, 13 May 1887 - 1909. Electric traction, 22 October 1908 -. Express tramway opened 1974.
• Shakhty / Шахты - Electric traction, 7 November 1932 - 7 December 2001. Operation suspended 1942 - April 1944 because of war.
• Smolensk / Смоленск - Electric traction, 20 October 1901 -. Operation suspended August 1919 - May 1922 and 15 July 1941 - 6 November 1947 because of war.
• Sovetsk / Советск - Electric traction, 26 July 1901 - October 1944
• Staraya Russa / Старая Русса - Electric traction, 6 July 1924 - February 1939 (?)
• Stary Oskol / Старый Оскол Express tramway, opened 4 January 1981.
• Taganrog / Таганрог - Electric traction, 7 November 1932 -.
• Tula / Тула - Horse traction, 15 November 1888 - 1919. Electric traction, 7 November 1927 -.
• Tver / Тверь - Electric traction, 28 August 1901 -.
• Ufa / Уфа - Electric traction, 1 February 1937 -.
  • Chernikovsk / Черниковск - Electric traction, 16 August 1956 -. Chernikovsk amalgamated with Ufa in 1956, tramway lines connected in 1958.
• Ulyanovsk / Ульяновск - Electric traction, 5 January 1954 -.
• Vladikavkaz / Владикавказ - Electric traction, 16 August 1904 -. Operation suspended 1920 - November 1924.
• Volgograd / Волгоград - Electric traction, 22 April 1913 -. Operation suspended 1920 - 1922 and 23 August 1942 - 26 December 1943. Express tramway, initial surface segment opened 1 May 1972. Underground segment opened 5 November 1984.
  • Krasnoarmeysk / Красноармейск (unconected line in southern Volgograd) - Electric traction, 6 November 1958 -.
• Volzhsky / Волжский - Electric traction, 30 December 1963 -.
• Voronezh / Воронеж - Horse traction, 23 August 1891 - 1919 (?). Electric traction, 16 May 1926 -.
• Vyborg / Выборг - Electric traction, 28 September 1912 - 25 April 1957 [29]. Operation suspended 23 December 1939 - 22 August 1940, August 1941 - 5 May 1943 and 25 April 1944 - 21 September 1946 because of war.
• Yaroslavl /Ярославль - Electric traction, 29 December 1900 -.
• Yeysk / Ейск - Steam traction, 1915 - ?.

• Petrozavodsk / Петрозаводск - A Russian-language online source states that an electric tramway is under construction in this town. Local residents state that this is not correct.

[edit] Asia

• Achinsk /Ачинск - Electric traction, 15 April 1967 -.
• Angarsk / Ангарск - Electric traction, 26 November 1953 -.
• Aniva / Анива - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Barnaul / Барнаул - Electric traction, 7 November 1948 -. Express tramway opened 26 September 1985.
• Biysk / Бийск - Electric traction, 13 June 1960 -.
• Chelyabinsk / Челябинск - Electric traction, 9 January 1932 -.
  • Kopeysk / Копейск - Electric traction, 5 November 1949 - February 1976.
  • Chelyabinsk / Челябинск - Kopeysk / Копейск interurban line: Electric traction, 1949 - February 1976.
• Cheryomushki / Черёмушки - Electric traction, February 1991 -. Connects railway station with hydropower dam and generating station.
• Irkutsk / Иркутск - Electric traction, 3 August 1947 -.
• Kamensk-Uralsky / Каменск-Уральский Construction of electric tramway started 1949, not completed.
• Kemerovo / Кемерово - Electric traction, 11 May 1940 -.
• Khabarovsk / Хабаровск - Electric traction, 11 November 1956 -.
• Khavomai / Хавомай - Horse traction, ? - ?.
• Komsomolsk-na-Amure / Комсомольск-на-Амуре - Electric traction, 6 November 1957 -.
• Krasnoturinsk / Краснотурьинск Electric traction, 15 January 1954 -.
• Krasnoyarsk / Красноярск Electric traction, 1 May 1958 -.
• Magnitogorsk / Магнитогорск - Electric traction, 18 January 1935 -.
• Nizhny Tagil / Нижний Тагил - Electric traction, 28 February 1937 -.
• Novokuznetsk / Новокузнецк - Electric traction, 30 November 1933 -. Unconnected line on the right bank of the river Tom (Томь) opened 30 November 1969.
• Novosibirsk / Новосибирск - Electric traction, 26 November 1934 -. Unconnected lines on the left bank of the river Ob (Обь) opened 4 May 1941. Tramway service across river Ob, 1955 - 1990.
• Omsk / Омск - Electric traction, 8 November 1936 -.
• Orsk / Орск - Electric traction, 5 December 1948 -. Unconnected line in eastern extremity opened 12 December 1985. Orsk lies on both banks of the river Ural (Урал), the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia.
• Osinniki / Осинники - Electric traction, 1 November 1960 -. Unconnected line in southern extremity, extending from Kaltan (Калтан) railway station, 1957 - 1963 (?).
• Prokopyevsk / Прокопьевск - Electric traction, 12 May 1936 -. Unconnected line in eastern extremity opened 5 November 1956, connected with main Prokopyevsk system 1964.
• Tomsk / Томск - Electric traction, 25 April 1949 -.
• Ulan-Ude / Улан-Удэ - Electric traction, 16 December 1958 -.
• Usolye Sibirskoye / Усолье-Сибирское - Electric traction, 26 February 1967 -.
• Ust-Ilimsk / Усть-Илимск Express tramway, opened 15 September 1988.
• Ust-Katav / Усть-Катав - Electric traction, 1973. Peak-hour service over test track of railway rolling stock construction enterprise.
• Vladivostok / Владивосток - Electric traction, 22 October 1912 -.
• Volchansk / Волчанск - Electric traction, 31 December 1951 -.
  • Karpinsk / Карпинск - Electric traction, 26 June 1946 - 1 November 1994.
  • Volchansk / Волчанск - Karpinsk / Карпинск interurban line: Electric traction, June 1953 - 22 April 1965.
• Yekaterinburg / Екатеринбург - Electric traction, 7 November 1929 -.
• Zlatoust / Златоуст - Electric traction, 25 December 1934 -.

[edit] Serbia

• Beograd / Београд /Belgrade - Horse traction, 14 October 1892. - 1904. Electric traction, 1894 -. First electric line (number 3) is still in use.
• Niš / Ниш - Electric traction. 1926 - 1959.
• Novi Sad / Нови Сад - Electric traction, 30 September 1911 - 1958.
  • "Trčika", beach tramway connecting the "King of Serbia" hotel to the municipal beach of Novi Sad - Horse traction, 1922 - 1926. Petroleum (gasoline) traction, 1926 - 1937. Though its operation was forbidden by a court in 1937, it lasted (on summertime only) at least up to 1941, if not 1944.
• Subotica / Суботица - Electric traction, 7 September 1897 - May 1974.

[edit] Slovakia

• Bratislava - Electric traction, 27 August 1895 -.
• Košice - Horse traction, 18 November 1891 - 28 February 1914. Steam traction, 7 July 1893 - 28 February 1914. Electric traction, 28 February 1914 -.
• Trenčianske Teplice - Electric Traction, 27 July 1909 -.

[edit] Slovenia

• Ljubljana - Electric traction, 6 September 1901 - 20 December 1958.
• Piran - Electric traction, 20 July 1912 - 31 August 1953.

[edit] Spain (by Comunidad Autónoma )

[edit] Andalucía (Andalusia)

• Cádiz Mule traction, 18__ - ?. Electric traction, 190_ - 22 August 1964. Reintroduction planned.
• Granada - Electric traction, 7 July 1904 - 14 February 1974. Heritage tramway planned.
  • Granada - Sierra Nevada - Electric traction, 21 February 1925 - 20 January 1974.
• Málaga - Mule traction, 1881 - 1903. Electric traction, 1903 - 31 December 1961. Reintroduction (light metro / LRT) planned for February 2009.
• Linares - Baeza- Electric traction, 1 August 1904 - 15 January 1966.
  • Linares - La Loma - Electric traction, 8 December 1907 - 15 January 1966.
• Marmolejo - Mule traction, 1916 - July 1936. Operated only during spa season.
• Motril - Mule traction, 1884 - 8 October 1922.
• San Lúcar de Barrameda - Horse traction, 188_ - 19__. Operated only during summer season.
• Sevilla /Seville - Mule traction, 5 September 1887 - 1899. Electric traction, 1899 - 8 May 1960. Reintroduction (LRT) planned for December 2006.
• Vélez-Málaga – opened on 16 October 2006.

[edit] Aragón

• Zaragoza – Horse traction, 19 October 1885 – 1900. Electric traction, 1900 - 22. January 1976. Reintroduction planned.

