This is an all-time list of streetcar (tram), interurban and light rail systems in the United States, by principal city (or cities) served, and separated by political division, with opening and closing dates. It includes all such systems, past and present.
For lists of existing systems only, see the following:
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Anniston | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1888 | 20 Apr 1932 | |||
Birmingham | Horse | 24 Jan 1884 | 16 Apr 1898 | ||
Steam | 25 May 1885 | 26 Feb 1904 | |||
Electric | 10 Oct 1891 | 19 Apr 1953 | |||
♦ Bessemer | Steam | 14 May 1890 | 26 Feb 1904 | ||
Electric | 25 Jul 1906 | 1915 | Town tramway service absorbed by interurban services. | ||
♦ Birmingham - Bessemer (two lines) | Steam | 14 May 1890 | 26 Feb 1904 | ||
Electric | 3 Jun 1902 | 14 Jul 1952 | |||
Calera | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Decatur | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | Nov 1903 | ? | |||
Eufaula | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Fairhope | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Gadsden | Electric | ? | Jan 1934 | ||
Huntsville | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 15 Feb 1931 | |||
Lannett | Steam | ? | ? | Connected Lanett with Bleecker, and West Point, Georgia. | |
Mobile | Horse | 1877 | 1893 | ||
Steam | 1890 | ? | |||
Electric | 18 Jan 1893 | 1941 | |||
Capitol City Street Railway Company | Montgomery | Electric | 15 Apr 1886 | 8 Apr 1936 | nicknamed the Lightning Route |
Opelika | Steam | ? | ? | Connected Opelika and Auburn. | |
Selma | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1924 | |||
Sheffield | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | Feb 1933 | |||
Tuscaloosa | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 1914 | Nov 1941 | |||
Union Springs | Horse | ? | ? |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Douglas | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1924 | |||
Phoenix | Horse | 5 Nov 1887 | 8 Jun 1895 | ||
Electric | 28 Sep 1893 | 16 Feb 1948 | See Phoenix Street Railway. Interurban line to Glendale opened 1911. Planned extensions to Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa were never built. Reintroduced (LRT) 27 Dec 2008 (see METRO Light Rail). | ||
♦ Tempe | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Prescott | Electric | Nov 1905 | 1911 | ||
Tucson | Horse | 1898 | 1906 | ||
Electric | 1 Jun 1906 | 31 Dec 1930 | Heritage tramway (Old Pueblo Trolley) [1] opened 17 April 1993, on part of original route using original track. Reintroduction ("Modern Streetcar")[2] planned for 2011. | ||
Warren | Electric | 12 Mar 1908 | 31 May 1928 | Connected Warren and Bisbee. |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bentonville | Petrol (gasoline) | 14 Jun 1914 | 11 Jun 1916 | ||
Eureka Springs | Horse | 14 Jul 1891 | Jan 1896 | ||
Electric | 1896 | by 1922 | |||
Fort Smith | Horse | 2 Aug 1883 | 1889 | ||
Electric | 1896 | 15 Nov 1933 | System included interstate line to Arkoma, Oklahoma. | ||
♦ Van Buren | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Helena | Horse | Dec 1894 | Jan 1910 | ||
Electric | Jan 1910 | 5 Aug 1933 | |||
Hot Springs | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1938 | |||
Hoxie – Walnut Ridge | Horse | 1889 | 1905 | ||
Electric | 1 Jul 1904 | 1928 | |||
Little Rock | Horse | 1876 | 1895 | ||
Steam | 3 Jul 1888 | 1889 | |||
Electric | 23 Dec 1891
1 Nov 2004 |
1 Sep 1947
- |
Original system also served North Little Rock, which before 1917 was named Argenta. Heritage tramway (River Rail Streetcar line) opened 1 November 2004.[3] | ||
Pine Bluff | Horse | 4 Nov 1886 | 1902 | ||
Electric | 1902 | 1934 | |||
Searcy | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Searcy with West Point. | |
Stuttgart | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Sulphur Rock | Horse | 1885 | 1926 | Believed to be the last town tramway operated by horse traction in the U.S. | |
Texarkana | Horse | 1894 | 1900 | ||
Electric | 1900 | 31 Dec 1934 | Interstate tramway system, also served Texarkana, Texas. |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway | Bakersfield | Horse | May 1888 | 1900 | |
Electric | 17 Feb 1901 | 28 Feb 1942 | |||
Chico | Electric | 12 Aug 1904 | 28 Nov 1948 | ||
Eureka | Horse | 20 Aug 1888 | 30 Apr 1897 | ||
Electric | 15 Sep 1903 | 31 Oct 1940 | |||
Fresno | Horse | 25 Jan 1889 | Sep 1901 | ||
Electric | 19 Oct 1902 | 20 May 1939 | |||
Lake Elsinore | Electric (?) | see note. | |||
Los Angeles | Horse | 1 Jul 1874 | ? | ||
Cable | 8 Oct 1885 | 2 Oct 1902 | |||
Steam | 1886 | ca. 1915 | |||
Electric, see Los Angeles Railway, Pacific Electric Railway. | 4 Jan 1887
1 Jul 1891 |
Jun 1888
30 Mar 1963 |
Reintroduced (LRT [4] ) 14 Jul 1990 (see Los Angeles County Metro Rail). | ||
♦ Anaheim | Horse | 1 Mar 1887 | 1899 | ||
♦ Glendale | Electric | 13 Mar 1909 | 30 Dec 1930 | ||
♦ Long Beach | Electric | Sep 1902 | 24 Feb 1940 | Reintroduced (LRT) 14 Jul 1990. | |
♦ Monrovia | Horse | ? | 1903 | ||
♦ Ontario – Upland | Horse | 1887 | 1895 | ||
Electric | 1895 | 6 Oct 1928 | |||
♦ Pasadena | Horse | 1886 | 1895 | ||
Electric | 1893 | 19 Jan 1941 | Reintroduced (LRT) 26 Jul 2003. | ||
♦ Pomona | Horse | 10 Feb 1888 | 1896 | ||
Steam | Apr 1888 | Jun 1909 | |||
Electric | 3 Jul 1909 | 3 Jul 1924 | |||
♦ Redlands | Horse | 23 May 1899 | 22 Jul 1899 | ||
Steam | 4 Jul 1888 | 14 May 1915 | |||
Electric | 23 Dec 1899 | 20 Jul 1936 | |||
♦ Riverside | Horse | 1887 | 1898 | ||
Steam | 1887 | 1898 | |||
Electric | 11 Apr 1899 | 10 Jan 1943 | |||
♦ San Bernardino | Steam | 1885 | 1903 | ||
Electric | ? | 8 Apr 1942 | |||
♦ San Pedro | Electric | 1905 | 23 Jan 1938 | Heritage tramway (Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line) [5] opened 19 Jul 2003. | |
♦ Santa Ana – Orange | Steam | 1897 | 1914 | ||
Electric | 10 Feb 1906 | 14 Sep 1930 | |||
♦ Santa Monica | Horse | 1891 | 1906 | ||
Electric | 1 Jul 1896 | 13 Dec 1929 | |||
Marysville – Yuba City | Horse | 17 Aug 1889 | ? | ||
Electric | 1907 | 15 Feb 1942 | |||
