List of town tramway systems in Switzerland

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Switzerland by canton. It includes all tram systems, past and present.

Contents 1 Basel-Stadt (Basel-City) 2 Basel-Landschaft (Basel-Country) 3 Bern (Berne) 4 Fribourg 5 Genève (Geneva) 6 Graubünden 7 Luzern (Lucerne) 8 Neuchâtel 9 Nidwalden 10 Sankt Gallen (St. Gallen) 11 Schaffhausen 12 Schwyz 13 Ticino 14 Uri 15 Valais 16 Vaud 17 Zug 18 Zürich 19 References 20 See also

[edit] Basel-Stadt (Basel-City)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Basel	Electric	6 May 1895		Some lines replaced by trolleybus.
	♦ Basel – St. Louis (FR)	Electric	20 Jul 1900	31 Dec 1957
	♦ Basel – Huningue (FR)	Electric	17 Dec 1910	12 Apr 1961
	♦ Basel – Lörrach (DE)	Electric	16 Nov 1919	31 Aug 1967	International service operated 1926 – 1938. Operation in Lörrach (DE) suspended 1 Sep 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] Basel-Landschaft (Basel-Country)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Birsigthalbahn	Basel – Rodersdorf	Steam	1887	1905 (?)	Opened to Therwil, 4 Oct 1887. Extended to Flüh, 12 Oct 1888.
		Electric	2 June 1905		Extended via Leymen (FR) to Rodersdorf, 1 May 1910.
	Basel – Aesch	Electric	7 Dec 1907
Birseckbahn	Basel – Dornach	Electric	6 Oct 1902
	Basel – Pratteln	Electric	1921		Opened to Muttenz, 22 Jan 1921. Extended to Pratteln 20 Oct 1922. (Extension to Liestal planned, not built.)
	Gelterkinden – Sissach	Electric	18 May 1891	7 Jan 1916

[edit] Bern (Berne)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bern	Compressed air	1 Oct 1890	1902
		Steam	1894	1902
		Electric	1 Oct 1890
Worblentallinie	♦ Bern – Bolligen – Worb Dorf	Electric	25 August 1913		Operated to central Bern (Kornhausplatz) on town tramway line 4 Jul 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.
Murilinie	♦ Bern – Gümligen – Worb Dorf	Steam	21 Oct 1898	1910
		Electric	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	18 Aug 1877	30 Dec 1902
		Electric	31 Dec 1902	8 Dec 1948	Replaced by trolleybus.
	♦ Biel/Bienne – Meinisberg	Steam	29 Dec 1913	31 Aug 1923
		Electric	18 Jan 1926	30 Jun 1940	Reopened in stages with electric traction by Biel/Bienne town tramway undertaking, 18 Jan – 11 April 1926.
	Meiringen	Electric	24 Aug 1912	16 Sep 1956
	Mürren	Horse	10 Jul 1894	1920
	Spiez	Electric	2 Aug 1905	25 Sep 1960	Operated only during summer season.
	Thun – Steffisburg	Electric	10 Oct 1913	31 May 1958
	♦ Thun – Beatenbucht	Electric	10 Oct 1913	18 Aug 1952	Replaced by trolleybus.
	♦ Beatenbucht – Interlaken	Electric	20 Jun 1914	18 Dec 1939

[edit] Fribourg

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Fribourg	Electric	28 Jul 1897	31 Mar 1965	Replaced by trolleybus.