[edit] Principáu d'Asturies /Principado de Asturias (Principality of Asturias)

• Arriondas - Covadonga - Horse traction, 1 January 1908 - 1930.
• Gijón - Mule traction, 30 March 1890 - 1909. Electric traction, 1909 - 10 May 1964.*Mieres - Mule traction, 18__ - 19__.
• Oviedo - Horse traction, 18__ - 1922. Electric traction, 1922 - ?.
• Santullano - Mule traction, 18__ - 1917. Steam traction, 1917 - 28 September 1934.

[edit] lles Balears /Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands)

• Alaró - Consell (Mallorca) - Mule traction, 5 May 1881 - 1922. Petrol (gasoline) traction, 1922 - 24 February 1935 (sporadic operation during 1936 - 1939).
• Palma de Mallorca (Mallorca) - Mule traction, 9 September 1891 - ?. Steam traction, ? - ? Petrol (gasoline) traction, 14 October 1921 - 1940. Electric traction, 9 September 1891 – January 1959. Reintroduction planned.
• Sóller (Mallorca) - Electric traction, 4 October 1913-.

[edit] Euskal Autonomi Erkidegoa /Comunidad Autónoma Vasca (Basque Country)

• Bermeo - Pedernales - Horse traction, 189_ - after 1913.
• Bilbao / Bilbo – Mule traction, 10 September 1876 - ?. Electric traction, 16 February 1896 – 30 November 1964. Reintroduced 18 December 2002 (see [30]).
• Donostia / San Sebastián - Mule traction, 18 July 1887 - 1897. Electric traction, 1897 - 11 July 1958. Reintroduction planned.
• Irun / Irún - Hondarribia / Fuenterrabía - Mule traction, 1 November 1893 - 1919. Electric traction, 1919 - 18 June 1953.
• Vitoria-Gasteiz Electric tramway under construction, opening planned for January 2007.

[edit] Islas Canarias (Canary Islands)

• Las Palmas (de Gran Canaria) - Steam traction, 1891 - 1910. Electric traction, 1910 - 1935 (operation restored with steam traction, one steam locomotive pulling trains of tramcars, 1940 - 1941). Reintroduction planned.
• (Santa Cruz de) Tenerife – Electric traction, 8 April 1901 – 1956. Reintroduction planned for March 2007.

[edit] Template:Country data Cantrabria Cantabria

• Santander - Steam traction, 1873 - 1875. Horse traction, 1875 - 1908. Electric traction, 1908 - 11 July 1951.

[edit] Template:Country data Castilla y León Castilla y León (Castile and Leon)

• Avilés - Horse traction, 1892 - 1924. Electric traction, 1924 - 1955 (?).*Valladolid – Mule traction, 22 December 1881 – 1911. Electric traction, 1911 – 6 November 1933.

[edit] Catalunya /Cataluña (Catalonia)

• Barcelona – Mule traction, 26 June 1872 – 1907. Steam traction, 1877 1907. Electric traction, 26 January 1899 – 19 March 1971. Reintroduced 3 April 2004 (see Trambaix and Trambesòs).
  • Barcelona – Tibidabo – Electric traction, 29 October 1901. Very short (1.3-km) line using original rolling stock.
  • Arrabassada – Electric traction, 19 July 1911 – 1938
  • Mataró – Argentona – Electric traction, 27 May 1928 – 9 October 1965
  • Montgat – Tiana – Electric traction, 1 November 1916 – 30 September 1955.
• Tarragona – Mule traction, 9 April 1883 – 13 January 1896.
• Tortosa – Roquetes – Mule traction, 20 September 1885 – 1928.

[edit] Template:Country data Extremadura Extremadura

• Badajoz - Horse traction, 23 March 1889 - 1912 (?)

[edit] Galiza /Galicia

• A Coruña / La Coruña – Mule traction, 1 January 1903 – 1913. Electric traction, 1913 – July 1962. Heritage tramway opened 10 May 1997, modern light-rail transit (LRT) system in planning.
• Ferrol - Electric traction, ? - 1962.
• Pontevedra - Steam traction, 12 June 1889 - 1924. Electric traction, 1924 - 1943.
• Verín – Mule traction, 1909 – 192_.
• Vigo – Electric traction, 10 August 1914 – 30 December 1968. Reintroduction planned.

[edit] Template:Country data Madrid Madrid

• El Escorial Construction of electric tramway started 1929, not completed.
• Madrid - Mule traction, 31 May 1871 - ?. Steam traction, 1878 - ?. Electric traction, 1898 - 1 June 1972. Reintroduction planned for July 2007.

[edit] Template:Country data Murcia Región de Murcia (Region of Murcia)

• Cartagena - Mule traction, September 1892 - 1907. Electric traction, 1907 - 1959.
• Murcia - Mule traction, October 1896 - 1902. Steam traction, 1902 - 1906. Electric traction, 1906 - 29 April 1929.

[edit] Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea /Comunidad Foral de Navarra (Foral Community of Navarre)

• Pamplona - Electric traction, 23 September 1911 - ?.

[edit] Comunitat Valenciana /Comunidad Valenciana (Land of Valencia)

• Alcoi - Construction of electric tramway started 1895, not completed.
• Alacant / Alicante – Mule traction, 13 July 1893 – 1902. Steam traction, 1902 – 1924. Electric traction, 1924 – 14 November 1969. Reintroduced (light-rail (LRT)), trial service 17 March 1999, full service 15 August 2003.
• Carcaixent - Denia / Dénia - Mule traction, 8 February 1864 - 28 November 1881. (Line upgraded from tramway to railway.)
• Novelda Construction of electric tramway started, not completed.
• València – Mule traction, 23 June 1876 – ?. Steam traction, 1892 - ?. Electric traction, 1900 – 20 June 1970. Reintroduced 21 May 1994.
  • Burriana / Borriana - Grao / Grau - Mule traction, ? - 19__.
  • Villanueva de Castellón - Puebla Larga - Mule traction, 1 March 1896 - ?. Steam traction, 1919 - 1926. Steam traction, 1926 - 1931. (Line upgraded from tramway to railway.)

[edit] Sweden

• Gävle - Electric traction, 13 November 1909 - 5 April 1956 [31].
• Göteborg /Gothenburg - Horse traction, 24 September 1879 - 28 October 1902 [32]. Electric traction, 18 August 1902 (see Gothenburg tram [33]).
• Helsingborg - Electric traction, 11 June 1903 - 2 September 1967 [34].
  • Ramlösa - Horse traction, June 1877 - September 1890 [35]. Operated only during summer season. replaced by Helsingborg electric tramway line.
• Jönköping - Electric traction, 12 July 1907 7 June 1958 [36].
• Karlskrona - Electric traction, 21 December 1910 - 15 May 1949 [37].
• Kiruna - Electric traction, 1 October 1907 28 May 1958 [38] [39]. Heritage tramway, 1984 - 14 August 1993 [40].
• Limhamn - Horse traction, 1 July 1900 September 1914 [41].
• Ljunghusen - Horse traction, May 1905 - August 1924 [42].
• Malmö - Horse traction, 28 August 1887 2 February 1907 [43]. Electric traction, 20 December 1906 - 27 April 1973 [44]. Heritage tramway, 15 August 1987 - [45].
• Norrköping - Electric traction, 10 March 1904 [46].
• Stockholm - Horse traction, 10 July 1877 - 10 February 1905 [47]. Steam traction, 11 August 1887 - 15 November 1901. Petrol (gasoline) traction, 14 April 1924 - 1 March 1929. Electric traction, 5 September 1901 - [48]. Tramway tunnel (Södertunneln) between Slussen and Skanstull (Södermalm) opened 1 October 1933. Worked by metro (T-bana) trains from 1 October 1950.
  • Lidingö - Electric traction, 26 October 1907 - [49].
  • Stocksund - Electric traction, 15 October 1911 - 25 September 1966 [50].
• Sundsvall - Electric traction, 21 December 1910 - 9 November 1952 [51].
• Ulricehamn - Electric traction. Line completed 1911, test trips operated. Not opened for public service because of dispute over how much passengers should pay as fare [52].
• Uppsala - Electric traction, 11 September 1906 - 12 October 1953 [53].

[edit] Switzerland (by Canton )

[edit] Template:Country data Basel-Stadt Basel-Stadt

• Basel – Electric traction, 6 May 1895 –. Some lines replaced by trolleybus.
  • Basel – St. Louis (FR), Electric traction, 20 July 1900 – 31 December 1957.
  • Basel – Huningue (FR) – Electric traction, 17 December 1910 – 12 April 1961.
  • Basel – Lörrach (DE) – Electric traction, 16 November 1919 – 31 August 1967. International service operated 1926 – 1938. Operation in Lörrach (DE) suspended 1 September 1939 – 11 May 1947 because of closure of border.
  • Reintroduction of international tramway lines planned, to St. Louis (FR), Weil am Rhein (DE) and Lörrach (DE).

