List of town tramway systems in Spain

This is a list of town tramway systems in Spain by autonomous community. It includes all tram systems, past and present.

Contents 1 Andalucia 2 Aragon 3 Asturias 4 Balearic Islands 5 Basque Country 6 Canary Islands 7 Cantabria 8 Castile and León 9 Catalonia 10 Extremadura 11 Galicia 12 Madrid 13 Murcia 14 Navarre 15 Valencian Community 16 References 17 See also

Andalucia

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Cádiz	Mule	18__	?
		Electric	190_	22 Aug 1964	Reintroduction planned.
	Granada	Electric	17 Jul 1904	14 Feb 1974	Heritage tramway planned.
	♦ Granada - Sierra Nevada	Electric	21 Feb 1925	20 Jan 1974
	Málaga	Mule	1881	1903
		Electric	1903	31 Dec 1961	Reintroduction (light metro / LRT) planned for February 2009.
	Linares - Baeza	Electric	1 Aug 1904	15 Jan 1966
	♦ Linares - La Loma	Electric	8 Dec 1907	15 Jan 1966
	Marmolejo	Mule	1916	Jul 1936	Operated only during spa season.
	Motril	Mule	1884	8 Oct 1922
	San Lúcar de Barrameda	Horse	188_	19__	Operated only during summer season.
	Seville	Mule	5 Sep 1887	1899
		Electric	1899 28 Oct 2007	8 May 1960 -	see MetroCentro.
	Vélez-Málaga	Electric	16 Oct 2006

Aragon

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Zaragoza	Horse. 1 m. gauge	19 Oct 1885	1903
		Electric. 1 m. gauge 600 v. d.c. Trolley pole. Single, double truck & articulated "boston style". Trailers and open cars used.	9 Oct 1902	22 Jan 1976	Reintroduction planned. Works starting in July 2009, ending mid 2011. Standard gauge. 750 v. d.c. Pantograph. See Zaragoza tram.

Asturias

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Arriondas - Covadonga	Horse	1 Jan 1908	1930
	Gijón	Mule	30 Mar 1890	1909
		Electric	1909	10 May 1964
	Mieres	Mule	18__	19__
	Oviedo	Horse	18__	1922
		Electric traction	1922	1957	Three lines: 1.Ayuntamiento-Lugones; 2.Colloto-Buenavista; 3.La Argañosa-San Lázaro
	Santullano	Mule	18__	1917
		Steam	1917	28 Sep 1934

Balearic Islands

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Alaró - Consell (Majorca)	Mule	5 May 1881	1922
		Petrol (gasoline)	1922	24 Feb 1935	Sporadic operation during 1936 - 1939.
	Palma (Majorca)	Mule	9 Sep 1891	?
		Steam	?	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	14 Oct 1921	1940
		Electric	9 Sep 1891	Jan 1959	Reintroduction planned.
	Sóller (Majorca)	Electric	4 Oct 1913

Basque Country

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bermeo - Pedernales	Horse	189_	after 1913
	Bilbao / Bilbo	Mule	10 Sep 1876	?
		Electric	16 Feb 1896 18 Dec 2002	30 Nov 1964 -	see EuskoTran.
	Donostia / San Sebastián	Mule	18 Jul 1887	1897
		Electric	1897	11 Jul 1958	Reintroduction planned.
	Irun / Irún - Hondarribia / Fuenterrabía	Mule	1 Nov 1893	1919
		Electric	1919	18 Jun 1953
	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Electric	23 Dec 2008		Reintroduction in 2008

Canary Islands

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Las Palmas (de Gran Canaria)	Steam gauge 1000 mm	1891	1910
		Electric	1910	1935	Operation restored with steam traction, one steam locomotive pulling trains of tramcars, 1940 - 1941. Reintroduction planned.
	(Santa Cruz de) Tenerife	Steam / Electric gauge 1200 mm	8 Apr 1901 2 Jun 2007	1956 -

Cantabria

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Santander	Steam	1873	1875
		Horse	1875	1908
		Electric	1908	11 Jul 1951

Castile and León

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Avilés	Horse	1892	1924
		Electric	1924	1955 (?)
	Valladolid	Mule	22 Dec 1881	1911
		Electric	1911	6 Nov 1933

Catalonia

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Barcelona	Mule	26 Jun 1872	1907
		Steam	1877	1907
		Electric	26 Jan 1899 3 Apr 2004	19 Mar 1971 -	see Trambaix and Trambesòs.
	♦ Barcelona – Tibidabo	Electric	29 Oct 1901		Very short (1.3-km) line using original rolling stock.
	♦ Arrabassada	Electric	19 Jul 1911	1938
	♦ Mataró – Argentona	Electric	27 May 1928	9 Oct 1965
	♦ Montgat – Tiana	Electric	1 Nov 1916	30 Sep 1955
	Tarragona	Mule	9 Apr 1883	13 Jan 1896
	Tortosa – Roquetes	Mule	20 Sep 1885	1928

Extremadura

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Badajoz	Horse	23 Mar 1889	1912 (?)

Galicia

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	A Coruña / La Coruña	Mule	1 Jan 1903	1913
		Electric	1913	Jul 1962	Heritage tramway opened 10 May 1997. Light-rail transit (LRT) system in planning.
	Ferrol	Electric	?	1962
	Pontevedra	Steam	12 Jun 1889	1924
		Electric	1924	1943
	Verín	Mule	1909	192_
	Vigo	Electric	10 Aug 1914	30 Dec 1968	Reintroduction planned.

Madrid

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	El Escorial	(Electric)			Construction started 1929, not completed.
Metro Ligero (2007 network)	Madrid	Mule	31 May 1871	?
		Steam	1878	?
		Electric	1898	1 Jun 1972	Reintroduced 24 May 2007 (LRT).

Murcia

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Cartagena	Mule	Sep 1892	1907
		Electric	1907	1959
	Murcia	Mule	Oct 1896	1902
		Steam	1902	1906
		Electric	1906 29 Apr 2007	29 Apr 1929 -

Navarre

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Pamplona	Electric	23 Sep 1911	?

Valencian Community

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Alcoi	(Electric)			Construction started 1895, not completed.
	Alicante	Mule	13 Jul 1893	1902
		Steam	1902	1924
		Electric	1924 15 Aug 2003	14 Nov 1969 -	Light-rail (LRT) trial service opened 17 Mar 1999, full service 15 Aug 2003.
	Carcaixent - Denia	Mule	8 Feb 1864	28 Nov 1881	Line upgraded from tramway to railway.
	Novelda	(Electric)			Construction started, not completed.
Metrovalencia (1994 network - together with some underground lines)	Valencia	Mule	23 Jun 1876	?
		Steam	1892	?
		Electric	1900 21 May 1994	20 June 1970 -
	♦ Burriana / Borriana - Grao / Grau	Mule	?	19__
	♦Villanueva de Castellón - Puebla Larga	Mule	1 Mar 1896	?
		Steam	1919 1926	1926 1931	Line upgraded from tramway to railway.

References

• Books, Periodicals and External Links

See also

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

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