This is a list of town tramway systems in the Netherlands by province. It includes all tram systems, past and present.
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| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATM (1897–1917) GTA (1919–1922) |
Apeldoorn | Horse | 12 Aug 1897 | 11 Nov 1917 | Apeldoornsche Tramweg-Maatschappij |
| Petrol (gasoline) | 5 Jun 1919 | 8 Oct 1922 | Gemeentetram Apeldoorn | ||
| ATM (1880–1911) GETA (1911–1944) |
Arnhem | Horse | 3 May 1880 | 12 Jun 1912 | Arnhemsche Tramweg-Maatschappij |
| Electric | 21 May 1911 | 17 Sep 1944 | Gemeente Electrische Tram Arnhem Because of WWII (operation Market-Garden) closed – replaced by trolleybus. Heritage tramway opened in the Netherlands Open Air Museum, 1996. |
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| HSM (1883–1910) GT (1915–1922) |
Groenlo | Steam | 29 May 1883 | 31 Dec 1910 | Hollandshe IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij |
| Petrol (gasoline) | 6 Aug 1915 | Oct 1922 | Groenlosche Tram | ||
| Horse | 1917 | 1919 | Temporary use of horses because of lack of petrol | ||
| NTM (1889–1912) M&W (1912–1921) GTN (1911–1955) |
Nijmegen | Horse | 1889 | 1911 | Nijmeegsche Tramweg-Maatschappij |
| Steam | 30 Jun 1889 | 31 Dec 1921 | Stoomtram Maas en Waal | ||
| Electric | 4 Jun 1911 | 20 Nov 1955 | Gemeentetram Nijmegen Replaced by trolleybus |
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| GTZ | Zaltbommel | Horse | 14 Mar 1910 | 31 Aug 1923 | Gemeentetram Zaltbommel |
| ZTM | Zutphen | Horse | 16 May 1889 | 29 Jan 1904 | Zutphensche Tramweg-Maatschappij |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGP (1880–1906) GPE (1896–1929) GTG (1906–1949) |
Groningen | Horse | 13 July 1880 | 27 Apr 1910 | Tramways de Groningen et de la Province |
| Petrol (gasoline) | 27 Jun 1921 | 30 Jun 1929 | Tramweg-Maatschappij Groningen - Paterswolde - Eelde | ||
| Electric | 1 Mar 1910 | 12 Dec 1949 | Gemeente Tram Groningen Reintroduction planned as part of the Kolibri-plan to improve public transport in region and city. |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTM | Heerlen | Steam | ? | ? | Limburgsche Tramweg-Mij |
| Electric | 1923 | 14 May 1950 | |||
| LTM | ♦ Heerlen - Hoensbroek | Steam | ? | 1923 | |
| Electric | 1923 | ? | |||
| LTM | ♦ Hoensbroek - Sittard | Electric | 1923 | ? | |
| LTM | ♦♦ branch to Brunssum | Electric | 24 Mar 1924 | ? | |
| LTM | ♦ Heerlen - Kerkrade Holz (German frontier) | Electric | 18 Aug 1926 | ? | |
| LTM | ♦ branch Valkenhuizen - Locht (German frontier) | Electric | 15 May 1928 | ? | |
| MT | Maastricht | Gas | 22 Apr 1896 | 15 Oct 1902 | Maastrichtsche Tram |
| Horse | 7 Jun 1903 | 14 Aug 1914 | Closed for WWI (military barricade of the bridge across the Maas) | ||
| Venlo - Steyl | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
| GTV | Venray | Horse | 15 Jun 1909 | 30 Jun 1926 | Gemeentetram Venray |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTM (1884–1919) BM (1901–1919) GTB (1920–1925) |