[edit] Template:Country data Basel-Landschaft Basel-Landschaft

• Basel – Rodersdorf (Birsigthalbahn) – Steam traction, opened to Therwil, 4 October 1887. Extended to Flüh, 12 October 1888. Electric traction, 2 June 1905 –. Extended via Leyman (FR) to Rodersdorf, 1 May 1910.
• Basel – Aesch – Electric traction, 7 December 1907 –.
• Basel – Dornach (Birseckbahn) – Electric traction, 6 October 1902 –.
• Basel – Pratteln – Electric traction, opened to Muttenz, 22 January 1921. Extended to Pratteln 20 October 1922. (Extension to Liestal planned, not built.)
• Gelterkinden – Sissach – Electric traction, 18 May 1891 – 7 January 1916.

[edit] Template:Country data Bern Bern

• Bern – Compressed–air traction, 1 October 1890 – 1902. Steam traction, 1894 – 1902. Electric traction, 1 October 1890 –.
  • Bern – Bolligen – Worb Dorf (Worblentallinie) – Electric traction, 25 August 1913 –. Operated to central Bern (Kornhausplatz) on town tramway line 4 July 1915 – 25 May 1974. Operated to Bern SZB (now Bern RBS), underground terminal beneath Bern main railway station (Hauptbahnhof), 26 May 1974. Now worked by light railway stock.
  • Bern – Gümligen – Worb Dorf (Murilinie)– Steam traction, 21 October 1898 – 1910. Electric traction, 1910 –. Operates to central Bern (Zytglogge) on town tramway line. Worked by tramway–type stock. (This line is also know locally as Muritram and "Blaues Bähnli," the latter might be translated as "Little Blue Train").
• Biel/Bienne – Horse traction, 18 August 1877 – 30 December 1902. Electric traction, 31 December 1902 – 8 December 1948. Replaced by trolleybus.
  • Biel/Bienne – Meinisberg – Steam traction, 29 December 1913 – 31 August 1923. Reopened in stages with electric traction by Biel/Bienne town tramway undertaking, 18 January – 11 April 1926. Closed 30 June 1940.
• Meiringen Electric traction, 24 August 1912 – 16 September 1956.
• Mürren – Horse traction, 10 July 1894 – 1920.
• Spiez – Electric traction, 2 August 1905 – 25 September 1960. Operated only during summer season.
• Thun – Steffisburg – Electric traction, 10 October 1913 – 31 May 1958.
  • Thun – Beatenbucht – Electric traction, 10 October 1913 – 18 August 1952. Replaced by trolleybus.
  • Beatenbucht – Interlaken – Electric traction, 20 June 1914 – 18 December 1939.

[edit] Template:Country data Fribourg Fribourg

• Fribourg – Electric traction, 28 July 1897 – 31 March 1965. Replaced by trolleybus.

[edit] Template:Country data Genève Genève

• Genève /Geneva – Horse traction, 19 June 1862 – 1903 Steam traction, 20 July 1877 – 1911 Electric traction, 22 September 1894 –. Some lines replaced by trolleybus.
  • Regional lines (tramways vicinaux):
  • Genève – Vésenaz – Steam traction, 29 December 1890 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1958.
    • Vésenaz – Veigy (FR) – Steam traction, 29 December 1890 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1 October 1930.
      • Veigy (FR) – Douvaine (FR) – Steam traction, 9 July 1891 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1 January 1928.
    • Vésenaz – Anières – Hermance Electric traction, 26 December 1901 – 1958.
  • Genève – Vandœuvres – Steam traction, 30 April 1891 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1 January 1938.
    • Vandœuvres – Chevrier – Steam traction, 1 October 1891 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1 January 1938.
      • Chevrier – Jussy – Steam traction, 1 October 1891 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 15 May 1930.
  • Genève – Chêne–Bourg – Moillesulaz – Horse traction, opened to Chêne–Bourg 12 September 1864. Steam traction from 20 July 1877. Extended to Moillesulaz 1 July 1882. Electric traction, May 1896. In operation.
    • Moillesulaz – Annemasse (FR)Extended to Annemasse FR – Steam traction, 22 October 1883. Electric traction, 2 January 1902 – 31 December 1958. International tramway service suspended 2 (?) September 1939 because of World War II, not restored.
      • Annemasse – Etrembières (FR) – Steam traction, 14 August 1892. Electric traction, after 1901 – June 1935.
  • Genève – Veyrier – Steam traction, opened 20 July 1887. Electric traction, after 1901. Closed 1956.
    • Veyrier – Collonges–(sous–Salève) – Steam traction, opened 25 May 1892. Electric traction, after 1901. Closed 15 May 1930.
  • Genève – Carouge – Horse traction, 19 June 1862 – ? Steam traction, 20 July 1877 – ? Electric traction, May 1896 (?) –. In operation.
    • Carouge – (La) Croix–de–Rozon – Electric traction, 14 September 1907 – 1952.
      • Croix–de–Rozon – Collonges (FR) – Electric traction, 1 January 1908 – 2 September 1939.
    • Carouge – St. Julien (FR) – Steam traction, 1 June 1889 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1 April 1938.
  • Genève – Bernex – Steam traction, 23 July 1889 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1961.
    • Bernex – Laconnex – Steam traction, 23 July 1889 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1 March 1938.
      • Laconnex – Chancy. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1 March 1938.
  • Genève – Grand–Saconnex – Ferney–(Voltaire, FR) – Steam traction, 15 May 1890 – by 1911. Electric traction, after 1901 – 1 February 1938. (Connected with Ferney (FR) – Gex (FR) tramway, steam traction, 21 July 1900 – 1935.)
  • Genève – Versoix – Electric traction, opened in stages 4 April 1901 – 11 May 1902. Closed 2 February 1925.

[edit] Template:Country data Graubünden Graubünden

• St Moritz – Electric traction, 5 July 1896 – 18 September 1932. ([54], in German.)

[edit] Template:Country data Luzern Luzern

• Luzern – Electric traction, 8 December 1899 – 12 November 1961. Replaced by trolleybus.

[edit] Template:Country data Neuchâtel Neuchâtel

• Cernier: Electric traction, Les Hauts–Geneveys – Cernier – Dombresson – Villiers (Val–de–Ruz), 23 February 1903 – 31 August 1948. Replaced by trolleybus. (See also Neuchâtel.)
• La Chaux–de–Fonds – Electric traction, 1 January 1897 – 15 June 1950. Replaced by trolleybus.
• Neuchâtel – Horse traction, 22 December 1894 – 1897. Gas traction (voitures à gaz), August 1893 - 12 May 1894. Electric traction, 22 December 1894 – 11 July 1976. Replaced by trolleybus.
  • Neuchâtel – Areuse – Boudry – Steam traction, 16 September 1892 – 1902. Electric traction, 24 December 1902 –.
  • Areuse – Cortaillod – Steam traction, 16 September 1892 – 1902. Electric traction, 24 December 1902 – 2 June 1984.
  • Neuchatel – Valangin – Electric traction, 16 October 1901 – 1 July 1949. Extension planned to Cernier, not built. Replaced by trolleybus line which extended beyond Valangin to Cernier.
• Val–de–Ruz: see Cernier.

[edit] Template:Country data Nidwalden Nidwalden

• Stansstad – Stans – Electric traction, 26 August 1893 – 30 September 1903. ([55], in German).

[edit] Template:Country data Sankt Gallen Sankt Gallen

• Altstätten – Electric traction, 6 April 1897 – 2 June 1973.
  • Altstätten – Heerbrugg – Electric traction, 6 April 1897 – 7 September 1940. Replaced by trolleybus.
  • Heerbrugg – Berneck – Electric traction, 6 April 1897 – 24 September 1940. Replaced by trolleybus.
  • Heerbrugg – Diepoldsau – Electric traction, 12 October 1915 – 3 March 1954.
• St. Gallen Electric traction, 20 May 1897 – 10 October 1957. Replaced by trolleybus.

[edit] Template:Country data Schaffhausen Schaffhausen

• Schaffhausen – Electric traction, 11 May 1901 – 23 September 1966. Replaced by trolleybus.
  • Schaffhausen – Schleitheim 8 August 1905 – 1 October 1964.

[edit] Template:Country data Schwyz Schwyz

• Arth–Goldau – Arth–am–See (Talbahn) – Steam traction, 4 June 1875 – 1906. Electric traction, 1 January 1906 – 31 August 1959.
• Schwyz – 6 October 1900 – 15 December 1963. Connected Schwyz and Brunnen (from 1915).