Monterey – Pacific Grove | Horse | 5 Aug 1891 | ? | ||
Electric | Aug 1903 | 20 Jul 1923 | |||
Nevada City – Grass Valley | Electric | 15 Oct 1901 | 3 Jan 1924 | ||
Oakland | Horse | 30 Oct 1869 | 1883 | ||
Steam | 1875 | ? | |||
Cable | 9 Nov 1886 | 21 May 1899 | |||
Electric | 12 May 1891 | 28 Nov 1948 | see also Key System, San Francisco. | ||
♦ Alameda | Horse | ? | 1892 | ||
Electric | 7 May 1893 | 1930 | |||
♦ Berkeley | Horse | 1873 | 1875 | ||
Steam | 1875 | 1891 | |||
Electric | 12 May 1891 | 28 Nov 1948 | |||
♦ Hayward | Horse | ? | 1 Sep 1909 | ||
Key System | ♦ Oakland- Hayward | Electric | 17 May 1892 | 10 Mar 1935 | |
♦ Richmond | Electric | 7 Jul 1904 | 7 Nov 1933 | see also Shipyard Railway. | |
♦ Oakland – Richmond | Electric | 7 Jul 1904 | 7 Nov 1933 | ||
Oxnard | Petrol (gasoline) | 1908 | Jan 1927 | ||
Paso Robles | Horse | ? | 1903. | ||
Petaluma | Horse | 1889 | 1903 | ||
Sacramento | Horse | 20 Aug 1870 | ca. 1892 | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1887 | 189_ | |||
Electric | 1890 | 4 Jan 1947 | Reintroduced (LRT [6] ) 12 Mar 1987 (see Sacramento Regional Transit District). | ||
San Diego | Horse | 3 Jul 1886 | 30 Jun 1896 | ||
Steam | 29 Nov 1887 | 1892 | |||
Cable | 7 Jun 1890 | 1 Oct 1892 | |||
Electric | 31 Dec 1887
21 Sep 1892 |
June 1889
24 Apr 1949 |
see San Diego Electric Railway. Reintroduced (San Diego Trolley, LRT [7]), 26 Jul 1981 (see San Diego Trolley). | ||
♦ Coronado | Horse | 1886 | 1886 | ||
Steam | 1886 | 1893 | |||
Electric | 6 Oct 1893 | 31 May 1947 | |||
♦ Imperial Beach | Petrol (gasoline) | 1910 | 1913 | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | Apr 1913 | 1916 | |||
♦ National City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
♦ San Diego – National City | Electric | 1 Dec 1907 | 10 Jan 1930 | ||
San Francisco | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Horse | ? | ? | |||
Cable | 1 Sep 1873 | ||||
Electric | 29 Jul 1891 | [8] (see San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco cable car system). See also Key System, Oakland. | |||
♦ Burlingame | Accumulator (storage battery) | 22 Feb 1913 | 19 Nov 1917 | ||
♦ South San Francisco | Electric | 1902 | 31 Dec 1938 | ||
San Jose | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | 1896 | Sep 1901 | |||
Electric | 16 May 1888 | 10 Apr 1938 | Reintroduced (LRT [9]) 14 Dec 1987 (see Santa Clara VTA Light Rail). | ||
♦ Palo Alto | Electric | 14 Nov 1906 | 27 Sep 1925 | see also San Jose. | |
San Luis Obispo | Horse | 1888 | 1901 | ||
Santa Barbara & Surburban Railway | Santa Barbara | Horse | 1875 | 1896 | |
Electric | 1 Oct 1896 | 1 Oct 1929 | |||
Santa Cruz | Horse | 3 Aug 1875
Oct 1908 |
1899
Jul 1910 |
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Electric | ? | 14 Jan 1926 | |||
Santa Maria | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Santa Rosa | Horse | 1877 | 1905 | ||
Stockton | Horse | 6 Apr 1874 | 1892 | ||
Electric | 13 Jul 1892 | Sep 1941 | |||
Vallejo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Watsonville | Electric | May 1904
Apr 1911 |
1907
Oct 1913 |
||
Woodland | Horse | ? | ? |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aspen | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Boulder | Horse | 1891 | 1893 | ||
Electric | Jun 1899 | 1931 | |||
Colorado Springs | Horse | 1887 | ? | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1890 | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 30 Apr 1932 | |||
♦ Manitou Springs | Electric | ? | ? | ||
♦ Colorado Springs – Manitou Springs | Electric | 1890 | 30 Apr 1932 | ||
Denver | Horse | 1871 | ? | ||
Cable | 22 Dec 1888 | 1 Apr 1900 | |||
Electric | ? | 3 June 1950 | Reintroduced (LRT) 14 Oct 1994. See Rail transit in metropolitan Denver. | ||
Durango | Horse | 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1920 | |||
Florence | (Electric) | (1912) | Tramway line built and two cars purchased, but public service was not started. | ||
Fort Collins | Electric | 29 Dec 1907
May 1919 |
10 Jul 1918
30 June 1951 |
Heritage tramway[10] opened 29 Dec 1984. | |
Grand Junction | Horse | 1890 | 1909 | ||
Electric | 1909 | 1928 | |||
Greeley | Electric | 1910 | 1923 | ||
Leadville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Pueblo | Horse | 1879 | 1890 | ||
Electric | 6 Jun 1890 | 1948 | |||
Trinidad | Horse | 22 Feb 1886 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1926 |
Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 59) states that, despite various evidence, the following town did not have a tramway:
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Bridgeport | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1937 | |||
Bristol | Electric | 189_ | 1 Aug 1935 | ||
Danbury | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1926 | |||
Derby | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1937 | |||
Greenwich | Electric | 189_ | 1927 | ||
Groton | Electric | 1904 | 1928 | ||
Hartford | Horse | 3 May 1863 | 1892 | ||
Electric | 1888 | 27 Jul 1941 | |||
Meriden | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1931 | |||
Middletown | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1929 | |||
Milford | Electric | 189_ | 27 Nov 1937 | ||
Mystic | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | 190_ | ? | |||
New Britain | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1937 | |||
New Haven | Horse | 6 May 1861 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 25 Sep 1948 | |||
New London | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1934 | |||
Norwalk | Horse | 186_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1935 | |||
Norwich | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | 188_ | 1936 | |||
Stamford | Horse | 1887 | ? | ||
Electric | 1894 | 1933 | |||
Stratford | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1934 | |||
Torrington | Electric | 189_ | 1929 | ||
Wallingford | Electric | ? | 1937 | ||
Waterbury | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1937 | |||