Breda | Horse | 25 Mar 1884 | 30 Sep 1925 | Ginnekensche Tramweg-Maatschappij Tramweg-Maatschappij Breda - Mastbosch Gemeentetram Breda |
| 'sBH | 's-Hertogenbosch | Horse | 24 Nov 1881 | 8 Oct 1918 | Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij 's-Bosch - Helmond |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT (1895–1923) AST (1923–1929) |
Alkmaar | Horse | Jan 1895 | 10 Jul 1923 | Alkmaarsche Tramvereeniging |
| Petrol (gasoline) | 15 Jul 1923 | 22 Jun 1929 | Alkmaarsche Stadstram | ||
| GVBA | Amsterdam | Horse | 3 Jun 1875 | 7 Aug 1916 | Amsterdamse Omnibus Maatschappij |
| Electric | 14 Aug 1900 | Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf | |||
| NZH | ♦ Amsterdam - Edam - Volendam | Steam | 13 Dec 1888 | ? | N-Z Hollandsche stoomTramweg-Mij: Blauwe Tram |
| Electric | ? | 30 Sep 1956 | Edam - Volendam from: 1 Dec 1932. | ||
| NZH | ♦♦ branch to Purmerend | Steam | 22 Jun 1894 | ? | |
| Electric | ? | 14 May 1949 | |||
| NZH | ♦ Amsterdam - Haarlem - Zandvoort | Electric | 3 Jul 1899 | 31 Aug 1957 | The first Electric overhead tramway in the Netherlands. |
| LBB | Bergen | Horse | 4 Aug 1907 | 24 Jun 1909 | Lorriedienst Bergen aan Zee - Bergen Binnen |
| HSM (1882–1892) EPU (1892–1924) |
Beverwijk - Wijk aan Zee | Steam | 25 May 1882 | 30 Apr 1892 | Until 1 May 1898 Summer only |
| Horse | 1 May 1892 | 7 Jun 1924 | Buffet-Maatschappij "E Pluribus Unum" | ||
| D&B | Castricum | Horse | 30 Jan 1914 | 1920 | Provinciaal Ziekenhuis "Duin en Bosch" |
| Electric | 1920 | Jun 1938 | Hospital line nl:Provinciaal ziekenhuis (Noord-Holland) | ||
| HH | Den Helder | Steam | 7 Jul 1896 | 19 Aug 1917 | Tram Helder - Huisduinen Summer only, no service in 1908/9 |
| Haarlem | Horse | 28 May 1878 | 1911 | ||
| Electric | 1911 | 31 Oct 1948 | |||
| GTM | Hilversum | Horse | 15 May 1887 | 30 Sep 1923 | 's-Gravelandse Tramweg-Maatschappij |
| ETMZ (1882) TMZ (1884–1889) EPU (1894–1907) |
Zandvoort | Electric | 9 Jun 1882 | 30 Sep 1882 | This line was owned by Siemens & Halske and technical equal to the Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway |
| Horse | 4 Jul 1884 10 Jun 1894 |
22 Sep 1889 31 Aug 1907 |
(Electrische) Tramweg-Maatschappij Zandvoort |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOSM | Deventer | Horse | 14 Feb 1887 | 30 Apr 1894 | Geldersch-Overijsselsche Stoomtram-Maatschappij |
| TET | Enschede | Electric | 5 Jul 1908 | 28 Feb 1933 | Twentsche Electrische Tramweg-Maatschappij |
| ZTM | Zwolle | Horse | 17 Jul 1885 | 7 Aug 1919 | Zwolsche Tramweg-Maatschappij |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD (1879–1891) RTM (1891–1919) |
Dordrecht | Horse | 23 Nov 1879 | 15 Mar 1919 | |
| LTM (Leidsche Tramway-Maatschappij 1879-1882) TTC (1882–1886) |
Leiden | Horse | 22 Nov 1879 | 1911 | |
| Electric | 1 Sep 1911 | 7 Oct 1960 | Reintroduction planned see also → RijnGouweLijn | ||
| NZH | ♦ Leiden - Haarlem | Steam | 16 May 1881 | ? | |
| Electric | ? | 2 Jan 1949 | N-Z Holland Tram = " Blue Tram " | ||
| NZH | ♦ Leiden - Noordwijk aan Zee | Steam traction | 21 Jun 1885 | 7 Oct 1960 | |