[edit] Template:Country data Ticino Ticino

• Locarno – Electric traction, 3 July 1908 – 30 April 1960.
• Lugano – Electric traction, 1 June 1896 – 17 December 1959 (see Lugano–Cadro–Dino). Replaced by trolleybus.
  • Lugano – Tesserete – Electric traction, 28 July 1909 – 27 May 1967.
  • Lugano – Cadro – Dino – Electric traction, 2 January 1911 – 30 May 1970. Operated town tramway service within Lugano to 31 December 1964.
• Mendrisio – Chiasso – Electric traction, 9 May 1910 31 December 1950.
  • Mendrisio – Riva San Vitale – Electric traction, 9 May 1910 – 5 September 1948.

[edit] Template:Country data Uri Uri

• Altdorf – Flüelen – Electric traction, 25 August 1906 – 26 March 1951.

[edit] Template:Country data Valais Valais

• Martigny – Electric traction, 24 October 1906 – 31 December 1956.
• Monthey – Electric traction, 1 April 1909 – 11 July 1976.

[edit] Template:Country data Vaud Vaud

• Aigle – Electric traction, 5 May 1900 – 31 August 1932.
• Allaman – Aubonne – Electric traction, 25 July 1896 – 17 May 1952.
  • Aubonne – Gimel – Electric traction, 27 August 1898 – 14 May 1950.
  • Rolle – Gimel – Electric traction, 12 October 1898 – 30 September 1938.
• Bex – Electric traction, 10 September 1898 – 14 December 2002. Town tramway service (worked by one car at a time) between Bex railway station and Bévieux on electric light railway line. Town tramway service withdrawn but no track closed.
• Gland – Begnins – Electric traction, 18 June 1906 – 23 May 1954.
  • Gryon – Villars–(sur–Ollon) – Chesières – Electric light railway from Bex opened to Villars 10 June 1901, extended to Chesières 12 August 1906. Town tramway service Gryon – Chesières ? – 1961. Town tramway service continued to operate Gryon – Villars to ca. 1967.
• Lausanne – Electric traction, 1 September 1896 – 6 January 1964. Replaced by trolleybus. Reintroduced (Métro–Ouest) 24 May 1991.
  • Lausanne – (Le) Chalet–à–Gobet – En Marin – Mézières – Moudon, and En Marin – Savigny (ligne du Jorat). Electric traction, opened in stages 16 May – 10 November 1902. Mézières – Moudon closed 1962, remainder closed 4 March 1963. Lausanne – Chalet–à–Gobet replaced by trolleybus. ([56], in French.)
  • Lausanne – Cugy – Montheron – Electric traction, opened in stages 28 July 1906 – 13 July 1907. Closed 1951. Replaced by trolleybus.
• Montreux – Electric traction, extended between Vevey, Montreux, Chillon and Villeneuve. Opened in stages 6 June 1888 to 14 December 1903. Closed in stages 24 April 1952 to 19 January 1958. Replaced by trolleybus.
  • Clarens – Chailly – Blonay – Electric traction, 23 November 1911 – 31 December 1955.
  • Trait – Planches – Rack tramway, electric traction, 6 July 1898 – 11 November 1912.
• Vevey: see Montreux.

[edit] Template:Country data Zug Template:Country data Zug Zug

• Zug – Electric traction, 20 March 1907 – 22 May 1955.

[edit] Template:Country data Zürich Zürich

• Winterthur – Electric traction, 13 July 1898 – 2 November 1951. Replaced by trolleybus.
• Zürich (see also Zürich trams) Horse traction, 5 September 1882 – 30 September 1900. Electric traction, 8 March 1894 –.
  • Tram tunnel opened 1 February 1986.
  • Waldhaus Dolder – Grand Hotel – Electric traction, 5 July 1899 – 31 December 1930.
  • Oerlikon – Schwamendingen – Electric traction, 31 May 1906 – 1 May 1931. Reintroduced (Milchbuch – Schwamendingen) 1 February 1986.
  • Seebach – Glattbrugg – Electric traction, 29 August 1908 – 1 May 1931. Reintroduction planned (Stadtbahn Glattal) for 2007.
  • Altstetten – Schlieren – Electric traction, 20 December 1900 – 1 January 1956. Reintroduction planned.
    • Schlieren – Dietikon – Electric traction, 20 December 1900 – 31 January 1928. Reintroduction planned.
    • Schlieren – Weiningen – Electric traction, 7 April 1901 – 1 May 1931.

[edit] Ukraine (by oblast' / область)

[edit] Template:Country data Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv / Чернігівська область ("Chernihivs’ka oblast’")

• Nizhyn / Ніжин - Horse traction, 1915 - ?.

[edit] Template:Country data Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi / Чернівецька область ("Chernivets’ka oblast’")

• Chernivtsi / Чернівці - Electric traction, 18 July 1897 - 20 March 1967.

[edit] Autonomous Republic of Crimea / Автономна Республіка Крим ("Avtonomna Respublika Krym")

• Eupatoria / Євпаторія (Yevpatoria) - Electric traction, 23 May 1914 -. Operation suspended 1919 - 1923 because of war. Operated only during summer season, 1923 - 1941. Operation suspended 1941 - 1944 because of war. Operation resumed 1944, then suspended 1944 - 1947.
• Kerch / Керч - Electric traction, 7 November 1935 - November 1941. Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
• Molochne / Молочне - Electric traction, 18 August 1989 -. Built by the Pension Bérégovoy resort (Пансионат "Береговой" / "Pansionat Beregovoy") to provide transportation between the guest-house complex and the beach (on the Black Sea). Operates only during summer season.
• Simferopol / Симферополь- Electric traction, 13 August 1914 - 1 December 1970. Operation suspended 1941 (or 1942) - 1944 because of war.

[edit] Template:Country data Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk / Дніпропетровська область ("Dnipropetrovs’ka oblast’")

• Dniprodzerzhinsk / Дніпродзержинськ - Electric traction, 27 November 1935 -.
• Dnipropetrovsk / Дніпропетровськ - Electric traction, 26 June 1897 -. Operation suspended October 1919 - September 1921 because of war.
• Krivyi Rih / Кривий Ріг - Electric traction, 2 January 1935 -. Operation suspended August 1941 - 6 November 1946 because of war. Express tramway opened 26 December 1986 (see Kryvyi Rih Metro Tram).

[edit] Template:Country data Donetsk Oblast Donetsk / Донецька область ("Donets’ka oblast’")

• Avdiyivka / Авдіївка - Electric traction, 23 August 1965 -.
• Donetsk / Донецьк - Electric traction, 15 June 1928 -.
• Druzhkivka / Дружківка - Electric traction, 5 December 1945 -.
• Horlivka / Горлівка - Electric traction, 7 November 1932 -. Operation suspended November 1941 - 10 May 1945 because of war.
• Konstyantynivka / Костянтинівка - Electric traction, 23 August 1931 -. Operation suspended October 1941 - 1 May 1944. Unconnected line opened 1933, connected to original network 1965. Closed 25 June 2004, reopening planned (if financing can be secured).
• Kramatorsk / Краматорськ - Electric traction, 12 May 1937 -.
• Makiivka / Макіївка - Electric traction, 21 August 1927 -.
  • Shchehlovka / Щегловка - Electric traction, 23 November 1924 - 1941. Reopened and connected with the main Makiivka network 1956.
• Mariupol / Маріуполь - Electric traction, 1 May 1933 -.
• Slavyanohirsk / Славяногірськ - Petrol (gasoline) traction, 1930 (?) - 1941.
• Sloviansk / Слов'янськ - Steam traction, 1894 - 1941 - ?.
• Yenakiieve / Єнакієве - Electric traction, 24 May 1932 -. Operation suspended November 1941 - 8 September 1944 because of war.

[edit] Template:Country data Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv / Харківська область ("Kharkivs’ka oblast’")

• Kharkiv / Харків - Horse traction, 24 September 1882 -. Electric traction, 16 July 1906 -. Operation suspended 1 January 1920 - June 1921 because of war.

[edit] Template:Country data Kirovohrad Oblast Kirovohrad / Кіровоградська область ("Kirovohrads’ka oblast’")

• Kirovohrad / Кіровоград - Electric traction, 25 July 1897 - August 1941 (?). Operation suspended because of war, not restored.