Willimantic | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1936 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Middletown – Odessa | Steam | 1906 | 1909 | ||
Wilmington | Horse | 30 Jun 1864 | ? | ||
Electric | 1888 | 1940 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Washington | Horse | 29 Jul 1862 | 26 May 1900 | ||
Cable | 12 Apr 1890 | 23 Jul 1899 | |||
Electric | 17 Oct 1888 | 28 Jan 1962 | see Washington streetcars, Northern Virginia trolleys. Reintroduction planned (Anacostia Corridor Demonstration Project).[11] See DC Streetcar. |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altamonte Springs | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Arcadia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Avon Park | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Avon Park and Pabor Lake. | |
Bartow | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Bradenton | Electric | 1903 | 1905 | ||
Central of Florida Railway Company [12] | Daytona Beach | Electric | ? | 1918 | Daytona, Daytona Beach, and Seabreeze were separate cities at this time. The rail company built the original Broadway Bridge for its trolleys.[13] |
Everglades | Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | 1929 | [14] | |
Fernandina Beach | Electric | ? | 192_ | ||
Fort Meade | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Gainesville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Green Cove Springs | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Green Cove Springs and Magnolia Springs. | |
Jacksonville | Horse | 1880 | May 1895 | ||
Electric | 24 Feb 1893 | 12 Dec 1936 | |||
Key West | Horse | 1881 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 10 Jun 1926 | |||
Leesburg | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Miami | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1915 | 1921 | ||
Electric | 25 Jul 1906
Mar 1922 |
3 Sep 1907
14 Nov 1940 |
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♦ Coral Gables | Electric | 30 Apr 1925 | 3 Nov 1935 | ||
♦ Miami Beach | Electric | Dec 1920 | 17 Oct 1939 | ||
Mulberry | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Ocala | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Ocala and Silver Springs. | |
Orlando | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Winter Park Company | ♦ Winter Park | Horse | 6 Feb 1885 | 1903 | |
Orlando and Winter Park Railway | ♦ Orlando – Winter Park | Steam | ? | ? | known as the Dinky Line, later part of East Florida and Atlantic Railroad, later part of Seaboard Air Line Railroad, later part of CSX |
Ormond Beach | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Palatka | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Palm Beach | Horse | ? | ? | ||
♦ West Palm Beach | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Panacea | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Panacea and Sopchoppy. | |
Pensacola | Electric | ? | Jun 1932 | ||
St. Augustine | Electric | ? | ? | ||
St. Petersburg | Electric | ? | 1949 | ||
Sanford | Petrol (gasoline) | 1908 | ? | ||
Tallahassee | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tampa | Horse | 1886 | ? | ||
Electric | 1892 | 4 Aug 1946 | Heritage tramway (TECO Line Streetcar) [15] opened 21 Oct 2002 (see TECO Line Streetcar System). |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albany | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1920 | |||
Americus | Electric | 1891 | 1893 | ||
Athens | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1930 | |||
Atlanta | Horse | 8 Sep 1871 | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 23 Aug 1889 | 17 Apr 1949 | |||
♦ Fairburn | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1925 | ||
Augusta | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1937 | |||
Brunswick | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 1909 | 1924 | |||
Cedartown | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Clarkesville | Horse | ? | 1918 | ||
Columbus | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1935 | System included interstate line to Phenix City, Alabama. | ||
Covington | Horse | ? | 1918 | ||
Cumberland Island | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Gainesville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 4 Apr 1925 | |||
Griffin | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Macon | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1935 | |||
Milledgeville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | 13 Jun 1914 | |||
Rome | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1931 | |||
St. Marys | Horse | ? | ? | ||
St. Simons | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Savannah | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | ? | Heritage tramway, diesel-electric traction (River Street streetcar[16]), opened 11 Feb 2009. | ||
Talapoosa | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
Valdosta | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1934 | |||
Washington | Horse | ? | 1916 | ||
Waycross | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1917 |
Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 44) states that, despite the assumption of another historian, there is no evidence for tramways in the following towns:
Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Honolulu | Horse | 28 December 1888 | ? | ||
Electric | 1900 | 1 July 1941 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boise | Horse | 1887 | ? | ||
Electric | 1891 | 1928 | |||
Caldwell | Electric | 1907 | 1928 | ||
Lewiston | Electric | 3 May 1915 | 3 Aug 1929 | Interstate tramway, extended between Lewiston and Clarkston, Washington. | |
Sandpoint | Electric | Apr 1910 | 1917 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alton | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1932 | |||
Anna – Jonesboro | Electric | 1907 | 1925 | ||
Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric | Aurora | Horse | 1884 | ? | |
Electric | 1891 | 17 Nov 1934 | |||
♦ Belleville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1932 | Reintroduced (St. Louis LRT) 2001. | ||
Belvidere | Electric | 1895 | 30 Jun 1915 | ||