| NZH | ♦ Leiden - Katwijk aan Zee | Steam | 4 Jun 1881 | 7 Oct 1960 | |
| GTO | Oudewater | Horse | 7 Aug 1906 | ? | |
| Petrol (gasoline) | 1924 | March 1931 | In 1970 Oudewater went from Zuid-Holland (South Holland) to Utrecht | ||
| RTM (until 1904) RETM (1904–1927) RET (since 1927) |
Rotterdam | Horse | 1 Jun 1879 | 18 May 1925 | |
| Steam | 9 Apr 1881 | 16 Dec 1906 | |||
| Petrol (gasoline) | 19 May 1924 | 25 Oct 1928 | |||
| Electric | 18 Sep 1905 | see also: → RandstadRail. | |||
| STM (Schiedamse Tramweg Maatschappij) | Schiedam | Horse | 19 Sep 1902 | Jan 1918 | |
| HTM | The Hague = ♦ Den Haag - Scheveningen | Horse | 25 Jun 1864 | 1907 | |
| Steam | 1 Jul 1879 | 1924 | |||
| Accumulator with Lead-acid battery | 2 Aug 1890 | 1904 | One of the first electric vehicles in the world | ||
| Electric | 6 Aug 1904 | First segment "Semimetro": RandstadRail opened in 2006 | |||
| HTM | ♦ Den Haag - Delft | Horse | 24 Jun 1866 | 1887 | |
| Steam | 1887 | 1924 | |||
| Electric | 1924 | branch to Voorburg, opened 1934. | |||
| NZH | ♦ Den Haag - Voorburg - Leiden | Steam | 1881 | 1924 | |
| Electric | 25 Jan 1924 | 9 Nov 1961 | Blue Tram (Blauwe Tram) | ||
| HTM | ♦ Den Haag - Wassenaar - Leiden | Electric | 3 June 1923 | 9 Nov 1961 | Yellow Tram (Gele Tram) |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATM | Amersfoort | Horse | 1 Aug 1901 | 13 Jan 1917 | Amersfoortsche Tramweg-Maatschappij |
| SP (1895–1918) GTS (1918–1923) |
Soest - Baarn | Horse | 1 Jun 1895 | 30 Sep 1922 | Soester Paardentramweg |
| Petrol (gasoline) | 1 Oct 1922 | 18 May 1924 | Gemeente-Trambedrijf Soest | ||
| UTM | Utrecht | Horse | 3 Jul 1889 | 14 Sep 1907 | Utrechtsche-Tram-Maatschappij |
| GTU | Utrecht | Electric | 20 Jun 1906 | 15 Jan 1939 | Gemeentetram Utrecht |
| NBM | ♦ Utrecht - De Bilt - Zeist | Horse | 29 Apr 1879 | 1909 ? | Initial segment opened 1879 did not extend to Zeist. |
| Electric | 1909 | 2 May 1949 | Nederlandsche Buurtspoorweg-Maatschappij (NBM) | ||
| NBM | ♦ Amersfoort - Zeist - Driebergen - Rhenen - Arnhem | Horse | 1882 | ? | Zeist - Driebergen. |
| Steam | 1883 | 1931 | (Zeist -) Driebergen - Doorn - Amerongen. Extended Elst - Rhenen - Wageningen - Oosterbeek - Arnhem in 1884 - 1887. Zeist - Huis ter Heide - Amersfoort opened 1910. Branch, Doorn - Wijk bij Duurstede, opened 1885, closed 1931, not electrified. | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | 1910 | 1931 (?) | |||
| Electric | 1911 | 2 May 1949 | Zeist – Driebergen electrified 1911. Rhenen - Arnhem electrified 1922. Remainder of Amersfoort - Zeist - Rhenen - Arnhem electrified 1924. Rhenen - Arnhem closed 1937. Remainder closed 1949, last segment in operation was Amersfoort - Zeist - Doorn. | ||
| ♦ Utrecht – Nieuwegein – IJsselstein | Electric | 17 Dec 1983 | Connexxion | ||
| Utrecht – Vreeswijk | Steam | 1882 | ? | ||
| Horse | 1893 | 1929 | |||
| Petrol (gasoline) | 1923 | 1929 |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vlissingen - Middelburg | Steam | 1885 | 1910 | ||
| Electric | 1910 | 1944 |
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