[edit] Template:Country data Kyiv Kyiv Municipality / місто Київ ("Misto Kyiv")

• Kyiv / Київ - Horse traction, 11 August 1891 - 1896. Steam traction, 19 February 1892 - 1904. Electric traction, 13 June 1892 -. First electric tramway in Russia (and in Russian Empire). Express tramway opened 1979.
  • Darnytsya / Дарниця - Petrol (gasoline) traction, May 1912 - 1934. Operation suspended 1920 - 1925. Electric traction, 1926 -. Connected to main Kyiv system 1925. (Darnytsya is on the left bank of the Dnipro River. Tramway segment on Paton Bridge closed 9 June 2004, dividing Kyiv network into two portions.)
  • Demiyivka / Демиівка - Electric traction, 1909 - 1919, 1926 - ?. Connected with main Kyiv system 1926.
  • Svyatoshin / Святошин - Horse traction 1898 - 1901. Electric traction 1901 - ?. Connected with main Kyiv system 1923.
  • Darnytsya - Brovary / Бровари - Petrol traction, 1912 - 1934.

[edit] Template:Country data Luhansk Oblast Luhansk / Луганська область ("Luhans’ka oblast’")

• Luhansk / Луганськ - Electric traction, 3 May 1934 -. Operation suspended August 1942 - 25 March 1944 because of war.
  • Kamennyy Brod / Каменный брод - Electric traction, May 1935 -. Operation suspended August 1942 - 25 March 1944 because of war. Connected with main Luhansk system 1965.
• Stakhanov / Стаханов - Electric traction, 15 December 1937 -.

[edit] Template:Country data Lviv Oblast L'viv / Львівська область ("L’vivs'ka oblast’")

• L'viv / Львів - Horse traction, 5 May 1880 - 1908 (?). Electric traction, 31 May 1894 -. Construction of tramway tunnel started ca. 1989, stopped 1992.

[edit] Template:Country data Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv / Миколаївська область ("Mykolaivs’ka oblast’")

• Mykolaiv / Миколаїв - Horse traction, 8 August 1897 - 1915, 1918 - 1921. Electric traction, 3 January 1915 - 1918, May 1922 -. Suspension of electric tramway service because of war.

[edit] Template:Country data Odessa Oblast Odesa / Одеська область ("Odes’ka oblast’")

• Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi / Білгород-Дністровський - Horse traction, 1904 - ?. Steam traction, 1907 - 1930.
• Odessa / Одеса - Horse traction, 20 July 1880 - 1915, 1919 - June 1921. First electric tramway within Odessa opened 24 September 1910 (-). Operation suspended January 1919 - June 1921 because of war.
  • Khajibeyskiy Liman / Хаджибейский Лиман - Horse traction, 23 May 1899 - 1917.
  • Kuyalnitskiy Liman / Куяльницкий Лиман - Horse traction, 4 June 1888 - 1915.
  • Odessa - Bolshogo Fontana / Большого Фонтана - Steam traction, 23 July 1881 - October 1912 (electrified), 1920 - 5 September 1922.
  • Odessa - Khajibeyskiy Liman / Хаджибейский Лиман - Steam traction, 1893 - October 1913 (electrified), 1920 - 5 September 1922.
  • Chernomorka / Черноморка - Electric traction, 22 August 1907 -.

[edit] Template:Country data Poltava Oblast Poltava / Полтавська область ("Poltavs’ka oblast’")

• Poltava / Полтава. Construction of electric tramway started 1962, not completed.

[edit] Template:Country data Sevastopol Sevastopol Municipality / Місто Севастополь ("Misto Sevastopol’")

• Sevastopol / Севастополь - Electric traction, 24 September 1898 - 1942. Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
  • Sevastopol - Balaklava / Балаклава - Electric traction, 1925 - 1942. Operation suspended because of war, not restored.

[edit] Template:Country data Sumy Oblast Sumy / Сумська область ("Sums’ka oblast’")

• Konotop / Конотоп - Electric traction, 25 December 1949 -.
• Sumy / Суми ? - ?.

[edit] Template:Country data Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia / Вінницька область ("Vinnyts’ka oblast’")

• Vinnytsia / Вінниця - Electric traction, 28 October 1913 -. Operation suspended February 1920 - 27 November 1921 and March 1944 - June 1945 because of war.

[edit] Template:Country data Zaporizhia Oblast Zaporizhia / Запорізька область ("Zaporiz'ka oblast’")

• Zaporizhia / Запоріжжя - Electric traction, 17 July 1932 -. Operation suspended 1943 - 12 October 1944 because of war.

[edit] Template:Country data Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr / Житомирська область ("Zhytomyrs'ka oblast’")

• Berdychiv / Бердичів - Horse traction, 4 August 1892 - 1921.
• Zhytomyr / Житомир - Electric traction, 3 September 1899 -. Operation suspended 1918 - 10 August 1920 because of war.

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] England, by region

[edit] East Midlands

• Alford - Sutton-on-Sea - Steam traction, 2 April 1884 - 1889 [57].
• Burton upon Trent - Electric traction, 3 August 1903 - 31 December 1929.
  • Burton upon Trent - Ashby-de-la-Zouch - Electric traction, 13 June 1906 - 19 February 1927.
• Chesterfield - Horse traction, 1897 - 1904. Electric traction, 21 December 1904 - 23 May 1927 (See Chesterfield Tramway).
• Derby - Electric traction, 27 July 1904 - 29 June 1934.
• Ilkeston - Electric traction, 16 May 1903 - 15 January 1931.
• Leicester - Horse traction, 1874 - 1904. Electric traction, 18 May 1904 - 9 November 1949.
• Lincoln - Electric traction, 23 November 1905 - 4 March 1929.
• Mansfield - Electric traction, 16 July 1905 - 9 October 1932. Also served Sutton-in-Ashfield.
• Matlock - Cable traction, 28 March 1893 - 30 September 1927 [58] (See Matlock Cable Tramway).
• Northampton - Horse traction, - 4 June 1881 - 18 August 1904. Electric traction, 21 July 1904 - 15 December 1934.
• Nottingham - Horse traction, 18 September 1878 - 30 April 1902. Steam traction, 1883 - 1889. Electric traction, 23 July 1901 - 6 September 1936. Reintroduced 9 March 2004. (See Nottingham Corporation Tramways, Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited and Nottingham Express Transit.)
  • Nottingham - Ripley Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company - Electric traction, 4 July 1913 - 5 October 1932.

[edit] East of England

• Cambridge - Horse traction, 28 October 1880 - 18 February 1914.
• Colchester - Electric traction, 28 July 1904 - 8 December 1929.
• Ipswich - Horse traction, 13 October 1880 - 6 June 1903. Electric traction, 23 November 1903 - 26 July 1926.
• Lowestoft - Electric traction, 22 July 1903 - 8 May 1931.
• Luton - Electric traction, 21 February 1908 - 16 April 1932.
• Norwich - Electric traction, 30 July 1900 - 10 December 1935.
• Peterborough - Electric traction, 24 January 1903 - 15 November 1930.
• Southend (-on-Sea) - Electric traction, 19 July 1901 - 8 April 1942 [59].
  • Canvey Island - Construction of electric tramway started 1904, not completed.
• Wisbech - Upwell - Steam traction, 20 August 1883 - 1 January 1927 [60].
• (Great) Yarmouth - Electric traction, 19 June 1902 - 14 December 1933.

[edit] Greater London

• London - Horse traction, 23 March 1861 - 1861, 2 May 1870 - 30 April 1915. Cable traction, 1884 - 1909 [61]. Accumulator (storage battery) traction, 1889 - 1892. Electric traction, 4 April 1901 - 5 July 1952. (See Trams in London.)

Tram tunnel (Kingsway tramway subway), 24 February 1906 - 5 April 1952.

• • Horse tramways existed as several unconnected systems north of the Thames, a system (owned and operated by several undertakings) south of the Thames, and two unconnected systems at Croydon.
  • Kew Bridge - Richmond (West Metropolitan Tramways Company) - Horse traction, 1883 - 1912. Not electrified.

• • Electric Tramways - Inner London:

London County Council - 15 May 1903 - 5 July 1952. To London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB, see London's transport history from 1933 from 1 July 1933. The LCC tramway system was assembled from predecessors including 14 municipal and three company undertakings. Tramways were not built in the City of London and the West End of London because of local opposition. The South London system had segments north of the Thames (notably the Victoria Embankment, but was not connected to the North London system until construction of the Kingsway tramway subway. Reintroduction planned (Cross River Tram scheme), Camden Town / Kings Cross - Euston - Waterloo - Brixton / Peckham [62].