Bloomington – Normal | Horse | 1888 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1936 | |||
♦ Blue Island | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Cairo | Horse | 1880 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1933 | |||
Canton | Gas | ? | ? | "Gas" refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline). | |
Electric | 1907 | 25 Jul 1928 | |||
Centralia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1892 | 1929 | |||
Champaign – Urbana | Horse | 1863 | ? | ||
Electric | 1890 | 1936 | |||
Charleston | Electric | 1904 | 1925 | ||
Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | Horse | 1858 | 1906 | |
Cable | 28 Jan 1882 | 21 Oct 1906 | |||
Electric | 21 Oct 1890 | 21 Jun 1958 | See also Hammond, Indiana | ||
♦ Chicago Heights | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Chillicothe | Horse | ? | ? | ||
♦ Cicero – Berwyn | Horse | ? | ? | Also experimental operation with steam and gas (town gas) traction. | |
Electric | ? | 10 Apr 1948 | |||
Danville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1891 | 1936 | |||
Decatur | Horse | 1876 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1936 | |||
DeKalb | Electric | ? | ? | ||
♦ Dixon | Electric | May 1904 | 17 Sep 1925 | ||
Du Quoin | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Du Quoin and St. Johns. | |
East St. Louis | Electric | ? | 1935 | System operated interstate tramway services to St. Louis, Missouri. Reintroduced (St. Louis LRT) 1993. | |
Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric | Elgin | Horse | 1884 | ? | |
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Evanston Railway Company | ♦ Evanston | Electric | ? | 1935 | |
Freeport | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1891 | 1933 | |||
Galesburg | Horse | 1885 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1931 | |||
♦ Granite City | Electric | ? | 1958 | Interstate suburban line from St. Louis, Missouri. | |
Harrisburg | Electric | 1913 | 1933 | ||
♦ Harvey | Electric | 1892 | 189_ | ||
Hillsboro | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Jacksonville | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1930 | |||
Joliet | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1934 | |||
Kankakee | Electric | 1891 | 1931 | ||
Kewanee | Electric | ? | Feb 1936 | ||
LaSalle – Peru | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1891 | 1926 | |||
Lincoln | Electric | 25 Dec 1891 | 1929 | ||
Mattoon | Electric | 1904 | 1927 | ||
Mechanicsburg – Buffalo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
♦ Moline | Electric | ? | 1936 | ||
Mount Vernon | Electric | ? | 1917 | ||
Murphysboro | Electric | 1903 | 1927 | ||
Ottawa | Electric | 1889 | 1934 | ||
Paris | Electric | ? | 1928 | ||
Pekin | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 11 Nov 1935 | |||
Peoria | Horse | 1870 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1946 | |||
Pontiac | Electric | 23 Apr 1905 | 24 Nov 1925 | ||
Princeton | Electric | 1906 | 1929 | ||
Quincy | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1930 | |||
Rockford | Horse | 1881 | 1889 | ||
Electric | 1889 | 3 Sep 1936 | |||
Rock Island | Horse | 1866 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1940 | Operated as part of Davenport, Iowa, system. Operated interstate service to Davenport, Iowa. | ||
Springfield | Horse | 1865 | ? | ||
Electric | 1893 | 27 Dec 1937 | |||
Sterling | Electric | May 1904 | 17 Sep 1925 | ||
Streator | Electric | 1891
1898 |
1896
1912 |
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Taylorville | Electric | ? | 1925 | ||
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad | Waukegan | Electric | ? | 1947 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anderson | Horse | ? | 14 Aug 1892 | ||
Electric | ? | 13 Nov 1937 | |||
Angola | Electric | 1904 | 1918 | ||
Brazil | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Brownstown | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Columbus | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1892 | 28 Jul 1929 | |||
Crawfordsville | Electric | ? | 31 Oct 1922 | ||
Elkhart | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1891
15 May 1894 |
1891
2 Jun 1934 |
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Elwood | Electric | 6 Sep 1893 | 1 Aug 1924 | ||
Evansville | Horse | 1886 | 1894 | ||
Electric | 15 Sep 1892 | 1939 | |||
Fort Wayne | Horse | 6 Jan 1872 | 9 Aug 1894 | ||
Electric | 7 August 1892 | 27 June 1947 | |||
French Lick – West Baden Springs | Electric | 9 Nov 1903 | 18 Jul 1919 | ||
Gary | Electric | 20 May 1908 | 1947 | ||
Goshen | Electric | 4 Jul 1896 | 1920 | ||
Greencastle | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Hammond | Electric | 15 May 1893 | 1946 | Operated interstate service to Chicago, Illinois. | |
♦ East Chicago | Electric | 15 May 1893 | 1940 | Also served Whiting. | |
Huntington | Electric | 1902 | 1910 | ||
Indianapolis | Horse | 3 Oct 1864 | 1894 | ||
Electric | 18 Jun 1890 | 11 Jan 1953 | |||
Kokomo | Electric | 15 Dec 1891 | 17 Apr 1932 | ||
La Porte | Electric | 1 Jul 1902 | 1918 | ||
Lafayette | Horse | 1868
1884 |
187_
1889 |
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Electric | 30 Oct 1888 | 14 Mar 1940 | |||
Logansport | Horse | 1882 | 1896 | ||
Electric | 1 Oct 1891 | 29 Apr 1932 | |||
Madison | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | 20 Jun 1898 | 30 Jun 1918 | |||
Marion | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | 1 Aug 1893 | 26 Jun 1947 | |||
Michigan City | Electric | 189_ | 1932 | ||
Mount Vernon | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Muncie | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1 Sep 1892 | 1932 | |||
New Albany | Electric | 1891 | 21 Jan 1946 | See also Louisville, Kentucky. | |
♦ Jeffersonville | Electric | 1888 | 1934 | ||
New Castle | Electric | ? | 31 Oct 1922 | ||
Peru | Electric | 3 Aug 1901 | 30 Sep 1934 | ||
Richmond | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 6 Sep 1889 | 1938 | |||
South Bend | Horse | 27 May 1885 | ? | ||
Electric | 15 Jan 1885
1889 |
?