[edit] Genève (Geneva)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	♦ Genève /Geneva	Horse	19 Jun 1862	1903
		Steam	20 Jul 1877	1911
		Electric	22 Sep 1894		Some lines replaced by trolleybus.
	Regional lines (tramways vicinaux):
	♦ Genève – Vésenaz	Steam	29 Dec 1890	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	1958
	♦♦ Vésenaz – Veigy (FR)	Steam	29 Dec 1890	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	1 Oct 1930
	♦♦♦ Veigy (FR) – Douvaine (FR)	Steam	9 Jul 1891	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	1 Jan 1928
	♦♦ Vésenaz – Anières – Hermance	Electric	26 Dec 1901	1958
	♦ Genève – Vandœuvres	Steam	30 Apr 1891	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	1 Jan 1938
	♦♦ Vandœuvres – Chevrier	Steam	1 Oct 1891	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	1 Jan 1938
	♦♦♦ Chevrier – Jussy	Steam	1 Oct 1891	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	15 May 1930
	♦ Genève – Chêne–Bourg – Moillesulaz	Horse	12 Sep 1864	1877 (?)	Opened to Chêne–Bourg.
		Steam	20 Jul 1877	1896 (?)	Extended to Moillesulaz 1 Jul 1882.
		Electric	May 1896		In operation.
	♦♦ Moillesulaz – Annemasse (FR)	Steam	22 Oct 1883	1902 (?)
		Electric	2 Jan 1902	31 Dec 1958	International tramway service suspended 2 (?) September 1939 because of World War II, not restored.
	♦♦♦ Annemasse – Etrembières (FR)	Steam	14 Aug 1892	after 1901
		Electric	after 1901	Jun 1935.
	♦ Genève – Veyrier	Steam	20 Jul 1887	after 1901
		Electric	after 1901	1956
	♦♦ Veyrier – Collonges–(sous–Salève)	Steam	25 May 1892	after 1901
		Electric	after 1901	15 May 1930
	♦ Genève – Carouge	Horse	19 Jun 1862	1877 (?)
		Steam	20 Jul 1877	1896 (?)
		Electric	May 1896 (?)		In operation
	♦♦ Carouge – (La) Croix–de–Rozon	Electric	14 Sep 1907	1952
	♦♦♦ Croix–de–Rozon – Collonges (FR)	Electric	1 Jan 1908	2 Sep 1939
	♦♦ Carouge – St. Julien (FR)	Steam	1 Jun 1889	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	1 Apr 1938
	♦ Genève – Bernex	Steam	23 Jul 1889	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	1961
	♦♦ Bernex – Laconnex	Steam	23 Jul 1889	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	1 Mar 1938
	♦♦♦ Laconnex - Chancy	Electric	after 1901	1 Mar 1938
	♦ Genève – Grand–Saconnex – Ferney–(Voltaire, FR)	Steam	15 May 1890	by 1911
		Electric	after 1901	1 Feb 1938.	Connected with Ferney (FR) – Gex (FR) tramway, steam traction, 21 Jul} 1900 – 1935
	♦ Genève – Versoix	Electric	4 Apr 1901	2 Feb 1925	Opened in stages, completed 11 May 1902

[edit] Graubünden

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	St Moritz	Electric	5 Jul 1896	18 Sep 1932	[1] (in German).

[edit] Luzern (Lucerne)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Luzern	Electric	8 Dec 1899	12 Nov 1961	Replaced by trolleybus.

[edit] Neuchâtel

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Cernier (Val–de–Ruz)	Electric traction	23 Feb 1903	31 Aug 1948	Connected Les Hauts–Geneveys, Cernier, Dombresson and Villiers. Replaced by trolleybus. (See also Neuchâtel.)
	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Electric	1 Jan 1897	15 Jun 1950	Replaced by trolleybus.
	Neuchâtel	Horse	22 Dec 1894	1897
		Gas traction (voitures à gaz)	Aug 1893	12 May 1894
		Electric	22 Dec 1894	11 Jul 1976	Replaced by trolleybus.
	♦ Neuchâtel – Areuse – Boudry	Steam	16 Sep 1892	1902
		Electric traction	24 Dec 1902
	♦ Areuse – Cortaillod	Steam	16 Sep 1892	1902
		Electric	24 Dec 1902	2 Jun 1984
	♦ Neuchatel – Valangin	Electric	16 Oct 1901	1 Jul 1949	Extension planned to Cernier, not built. Replaced by trolleybus line which extended beyond Valangin to Cernier.
	Val–de–Ruz				see Cernier.

[edit] Nidwalden

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Stansstad – Stans	Electric	26 Aug 1893	30 Sep 1903	[2] (in German).

[edit] Sankt Gallen (St. Gallen)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Altstätten	Electric	6 Apr 1897	2 Jun 1973
	♦ Altstätten – Heerbrugg	Electric	6 Apr 1897	7 Sep 1940	Replaced by trolleybus.
	♦ Heerbrugg – Berneck	Electric	6 Apr 1897	24 Sep 1940	Replaced by trolleybus.
	♦ Heerbrugg – Diepoldsau	Electric	12 Oct 1915	3 Mar 1954
	St. Gallen	Electric	20 May 1897	10 Oct 1957	Replaced by trolleybus.

[edit] Schaffhausen

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Schaffhausen	Electric	11 May 1901	23 Sep 1966	Replaced by trolleybus.
	♦ Schaffhausen – Schleitheim	Electric	8 Aug 1905	1 Oct 1964

[edit] Schwyz

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Talbahn	Arth–Goldau – Arth–am–See	Steam	4 Jun 1875	1906
		Electric	1 Jan 1906	31 Aug 1959
	Schwyz	Electric	6 Oct 1900	15 Dec 1963	Connected Schwyz and Brunnen (from 1915).