• • Other electric tramway operators absorbed by LPTB (arranged clockwise, from north):
  • Walthamstow - Electric traction, 3 June 1905 - 1939. To LPTB from 1 July 1933.
  • Leyton - Electric traction, 1 June 1905 - 1939.
  • West Ham - Electric traction, 27 February 1904 - 1940.
  • East Ham - Electric traction, 22 June 1901 - 1940.
  • Ilford - Electric traction, 14 March 1903 - 1938.
  • Barking (Town) - Electric traction, 1 December 1903 - 16 February 1929. Last tramway line closed prior to creation of LPTB.
  • Bexley - Electric traction, 3 October 1903 - 24 November 1935.
  • Erith - Electric traction, 26 August 1905 - 9 November 1935.
  • Dartford - Electric traction, 14 February 1906 - 23 November 1935.
  • Croydon - Horse traction, 9 October 1879 - 3 January 1902. Electric traction, 26 September 1901 - 7 April 1951. Reintroduced 10 May 2000. (See Tramlink [63] [64].)
  • South Metropolitan Electric Tramways - Electric traction, 14 February 1906 - September 1937 [65].
  • London United Tramways - Electric traction, 4 April 1901 - 1931. Reintroduction planned (West London Tram scheme), Shepherd's Bush - Uxbridge [66].
  • Metropolitan Electric Tramways - Horse traction, 2 May 1870 - . Electric traction, 22 July 1904 - 1939.

[edit] North East England

• Darlington - Horse traction, 1862 - 1864, 1880 - by 1904. Electric traction, 2 June 1904 - 10 April 1926 [67].
• Middlesbrough - Horse traction, 20 January 1875 - by 1898. Steam traction, 17 November 1881 - by 1898. Electric traction, 16 July 1898 - 9 June 1934.
  • Middlesbrough - Thornaby - Stockton-on-Tees - Norton - Horse traction, 1881 - by 1899. Electric traction, 1898 - 31 December 1931.
• Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Horse traction, 1878 - 13 April 1901. Steam traction, 1882 - 1897. Electric traction, 16 December 1901 - 4 March 1950 [68]. Through workings to Gateshead from 1923. Served by Gateshead system to 4 August 1951.
  • Gosforth - Wallsend - North Shields (Tyneside) - Electric traction, 22 September 1902 - 6 April 1930.
  • North Shields - Tynemouth - Whitley Bay (Tynemouth) - Horse traction, 1880 - ?. Steam traction, 1884 - ?. Electric traction, 18 March 1901 - 4 August 1931.
  • Gateshead - Steam traction, October 1883 - 8 May 1901. Electric traction, 8 May 1901 - 4 August 1951 [69]. Through working to Newcastle from 1923.
• South Shields - Horse traction, 1 August 1883 - 1885, March 1887 - 31 January 1906. Electric traction, 30 March 1906 - 31 March 1946 [70].
  • Jarrow - Electric traction, 9 November 1906 - 30 June 1929 [71].
• Sunderland - Horse traction, 28 April 1879 - 19 February 1901. Steam traction, 1880. Electric traction, 15 August 1900 - 1 October 1954 [72].
  • Grangetown - Ryhope - Philadelphia - Hetton-le-Hole (Sunderland District) - Electric traction, 10 June 1905 - 12 July 1925.
• West Hartlepool - Steam traction, 1884 - 1891. Electric traction, 19 May 1896 - 25 March 1927.

[edit] North West England

• Barrow (-in-Furness) - Electric traction, 6 February 1904 - 5 April 1932.
• Blackpool - Electric traction, 29 September 1885 -. (See Blackpool tramway [73] [74] [75].) Marton route, closed 28 October 1962, ranked as last tramway service in the UK with all tracks built in streets.
  • Blackpool - Fleetwood - 14 July 1898 -. Separate system to 1 January 1920.
  • Lytham St Annes - Gas traction, 1898 - 1903. Electric traction, 28 May 1903 - 28 April 1937.
• Carlisle - Electric traction, 30 June 1900 - 21 November 1931.
• Chester - Horse traction, 1878 - 27 December 1902. Electric traction, 4 April 1903 - 15 February 1930.
• Lancaster - Electric traction, 14 January 1903 - 4 April 1930.
  • Morecambe - Horse traction, 1887 - 1912. Petrol (gasoline) traction, 1912 - 1926.
  • Lancaster - Morecambe - Horse traction, 1890 - 1921.

• Liverpool - Horse traction, 1861, December 1869 - 25 August 1903. Electric traction, 16 November 1898 - 13 September 1957 (see Liverpool Tramways Company).
  • Seaforth - (Great) Crosby - Electric traction, 19 June 1900 - 31 December 1925.
  • St. Helens - Horse traction, 5 November 1881 - 1890. Steam traction, 4 April 1890 - 7 April 1900. Electric traction, 20 July 1899 - 31 March 1936.
    • Birkenhead - Horse traction, 30 August 1860 - 1901. Electric traction, 4 February 1901 - 17 July 1937.
    • Wallasey - Horse traction, 1879 - ?. Electric traction, 17 March 1902 - 30 November 1933.

• Atherton (South Lancashire Tramways Company) - Electric traction, 20 October 1902 - 16 December 1933 [76]. Also served Ashton-in-Makerfield and Leigh, and connected with Liverpool - St. Helens, Wigan, Bolton - Rochdale and Greater Manchester tramway networks.

• Wigan - Horse traction, 1880 - ?. Steam traction, 1882 - ?. Electric traction, 25 January 1901 - 28 March 1931.

• Blackburn - Steam traction, 16 April 1881 - 9 July 1901. Horse traction, 28 May 1887 - 1901. Electric traction, 20 March 1899 - 3 September 1949.
  • Darwen - Steam traction, 16 April 1881 - 16 October 1900. Electric traction, 16 October 1900 - 5 October 1946.
  • Accrington - Steam traction, - 31 December 1907. Electric traction, 1 January 1908 - 31 March 1932.
  • Burnley - Electric traction, 16 December 1901 - 7 May 1935.
  • Nelson - Electric traction, 23 February 1903 - 6 January 1934.
  • Colne - Trawden - Electric traction, 28 November 1903 - 6 January 1934.
  • Rawtenstall - Steam traction, 10 November 1887 - 23 July 1909. Electric traction, 15 May 1909 - 31 March 1932.

• Bacup: The Blackburn - Colne and Bolton - Rochdale (Greater Manchester) tramway networks connected here. Through working was not possible because of difference in track gauge.
  • Rawtenstall - Bacup - Steam traction, 1889 - ?. Electric traction, 1909 - 1932. Owned by local authority (Bacup Corporation) from electrification, worked by Rawtenstall tramway system.
  • Rochdale - Bacup (Bacup Light Railway) - Electric traction, 1911 - 1930. Worked by Rochdale tramway system.

• Bolton (-le-Moors) - Horse traction, 1 September 1880 - 1 January 1899. Electric traction, 9 December 1899 - 1947
• Bury - Horse traction, ? - ?. Steam traction, 1886 - April 1904. Electric traction, 3 June 1903 - 13 February 1949.
  • Radcliffe - Electric traction, 4 January 1905 - 8 October 1938.
• Heywood - Electric traction, lines built and owned by local authority (Heywood Corporation), worked by Bury and Rochdale tramway systems.
• Rochdale - Steam traction, ? - ?. Electric traction, 22 May 1902 - 3 July 1932.

• Manchester - Horse traction, 17 May 1877 - 31 March 1903. Electric traction, 6 June 1901 - 10 January 1949. Reintroduced 6 April 1992. (See Manchester Metrolink [77].)
  • Manchester - Altrincham - Electric traction, 10 May 1907 - 6 June 1931. Reintroduced (on former railway alignment) 15 June 1992.
  • Manchester - Bury railway line worked by Manchester Metrolink light rail vehicles from from 6 April 1992.

• • Salford - Horse traction, 30 July 1877 - by October 1903. Electric traction, 4 October 1901 - 31 March 1947.
  • Middleton (Lancashire) (Middleton Electric Traction Company) - Electric traction, 27 March 1902 - 1935. To Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale systems from 16 June 1925.
  • Oldham - Horse traction, 16 September 1880 - 1 November 1901. Steam traction, November 1885 - 19 November 1901. Electric traction, 15 December 1900 - 3 August 1946.
  • Ashton-under-Lyne - Electric traction, 19 August 1902 - 28 February 1938.
  • Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Tramways - Horse traction, 4 June 1881 - 14 October 1903. Electric traction, 12 June 1899 - 21 May 1945. Served Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield. Stockport trams served Hyde to 2 March 1947. Manchester trams served Hyde to 30 December 1947.
  • Glossop - Electric traction, 21 August 1903 - 24 December 1927.
  • Stockport - Horse traction, 7 May 1880 - 1905. Electric traction, 26 August 1901 - 25 August 1951.
  • Oldham - Ashton-under-Lyne - Hyde (Oldham, Ashton and Hyde Electric Tramway) - Electric traction, 12 June 1899 - 1947. To Ashton and Hyde local authorities from 2 July 1921.

• Preston - Electric traction, 7 June 1904 - 15 December 1934.
• Southport - Electric traction, 18 July 1900 - 31 December 1934.
• Warrington - Electric traction, 21 April 1902 - 28 August 1935.