15 Jun 1940 |
Experimental operation in 1882. System also served Mishawaka. | ||
Terre Haute | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 6 Jan 1940 | |||
Vincennes | Horse | 1881 | ? | ||
Electric | 8 September 1891 | 1 Jul 1938 | |||
Wabash | Electric | 3 Aug 1901 | 1 Aug 1931 | ||
Warsaw | Electric | ? | 1938 | ||
Washington | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1894 | 31 Oct 1935 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 18 Dec 1907 | 1922 | |||
Ames | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1907 | Jul 1929 | |||
Boone | Horse | 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | 14 Nov 1899 | 19 May 1925 | |||
Burlington | Horse | 1 Jan 1874 | ? | ||
Electric | 30 May 1891 | 1929 | |||
Cedar Rapids | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | 1891 | 13 Nov 1937 | |||
Centerville | Horse | 1887 | ? | ||
Electric | 1902 | 25 Apr 1925 | |||
Charles City | Electric | 1915 | 1921 | ||
Clinton | Horse | 6 Feb 1869 | ? | ||
Electric | 1890 | 25 May 1937 | |||
Council Bluffs | Horse | 1869 | ? | ||
Electric | Dec 1887 | 15 Sep 1948 | Omaha Traction Company | ||
Davenport | Horse | 2 Mar 1869 | ? | ||
Electric | 6 Aug 1888 | 15 Apr 1940 | Tramway system also served Rock Island and Moline, Illinois. | ||
Des Moines | Horse | 11 Jan 1868 | ? | ||
Electric | 1888 | 6 March 1950 | |||
Dubuque | Horse | 23 May 1868 | |||
Electric | 25 Dec 1889 | 4 Jul 1932 | |||
Fort Dodge | Electric | 1896 | 14 Nov 1925 | ||
Fort Madison | Horse | Jul 1888 | ? | ||
Electric | 1895 | 1929 | |||
Independence | Electric | 22 Aug 1892 | 14 Aug 1907 | ||
Iowa City | Electric | 1 Nov 1910 | 16 Aug 1930 | ||
Keokuk | Horse | 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | 30 Aug 1890 | 15 May 1928 | |||
Marshalltown | Horse | 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | 31 Dec 1892 | 31 Aug 1928 | |||
Mason City | Electric | 1897 | 30 Aug 1936 | ||
Muscatine | Horse | 11 Sep 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | 30 May 1893 | 17 Mar 1929 | |||
Oskaloosa | Horse | 1880 | ? | ||
Electric | 1898 | May 1926 | |||
Ottumwa | Horse | 1881 | ? | ||
Electric | 1889 (?) | 12 Aug 1930 | |||
Red Oak | Horse | Apr 1882 | 1901 | ||
Sioux City | Horse | 1 Jul 1881
1885 |
?
? |
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Cable | 1 Jun 1889 | 15 May 1894 | |||
Electric | 6 April 1890 | 1948 | System included interstate tramway to South Sioux City, Nebraska. | ||
Tama – Toledo | Electric | 4 Jul 1894 | 25 Jun 1925 | ||
Waterloo | Horse | 1885 | May 1896 | ||
Electric | 1896 | Aug 1939 | |||
♦ Cedar Falls | Electric | 14 Dec 1897 | 18 May 1941 | ||
♦ Waterloo – Cedar Falls | Electric | 1897 | 31 Jul 1958 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abilene | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Arkansas City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Atchison | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1929 | |||
Baxter Springs | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Chetopa | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Clay Center | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Coffeyville | Electric | 190_ | 1948 | ||
Cottonwood Falls – Strong City | Horse | 22 Aug 1887 | 29 Jan 1918 | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | 29 Jan 1918 | 27 Jun 1919 | |||
Council Grove | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Dighton (?) | Horse (?) | ? | ? | see note. | |
Emporia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 189_ | 1928 | |||
Fort Scott | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 189_ | 1918 | |||
Galena | Electric | ? | ? | see also Joplin, Missouri | |
Garden City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Great Bend | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Hutchinson | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1932 | |||
Independence | Electric | ? | 1946 | ||
Iola | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Junction City | Electric | 12 Aug 1901 | 28 Feb 1934 | ||
Kansas City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Cable | 15 Jun 1885 | 13 Oct 1913 | |||
Electric | ? | 1956 | Tramway system served Kansas City, North Kansas City and Independence, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. | ||
Kingman | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Larned | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Lawrence | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1933 | |||
Leavenworth | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 189_ | 1925 | |||
Manhattan | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Electric | Jun 1909 | Oct 1928 | |||
McPherson | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Newton | Horse | 1886
1910 |
1890
? |
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Electric | 25 Oct 1913 | 1 Nov 1925 | |||
Ottawa | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Parsons | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Pittsburg | Electric | 20 Oct 1890 | 1932 | see also Joplin, Missouri | |
Pratt | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Salina | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 17 Jul 1937 | |||
Wellington | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Wichita | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1934 | |||
♦ Arkansas City | Horse | 18__ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1922 | |||
Winfield | Horse | 1886 | 17 May 1909 | ||
Electric | ? | 24 May 1926 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ohio Valley Electric Railway | Ashland | Electric | 189_ | 1936 | |
Bowling Green | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 189_ | ? | |||
Covington | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
Electric | 1890 | 3 Jul 1950 | Also served Newport and other communities. Operated service across Ohio River to Cincinnati, Ohio. | ||
Frankfort | Electric | ? | 6 Jan 1934 | ||
Georgetown | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 189_ | ? | |||
Henderson | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 17 Jul 1923 | |||
Lexington | Horse | 26 Aug 1882 | 4 Sep 1890 | ||
Electric | 24 Aug 1890 | 20 Apr 1938 | |||
Louisville | Steam | 1838 | 1844 | ||
Horse | 1844 | 1901 | |||
Electric | 1889 | 30 Apr 1948 | See also New Albany and Jeffersonville, Indiana. | ||
Maysville | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Middlesboro | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Owensboro | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1934 | |||