[edit] Ticino

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Locarno	Electric	3 Jul 1908	30 Apr 1960
	Lugano	Electric	1 June 1896	17 Dec 1959	(See Lugano–Cadro–Dino.) Replaced by trolleybus.
	♦ Lugano – Tesserete	Electric	28 Jul 1909	27 May 1967
	♦ Lugano – Cadro – Dino	Electric	2 Jan 1911	30 May 1970	Operated town tramway service within Lugano to 31 Dec 1964.
	Mendrisio – Chiasso	Electric	9 May 1910	31 Dec 1950
	♦ Mendrisio – Riva San Vitale	Electric	9 May 1910	5 Sep 1948

[edit] Uri

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Altdorf – Flüelen	Electric	25 Aug 1906	26 Mar 1951

[edit] Valais

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Martigny	Electric	24 Oct 1906	31 Dec 1956
	Monthey	Electric	1 Apr 1909	11 Jul 1976

[edit] Vaud

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Aigle	Electric	5 May 1900	31 Aug 1932
	Allaman – Aubonne	Electric	25 Jul 1896	17 May 1952
	♦ Aubonne – Gimel	Electric	27 Aug 1898	14 May 1950
	♦ Rolle – Gimel	Electric	12 Oct 1898	30 Sep 1938
	Bex	Electric	10 Sep 1898	14 Dec 2002	see note.
	Gland – Begnins	Electric	18 Jun 1906	23 May 1954.
	♦ Gryon – Villars–(sur–Ollon) – Chesières	Electric	?	ca. 1967	see note.
	Lausanne	Electric	1 Sep 1896 24 May 1991	6 Jan 1964 -	Replaced by trolleybus. Métro–Ouest
	♦ Lausanne – (Le) Chalet–à–Gobet – En Marin – Mézières – Moudon, and En Marin – Savigny (ligne du Jorat).	Electric	16 May 1902	4 Mar 1963	Opened in stages, completed 10 Nov 1902. Mézières – Moudon closed 1962, remainder closed 1963. Lausanne – Chalet–à–Gobet replaced by trolleybus. ([3], in French.)
	♦ Lausanne – Cugy – Montheron	Electric	28 Jul 1906	1951	Opened in stages, completed 13 Jul 1907. Replaced by trolleybus.
	Montreux	Electric	6 Jun 1888	19 Jan 1958	Connected Vevey, Montreux, Chillon and Villeneuve. Opened in stages, completed 14 Dec 1903. Closed in stages from 24 Apr 1952. Replaced by trolleybus.
	♦ Clarens – Chailly – Blonay	Electric	23 Nov 1911	31 Dec 1955
	♦ Trait – Planches	Electric traction	6 Jul 1898	11 Nov 1912.	Rack tramway.
	Vevey: see Montreux.

Note for Bex: 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.

'Note for Gryon – Villars–(sur–Ollon) – Chesières: Electric light railway from Bex opened to Villars 10 Jun 1901, extended to Chesières 12 Aug 1906. Town tramway service Gryon – Chesières ? – 1961. Town tramway service continued to operate Gryon – Villars to ca. 1967.

[edit] Zug

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Zug	Electric	20 Mar 1907	22 May 1955.

[edit] Zürich

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Winterthur	Electric	13 Jul 1898	2 Nov 1951	Replaced by trolleybus.
Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ)	Zürich	Horse	5 Sep 1882	30 Sep 1900
		Electric	8 Mar 1894		see also Zürich trams. Tram tunnel opened 1 Feb 1986.
	♦ Waldhaus Dolder – Grand Hotel	Electric	5 July 1899	31 Dec 1930
	♦ Oerlikon – Schwamendingen	Electric	31 May 1906	1 May 1931	Reintroduced (Milchbuch – Schwamendingen) 1 Feb 1986.
	♦ Seebach – Glattbrugg	Electric	29 Aug 1908	1 May 1931	Reintroduction in progress (Stadtbahn Glattal), initial segment opened 10 Dec 2006.
	♦ Altstetten – Schlieren	Electric	20 Dec 1900	1 Jan 1956	Reintroduction planned.
	♦♦ Schlieren – Dietikon	Electric	20 Dec 1900	31 Jan 1928	Reintroduction planned
	♦♦ Schlieren – Weiningen	Electric	7 Apr 1901	1 May 1931

[edit] References

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[edit] See also

• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of trolleybus systems