[edit] South East England

• Brighton - Electric traction, 25 November 1901 - 31 August 1939.
  • Volk's Electric Railway - Electric traction, 4 August 1883 - 1883, 4 April 1884 -. Operation suspended 2 August 1940 - 1948 because of war. Winter season service withdrawn from 1954. Ranked as world's oldest operating electric railway [78] [79] [80].
• Chatham - Electric traction, 17 June 1902 - 30 September 30 September 1930. Served Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham.
• Dover - Electric traction, 6 September 1897 - 31 December 1936 [81].
• Folkestone (Sandgate) - Hythe - Horse traction, 18 May 1891 - 30 September 1921. Operation suspended 7 August - 1914 - May 1919, operated only during summer season 1919 - 1921.
• Gravesend - Horse traction, 15 June 1883 - 30 June 1901. Electric traction, 2 August 1902 - 28 February 1929.
• Hastings - Electric traction, 31 July 1905 - 15 May 1929.
• Isle of Thanet: see Margate - Ramsgate.
• Maidstone - Electric traction, 14 July 1904 - 11 February 1930.
• Margate - Ramsgate (Isle of Thanet) - Electric traction, 4 April 1901 - 24 March 1937.
• Oxford - Horse traction, 1 December 1881 - 7 August 1914.
• Portsmouth - Horse traction, 1865 - ?. Electric traction, 24 September 1901 - 10 October 1936 [82].
  • Cosham - Horndean (Portsdown and Horndean Light Railway) - Electric traction, 3 March 1903 - 9 January 1935.
  • Gosport - Fareham - Electric traction, 20 December 1905 - 31 December 1929.
• Reading - Horse traction, 1879 - 21 July 1903. Electric traction, 22 July 1903 - 20 May 1939.
• Rye - Camber - Steam traction, 1895 - ?. Petrol (gasoline) traction, ? - 4 September 1939. (See Rye and Camber Tramway [83].)
• Sheerness - Electric traction, 9 April 1903 - 1 July 1917 [84].
• Southampton - Horse traction, 5 May 1879 - ?. Electric traction, 20 January 1900 - 31 December 1949.
• Wantage - Horse traction, 11 October 1875 - 188_. Steam traction, 1 August 1876 - 31 July 1925.
• Wolverton - Stony Stratford - Steam traction, 27 May 1887 - 4 May 1926 [85].

[edit] South West England

• Bath - Horse traction, 1880 - 1904. Electric traction, 2 January 1904 - 6 May 1939 [86].
• Bristol - Horse traction, August 1875 - ?. Steam traction, 1880 - ?. Electric traction, 14 October 1895 - 11 April 1941 [87] [88]. Closed because of bomb damage to tramway system power station.
• Bournemouth - Electric traction, 23 July 1902 - 8 April 1936.
  • Poole - Electric traction, 6 April 1901 - 1935. Poole amalgamated with Bournemouth from 22 July 1905.
• Camborne - Redruth - Electric traction, 7 November 1902 - 9 June 1927 [89].
• Cheltenham - Electric traction, 17 August 1901 - 31 December 1930.
• Exeter - Horse traction, 1882 - 4 April 1905. Electric traction, 1905 - 1931 [90].
• Gloucester - Horse traction, 24 May 1879 - 17 March 1904. Electric traction, 29 April 1904 - 11 January 1933.
• Plymouth - Horse traction, 1872 - 22 June 1907. Steam traction, 4 November - 14 November (or 6 December) 1884.Electric traction, 22 September 1899 - 29 September 1945.
  • Devonport - Electric traction, 1901 -. Devonport amalgamated with Plymouth from October 1910.
  • Plymouth - Devonport (Plymouth Stonehouse and Devonport Tramways Company) - Horse traction, 1872 - 1901. Electric traction, 18 November 1901 -. Taken over by Plymouth from 1 July 1922.
• Swindon - Electric traction, 22 September 1904 - 11 July 1929.
• Taunton - Electric traction, 21 August 1901 - 28 May 1921 [91].
• Torquay - Electric traction, 4 April 1907 - 31 January 1934 [92].
• Weston-super-Mare - Electric traction, 12 May 1902 - 17 April 1937 [93].

[edit] West Midlands

• Birmingham - Horse traction, 20 May 1872 - 1905. Steam traction, 26 December 1882 - 31 December 1906. Cable traction, 24 March 1888 - 1911. Electric traction, 14 May 1901 - 4 July 1953. See City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd, Birmingham Corporation Tramways. Reintroduced (on former railway alignment) 30 May 1999. (See Midland Metro.)
• Birmingham - West Bromwich - Wednesbury - Wolverhampton - Initial segment opened 20 May 1872, completed 16 July 1883, steam and horse traction. Initial electrification opened 6 February 1902, electrified throughout from 1 July 1911. First closure 26 August 1928, last segment closed 1 April 1939. Reintroduced 30 May 1999, with most of system length on disused parallel railway alignment (opened 13 November 1854, passenger service withdrawn 6 March 1972).
• Birmingham - Smethwick - Dudley - Wolverhampton - Initial segment opened 7 May 1883, completed 30 August 1885. Initial electrified segment opened 26 July 1899, electrified throughout from 24 November 1904. First closure 18 August 1925, last segment closed 30 September 1939.
• Dudley - Stourbridge (Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Co, part of "Black Country Tramway System") - Steam traction, 1883 - 1901. Electric traction, 26 July 1899 - 1 March 1930.
• Stourbridge (Kinver Light Railway, part of "Black Country Tramway System") - Electric traction, 4 April 1901 - 8 February 1930 [94].
• Wednesbury (South Staffordshire Tramways Company, part of "Black Country Tramway System") - Electric traction, 1 January 1893 - 193_. To Dudley, Stourbridge and District undertaking from 17 December 1930.
• Walsall - Steam traction, 1883 - ?. Electric traction, 1 January 1901 - 30 September 1933.
• Wolverhampton - Horse traction, 1 May 1878 - ?. Electric traction, 6 February 1902 - 11 July 1928 [95] [96].
• Wolverhampton - Dudley (Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways Co, part of "Black Country Tramway System") - Electric traction, 9 January 1902 - 1929. To Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways from 1 September 1928.
• Coventry - Steam traction, 1884 - ?. Electric traction, 5 December 1895 - 14 November 1940 [97]. Closed because of bomb damage.
• Kidderminster - Stourport (-on-Severn) (unconnected part of "Black Country Tramway System")- Electric traction, 25 May 1898 - 2 April 1929.
• (Royal) Leamington (Spa) - Warwick - Horse traction, 21 November 1881 - 15 March 1905. Electric traction, 15 July 1905 - 16 August 1930.
• Stoke-on-Trent (The Potteries) - Electric traction, 16 May 1899 - 1928. Also served Newcastle-under-Lyme.
• Worcester - Horse traction, 18 February 1884 - 25 June 1903. Electric traction, 6 February 1904 - 31 May 1928.

[edit] Yorkshire and the Humber

• Doncaster - Electric traction, 2 June 1902 - 8 June 1935 (see Doncaster Tramway).
• (Great) Grimsby - Horse traction, 1881 - 1901. Electric traction, 1 January 1902 - 17 July 1937 (see Grimsby District Light Railway). Also served Cleethorpes.
  • Grimsby - Immingham - Steam traction, 3 January 1901 - 14 May 1912. Electric traction, 15 May 1912 - 1 July 1961 (see Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway [98]).
• (Kingston upon) Hull - Horse traction, 9 January 1875 - 1899. Steam traction, 22 May 1889 - January 1901. Electric traction, 5 July 1899 - 30 June 1945. (See Hull Street Tramways)
• Leeds - Horse traction, 16 September 1871 - 13 October 1901. Steam traction, 17 June 1880 - 1 April 1902. Electric traction, 11 November 1891 - 7 November 1959.
  • Bradford - Horse traction, 1 February 1882 - by 1903. Steam traction, 8 August 1882 - by 1903. Electric traction, March 1892, 30 June 1898 - 6 May 1950.
    • Keighley - Electric traction, 12 October 1904 - 17 December 1924.
  • Halifax - Electric traction, 9 June 1898 - 14 February 1939.
  • Huddersfield - Horse traction, 1883 -?. Electric traction, 14 February 1901 - 29 June 1940.
  • Dewsbury (Yorkshire (Woollen District) Electric Tramways Company) - Electric traction, 18 February 1903 - 31 October 1934. Also served Batley.
    • Dewsbury - Ossett - Electric traction, 11 November 1908 - 19 October 1933.
  • Wakefield (Yorkshire (West Riding) Electric Tramways Company) - Electric traction, 15 August 1904 - 25 July 1932.
    • Castleford - Electric traction, 29 October 1906 - 1 November 1925.
• Scarborough - Electric traction, 6 May 1904 - 30 September 1931.
• Sheffield - Horse traction, 6 October 1873 - 11 November 1902. Electric traction, 5 September 1899 - 8 October 1960. Reintroduced 21 March 1994. (See Sheffield Tramway [99] and Sheffield Supertram.)
  • Rotherham - Electric traction, 31 January 1903 - 13 November 1949. (See Rotherham Tramway)
  • Mexborough - Swinton - Electric traction, 16 February 1907 - 9 March 1929 (see Mexborough & Swinton Tramway).
  • (Wath-upon-) Dearne (Deare District) - Electric traction, 14 July 1924 - 30 September 1933 [100]. "Last" tramway system opened in the UK (until Manchester Metrolink).
  • Barnsley (Yorkshire Traction Company) - Electric traction, 31 October 1902 - 31 August 1930 (see Barnsley and District Tramway).
• York - Horse traction, 1880 - ?. Electric traction, 20 January 1910 - 16 November 1935.