Paducah | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1932 | |||
Somerset | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Winchester | Electric | ? | ? |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abita Aprings | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Alexandria | Horse | 19 Jun 1891 | 19 Jun 1899 | ||
Electric | 12 Apr 1906 | 18 Dec 1926 | |||
Baton Rouge | Mule | 16 Oct 1890 | 5 Apr 1893 | Two mule car lines, later connected as a belt line | |
Electric | 6 Apr 1893 | 23 Apr 1936 | Three lines at peak in 1924-1932[17] | ||
Burnside | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Grand Isle | Horse | 1866 | 1893 | ||
Lake Charles | Horse | 1891 | ? | ||
Steam | 1893 | 1906 | |||
Electric | 1 Feb 1906 | 29 Jun 1927 | |||
Monroe | Electric | 15 Jun 1906 | 21 Aug 1938 | ||
New Orleans | Horse | Jan 1835 | ? | ||
Steam | 26 Jan 1835 | ? | |||
Electric | 1 Feb 1893 | See Streetcars in New Orleans. Operation suspended 28 Aug 2005 – 18 Dec 2005 because of storm damage (Hurricane Katrina). | |||
♦ Algiers | Horse | 1884 | 1 Sep 1907 | ||
Electric | 1 Sep 1907 | 22 Jan 1931 | |||
Shreveport | Horse | 31 Dec 1870 | 16 Oct 1893 | ||
Electric | 4 Oct 1890 | 10 Dec 1939 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Augusta, Winthrop and Gardiner Street Railway (German) | Augusta | Electric | 26 Jul 1889 | 31 Jul 1932 | |
Bangor | Electric | 29 Apr 1889 | 31 Dec 1945 | ||
Bath | Electric | 189_ | 1932 | ||
Biddeford | Horse | 4 Jul 1888 | 5 May 1892 | Connected Biddeford and Saco. | |
Electric | ? | 5 Jul 1939 | " " | ||
Brunswick | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Calais | Electric | 4 Jul 1894 | 31 Oct 1929 | International tramway, connected Calais and St. Stephen (New Brunswick), Canada (q.v.). | |
Fairfield | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Fryeburg Horse Railroad (German)[18] | Fryeburg | Horse | 18. May 1888 | 1. Oct 1913 | |
Lewiston | Horse | 3 Sep 1881 | 1896 | Connected Lewiston and Auburn. | |
Electric | ? | 6 Sep 1941 | |||
Portland | Horse | 10 Oct 1863 | 17 Dec 1895 | ||
Electric | 20 Jun 1891 | 4 May 1941 | |||
Rockland | Electric | 1 Aug 1892 | 1 Apr 1931 | ||
Sanford | Electric | 189_ | 27 Apr 1947 | ||
Waterville | Horse | 23 Jun 1888 | 1892 | ||
Electric | 20 Jul 1892 | 11 Oct 1937 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Annapolis | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Baltimore | Horse | 1859 | ? | ||
Cable | 23 May 1891 | 23 Mar 1899 | |||
Electric | ? | 3 Nov 1963 | Reintroduced (LRT) 6 Apr 1992 (see Baltimore Light Rail). | ||
Buena Vista – Buena Vista Springs | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Chesapeake Beach | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1921 (?) | |||
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway | Cumberland | Horse | ? | ? | |
Electric | 189_ | 1932 | |||
Hagerstown & Frederick Railway | Frederick | Electric | 189_ | 1937 | |
Hagerstown | Electric | 189_ | 1939 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attleboro | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1932 | |||
Boston | Horse | 1856 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | Green Line and Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line. Also serve many neighboring towns. See also: Category:Streetcars in the Boston area | |||
Brockton | Horse | 26 July 1881 | ? | ||
Electric | 5 Sep 1890 | 11 Jul 1937 | |||
Conway | Horse | 1 April 1895 | 1921 | ||
Fall River | Horse | 1880 | 1891 | ||
Electric | 1892 | 20 Sep 1936 | |||
Fitchburg | Horse | 3 July 1886 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1932 | Connected Fitchburg and Leominster. | ||
Framingham | Electric | 188_ | 1925 | ||
Gardner | Electric | 189_ | 1924 | ||
Gloucester | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1919 | |||
Greenfield | Electric | 189_ | ? | ||
Haverhill | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 29 Aug 1936 | |||
Holyoke | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1936 | |||
Lawrence | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | Mar 1936 | |||
Lowell | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | Mar 1936 | |||
Lynn | Horse | 185_ | ? | ||
Electric | 19 November 1888 | 1937 | Purported to be the first electric trolley in Massachusetts | ||
New Bedford | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1947 | |||
Newburyport | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 27 Aug 1930 | |||
Newton | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 193_ | |||
Northampton | Horse | 186_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1933 | |||
Oak Bluffs | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Pittsfield | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1932 | |||
Plymouth | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1928 | |||
Quincy | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1948 | |||
Salem | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Springfield | Horse | 186_ | ? | ||
Electric | 6 Jun 1890 | 1940 | |||
Stoneham | Electric | ? | 27 Jul 1946 | ||
Taunton | Horse | 23 Sep 1871 | ? | ||
Electric | 3 Sep 1893 | Jul 1932 | |||
Waltham | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 193_ | |||
Worcester | Horse | 186_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 31 Dec 1945 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adrian | Electric | 1889 | 1924 | ||
Ann Arbor | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 28 Sep 1890 | 31 Jan 1925 | |||
Battle Creek | Horse | 1865 | ? | ||
Electric | 1887
188_ |
1887
30 Sep 1932 |
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Bay City | Electric | ? | Aug 1921 | ||
Benton Harbor | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1892 | Sep 1935 | System also served St. Joseph | ||
Cheboygan | Horse | 1893
1898 |
1896
1898 |
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Department of Street Railways (The DSR) 1922-1956 | Detroit | Horse | 3 Aug 1863 | 9 Nov 1895 | |
Electric | 1 Sep 1886 | 8 Apr 1956 | Heritage tramway, 20 Sep 1976 – Jun 2003 | ||
Escanaba | Electric | 1892 | 1932 | ||
Fenton | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Flint | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1900 | 4 Apr 1936 | |||
Grand Haven | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Grand Rapids | Horse | 1864 | ? | ||
Cable | 18 Apr 1888 | 12 Nov 1891 | |||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Holland | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Iron RIver | Horse | 1913 | 1921 | ||
Ishpeming | Electric | 1893 | 20 Aug 1927 | ||
Jackson | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 19 Sep 1891 | 27 Jun 1936 | |||
Kalamazoo | Horse | 1885 | ? | ||
Electric | 1893 | 2 Nov 1932 | |||
Lansing | Horse | 1886 | ? | ||
Electric | 26 Aug 1890 | 15 Apr 1933 | |||
Manistee | Electric | 1892 | 26 Aug 1921 | ||
Marquette | Electric | 1891 | 19 April 1935 | ||
Menominee | Electric | ? | 1928 | System also served Marinette, Wisconsin. | |
Monroe | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Mount Clemens | Horse | 1890 | ? | ||
Electric | 1900 | Jan 1930 | |||
Muskegon | Horse | 25 Nov 1882 | ? | ||
Electric | Apr 1890 | 10 Oct 1929 | |||
Owosso | Electric | 1911 | 1929 | Connected Owosso and Corunna | |
Pontiac | Electric | 1900 | 1932 | ||
Port Huron | Horse | 186_ | ? | ||
Electric | 1886 | 28 Jan 1930 | See also Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. | ||
Saginaw | Horse | 1863 | ? | ||
Electric | 1899 | 9 Oct 1931 | Operation suspended Aug 1921 – 1 Nov 1923 because of dispute between tramway undertaking and local authority. | ||
Sault Ste. Marie | Electric | 1888 | 8 Jul 1931 | See also Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. | |
Traverse City | Electric | 18?? | 1920s |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anoka | Horse | 1884
1908 |
1897
1908 |
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Brainerd | Horse | 1887 | 1889 | ||
Electric | 1893 | 2 Jun 1898 | |||
Breckenridge | Electric | 30 Aug 1910 | 31 Mar 1925 | Interstate tramway, connected Breckenridge with Wahpeton, North Dakota. Ranked as the smallest interstate town tramway (and one of the smallest town tramways) in the U.S. | |
Duluth Street Railway | Duluth | Horse | 1882 | 1890 | |
Electric | 1890 | 9 Sep 1939 | Tramway system served Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin. Two funiculars operated in Duluth. The 7th Avenue West Incline which operated as part of the streetcar system, and the independent Duluth Belt Line Railway | ||
Hibbing | Electric | 11 Dec 1921 | 16 Apr 1927 | ||
International Falls | Electric | 1891 | Oct 1895 | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1913 | 1919 | Occasional reports, described by Wyatt [19] as "unproven," state that accumulator (storage battery) tramcars operated on the railway bridge to Fort Francis, Ontario, Canada. | ||
Mankato | Horse | 23 Jul 1886 | 1895 | ||
Electric | 10 May 1908 | 8 Mar 1930 | |||
Twin City Rapid Transit | Minneapolis | Horse | 2 Sep 1875 | 23 Dec 1889 | |
Electric | 23 Dec 1889 | 31 Oct 1953 | Reintroduced (LRT, the Hiawatha Line), 26 Jun 2004. See also Como-Harriet Streetcar Line (Heritage streetcar). | ||
♦ St. Paul | Horse | 15 Jul 1872 | ? | ||
Cable | 21 Jan 1888 | 3 Jun 1898 | |||
Electric | ? | 18 Jul 1954 | |||
♦ Stillwater | Electric | 6 Nov 1899
27 Jun 1899 |
1897
10 Sep 1932 |
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Moorhead | Electric | 9 Dec 1912 | 30 Jun 1937 | Operated as part of Fargo, North Dakota, tramway system. | |
Granite City Railway | St. Cloud | Horse | 3 Oct 1887 | 1892 | |
Electric | 30 Jun 1892 | 29 Apr 1936 | |||
Winona | Horse | 25 Dec 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | 22 Jan 1892 | 21 Jul 1938 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biloxi | Electric | 189_ | 1932 | ||
♦ Gulfport | Electric | 190_ | 1932 | ||
Columbus | Electric | ? | 1920 | ||
Enterprise | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Greenville | Electric | 188_ | 1929 | ||
Hattiesburg | Electric | 190_ | ? | ||
Jackson | Mule | 1871 | 1899 | ||
Electric | 1899 | 1935 | |||
Laurel | Electric | ? | 1934 | ||
Meridian | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Natchez | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1928 | |||
Pascagoula | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Vicksburg | Electric | 189_ | 1935 | ||
Yazoo City | Electric | 1911 | 1918 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ava – Mansfield | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Cape Girardeau | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 189_ | 1932 | |||
Carrollton | Steam | 1893 | ? | ||
Electric | 30 Aug 1897 | ? | |||
Carthage | Horse | 17 Oct 1883 | 24 Jan 1885 | ||
Electric | 24 Aug 1895 | 21 Jul 1935 | |||
♦ Carthage – Carterville | Electric | ? | ? | see also Joplin (below). | |
Clinton | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Farmington – Delassus | Electric | ? | ? | ||
♦ Farmington – St. Francois | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Hannibal | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 188_ | ? | |||
Jefferson City | Electric | ? | 1934 | ||
Joplin | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1935 | |||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
♦ Joplin – Webb City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
♦ Webb City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
♦♦ Webb City – Carterville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
♦ Joplin – Duenweg – Carterville | Electric | ? | ? | ||
♦ Joplin – Pittsburg, Kansas | Electric | ? | ? | see also Pittsburg, Kansas | |
♦ Joplin – (Galena, Kansas) – Baxter Springs, Kansas – Picher, Oklahoma | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Kansas City | Horse | Apr 1869 | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Cable | 15 Jun 1885 | 13 Oct 1913 | |||
Electric | ? | 23 Jun 1957. | |||
♦ Independence | Horse | 1886 | ? | ||
Steam | 1886 | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1935 | |||
♦ North Kansas City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Lebanon | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Nevada | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
St. Joseph | Horse | 186_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1939 | |||
St. Louis | Horse | 1859 | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Cable | 15 Apr 1886 | 14 Mar 1901 | |||
Electric | ? | 20 Jun 1966 | Reintroduced (LRT) 31 Jul 1993 (see St. Louis MetroLink) | ||
Sedalia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 189_ | 1931 | |||
Springfield | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1937 | |||
Trenton | Electric | ? | ? |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anaconda | Electric | 1 Sep 1890 | 31 Dec 1951 | ||
Billings | Horse | 1882 | 1883 | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 4 Apr 1912 | 1917 | |||
Bozeman | Electric | 21 Jul 1892 | 15 Dec 1921 | ||
Butte | Horse | 1886 | ? | ||
Cable | 4 Mar 1889 | 19 Sep 1897 | |||