[edit] Scotland

• Aberdeen - Horse traction, 1874 - 1900. Electric traction, 23 December 1899 - 3 May 1958.
  • Aberdeen - Bankhead and Aberdeen - Bieldside - Electric traction, 23 June 1904 - 9 June 1927.
• Ayr - Electric traction, 26 September 1901 - 31 December 1931.
• Carstairs West - Electric traction, 6 February 1886 - 1905 (first permanent electric railway in Scotland). Horse traction, 1905 - 1935.
• Cruden Bay - Electric traction, 1899 - 1932 (31 December 1940 [101].
• Dundee - Horse traction, 30 August 1877 - 12 July 1900. Steam traction, 1885 - 15 May 1902. Electric traction, 13 July 1900 - 20 October 1956.
  • Dundee - Broughty Ferry - Electric traction, 27 October 1905 - 16 May 1931.
• Dunfermline - Electric traction, 2 November 1909 - 5 July 1937.
• Edinburgh - Horse traction, 6 November 1871 - . Steam traction, 1876, 1877, 1880, 23 April 1881 - 27 October 1882. Cable traction, 28 January 1888 - 23 June 1923. Electric traction, 8 June 1910 - 16 November 1956. (See Edinburgh Tram Network [102] [103] [104].)
  • Leith - Horse traction, 6 November 1871 - 24 August 1907. Electric traction, 18 May 1905 - 11 March 1956. Leith amalgamated with Edinburgh from 20 November 1920.
  • Musselburgh - Electric traction, 12 December 1904 - 25 February 1928.
• Falkirk - Electric traction, 21 October 1905 - 21 July 1936.
• Glasgow - Horse traction, 19 August 1872 - 1898. Steam traction, 1877 - ?. Electric traction, 13 October 1898 - 31 August 1962 [105].
  • • Govan - Horse traction, 1873 - 1877. Steam traction, August 1877 - 1901. Electric traction, 10 August 1901 -. Burgh of Govan amalgamated with Glasgow, 1912.
    • Airdrie - Coatbridge - Electric traction, 8 February 1904 - 3 November 1956. To Glasgow from 31 December 1921.
    • Paisley - Electric traction, 13 June 1904 - 11 May 1957. To Glasgow from 1 August 1923.
  • Dumbarton - Electric traction, 20 February 1907 - 3 March 1928.
  • Hamilton - Motherwell (Lanarkshire) - Electric traction, 22 July 1903 - 14 February 1931.
• Greenock - Horse traction, 7 June 1873 - 1901. Electric traction, 1901 - 15 July 1929.
• Inchture - Horse traction, 1895 - 1916.
• Kilmarnock - Electric traction, 1904 - 3 May 1926.
• Kirkcaldy - Electric traction, 28 February 1903 - 15 May 1931.
  • Wemyss - Electric traction, 25 August 1906 - 30 January 1932.
• Perth - Electric traction, 31 October 1905 - 19 January 1929.
• Rothesay - Horse traction, 1881 - 1902. Electric traction, 19 August 1902 - 30 September 1936.
• Stirling - Horse traction, 1874 - 1920.

[edit] Wales

[edit] North Wales

• Fairbourne - Horse traction, 1898 - 1916.
• Llandudno
  • Llandudno - Colwyn Bay - Electric traction, 19 October 1907 - 24 March 1956 [106], [107]. Operated Monday - Saturday only to 1930.
  • Great Orme - Cable traction, 31 July 1902. (See Great Orme Tramway [108]). Funicular railway, two sections, lower section built in or alongside public roads, upper section built on reservation.
• Pwllheli
  • Horse traction, 1899 - 1919. Town tramway line (0.8 km, 0.5 mi) owned by local authority (Pwllheli Corporation).
  • Pwllheli - Llanbedrog - Horse traction, 1894 - 1928 [109]. (See Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway)
• Wrexham - Electric traction, 1903 - 31 March 1927.

[edit] South Wales

• Aberdare - Electric traction, 9 October 1913 - 31 March 1935.
• Cardiff - Horse traction, 12 July 1872 - 17 October 1902. Electric traction, 2 May 1902 - 19 February 1950.
• Llanelly - Horse traction, 28 September 1882 - 31 March 1908. Electric traction, 19 July 1911 - 16 February 1933.
• Merthyr - Electric traction, 6 April 1901 - 23 August 1939.
• Neath - Horse traction, 9 November 1875 - 1899. Gas traction, 31 August 1899 - 8 August 1920.
• Newport - Horse traction, 1 February 1875 - 28 July 1894, 30 July 1894 - 3 November 1903. Electric traction, 9 April 1903 - 5 September 1937.
• Pontypridd - Horse traction, March 1888 - July 1903. Electric traction, 5 March 1905 - 30 August 1931.
  • Rhondda - Horse traction, March 1888 - July 1903. Electric traction, 11 July 1908 - 1 February 1934.
• Swansea - Horse traction, 12 April 1878 - by 1901. Steam traction, 1882 - 1884. Cable traction (street funicular), 1898 - 1902. Electric traction, 30 June 1900 - 29 June 1937.
  • Swansea - Mumbles - Horse traction, 25 March 1807 - 1826, 1860 - 1874. Steam traction, 17 August 1877 - 1929. Electric traction, 2 March 1929 - 5 January 1960.

[edit] Northern Ireland

• Belfast - Horse traction, 28 August 1872 - 1906. Steam traction, 1 July 1882 - 1895. Electric traction, 5 December 1905 - 10 February 1954.
• (Londonderry) Derry - Horse traction, 1 April 1897 - 1920.
• Fintona - Railway branch, opened 15 June 1853. Operated by horse-drawn tramcar, 16 January 1854 - 30 September 1957 [110].
• Newry - Bessbrook - Electric traction, 1 October 1885 - 10 January 1948 [111], [112].
  • Glen Anne - Loughgilly - Horse traction, 1897 - 1917.
  • Warrenpoint - Rostrevor - Horse traction, 1 August 1877 - February 1915.
• Portrush - Bushmills - Giant's Causeway - Steam traction, 29 January 1883 - 192_. Electric traction, 5 November 1883 - 30 September 1949. Portrush - Bushmills opened 29 January 1883. Bushmills - Giant's Causeway opened 1 July 1887. Operation suspended during winter, 1927 - 1939, 1947 - 1948 (see The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway [113]).
• Portstewart - Steam traction, 1882 - 1926.

[edit] Crown dependencies:

[edit] Guernsey

• St Peter Port - Steam traction, 1879 - 1892. Electric traction, 20 February 1892 - 9 June 1934.

[edit] Isle of Man

• Douglas - Horse traction, 7 August 1876 - (see Douglas Bay Horse Tramway [114] [115]. Winter service withdrawn from 2 November 1927, current operating season early May - late September. Operation suspended 30 September 1939 - 22 May 1946 because of war.
  • Cable traction, 15 August 1896 - 19 August 1929 [116]. Winter service withdrawn from 1927.
  • Douglas - Keristal - Port Soderick - Electric traction. Opened to Keristal 7 August 1896, completed 1897. Operation suspended ca. 1914 - ca. 1918 because of war. Closed 15 September 1939.
  • Douglas (Derby Castle) - Laxey - Ramsey - Electric traction. Opened to Groudle Glen, 7 September 1893. Extended to Laxey, 27 July 1894. Extended to Ramsey (Ballure), 5 August 1898 Completed to Ramsey (Plaza), 24 July 1899. Operation suspended Laxey - Ramsey, 30 September 1975, restored 25 June 1977. (See Manx Electric Railway, [117].)
• Laxey - Snaefell Summit - Electric traction, 21 August 1895 -. Operates only during summer season. Operation suspended 20 September 1939 - 1 June 1946 because of war.