Electric | 26 Aug 1890 | 22 Aug 1937 | |||
Great Falls | Electric | 18 Aug 1891 | 30 Nov 1931 | ||
Horse | 1892 | 1893 | |||
Helena | Horse | 25 Sep 1886 | ? | ||
Electric | 25 May 1890 | 1 Jan 1928 | |||
Missoula | Horse | 1897 | ? | ||
Electric | 1892
11 May 1910 |
1897
24 Jan 1932 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beatrice | Electric | 18__ | 1897 | ||
Fremont | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Grand Island | Horse | ? | 1898 | ||
Hastings | Horse | 1887 | ? | ||
Kearney | Electric | 18__ | 1898 | ||
Lincoln | Lincoln | 18__ | 1945 | ||
Nebraska City | Horse | 1889 | 1910 | ||
Norfolk | Electric | 18__ | 1897 | ||
Omaha | Horse | 1868 | ? | Omaha Horse Railway Company | |
Cable | 29 Dec 1887 | 7 Jul 1890 | Omaha Traction Company | ||
Electric | ? | 1955 | Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company | ||
Plattsmouth | Electric | 18__ | 1892 | ||
Red Cloud | Horse | 1887 | 1910 | ||
Wymore | Horse | ? | ? | ||
York | Horse | ? | ? |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reno | Electric | 1904 | 1927 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berlin | Electric | 4 Jul 1902 | 1 Dec 1928 | ||
Claremont | Electric | 190_ | 1918 | ||
Concord | Horse | 1881 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 29 Apr 1933 | |||
Dover | Horse | 1882 | ? | ||
Electric | 16 Aug 1889 | 15 Sep 1926 | |||
Exeter | Electric | 189_ | 1924 | ||
Keene | Electric | 190_ | ? | ||
Laconia | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1926 | |||
Manchester | Horse | 1877 | ? | ||
Electric | 1895 | 2 May 1940 | |||
Nashua | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1932 | |||
Portsmouth | Electric | 189_ | 1925 | ||
Rochester | Electric | 1 Sep 1889 | 6 May 1925 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asbury Park | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 19 Sep 1897 | 1931 | |||
Atlantic City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 27 Dec 1955 | see also Shore Fast Line. | ||
Beach Haven | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company | Bridgeton | Electric | ? | ? | see also Millville and Vineland. |
Brigantine | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Camden | Horse | 1871 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1935 | Also served Gloucester City and other neighboring towns. | ||
♦ Camden-Trenton | Electric | 190_ | 1931 | Diesel Light Rail line opened 14 Mar 2004 (see River Line (New Jersey Transit)) | |
Cape May | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ?
1916 |
1892
1918 |
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Electric | 1892 | 1913 | |||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1916 | 1916 | |||
Elizabeth | Horse | 1869 | ? | ||
Gas | ? | ? | Gas refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline). | ||
Electric | ? | 18 Feb 1931 | Newark – Elizabeth tramway line closed 3 Jan 1937. Reintroduction planned (see Union County Light Rail). | ||
Gibbsboro – Lucaston | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Hackensack | Electric | ? | 1938 | ||
Hudson County | Horse | 1860 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | Last lines using the Hoboken Inclined Elevated viaduct closed 7 Aug 1949. | Reintroduced (Hudson-Bergen Light Rail) 22 Apr 2000. | ||
Keansburg | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Keyport | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 189_ | 1923 | |||
Long Branch | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Metuchen | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Millville Traction Company | Millville | Electric | ? | ? | see also Bridgeton. |
Morristown | Electric | ? | 1927 | ||
Mount Holly | Horse | ? | ? | ||
New Brunswick | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1 Aug 1931 | Suburban tramway line closed 26 Oct 1931. | ||
Newark | Horse | 1859 | 1893 | ||
Cable | Line built and tested, but not placed in service because of technical problems. | ||||
Electric | Oct 1890 | see note. | |||
Ocean City | Electric | ? | ? | see also Atlantic City | |
Ortley Beach | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Passaic | Electric | ? | ? | Newark – Passaic tramway closed 20 Mar 1937. | |
Paterson | Horse | 1863 | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Gas | ? | ? | Gas refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline). | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1 May 1928 | Newark – Paterson tramway line closed 1938. | ||
Phillipsburg | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1894 | 31 Oct 1931 | See also Easton, Pennsylvania. | ||
Plainfield | Electric | 1901 | 1925 | Newark – Plainfield tramway line closed 15 Sep 1935. | |
Point Pleasant | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1919 | |||
Red Bank | Electric | 1896 | 1921 | ||
Rutherford | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1896 | 1921 | |||
Sea Isle City | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Stone Harbor – Cape May Court House | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Trenton | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 6 Dec 1934 | |||
Vineland | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Wildwood | Electric | ? | 1946 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albuquerque | Horse | 1880 | 1904 | ||
Electric | Sep (?) 1904 | 31 Dec 1927 | Reintroduction planned. | ||
Las Vegas | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1928 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albany | Horse | 22 Feb 1864 | 1921 | ||
Electric | 1890 | 1 Aug 1946 | |||
♦ Cohoes | Horse | 1864 | ? | ||
Electric | 1890 | 6 Feb 1934 | |||
♦ Rensselaer | Electric | 4 Nov 1897 | 193_ | ||
♦ Schenectady | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1946 | |||
♦ Troy | Horse | Sep 1861 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 26 Sep 1933 | |||
♦♦ Albia – Averill Park | Electric | 5 Oct 1895 | 31 Mar 1925 | ||
Amsterdam | Horse | 4 Jul 1873 | ? | ||
Electric | 20 Dec 1890 | 1 Sep 1936 | |||
Auburn | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Batavia | Electric | Sep 1903 | 13 Jun 1927 | ||
Beacon | Electric | 27 Aug 1892 | 20 Apr 1930 | Connected Beacon and Fishkill | |
Binghamton | Horse | 1873 | 1893 | ||
Electric | 31 May 1887 | 1 Aug 1932 | |||
♦ Binghamton – Port Dickinson – Johnson City | Horse | 1 Jan 1883 (?) | 1 Jul 1892 | ||
Electric | 1892 | 1 Aug 1932 | |||
Buffalo | Horse | 11 Jun 1860 | 1893 | ||
Electric | 20 Jun 1889 | 1 Jul 1950 | Reintroduced (LRT, Buffalo Metro Rail), 18 May 1984. | ||
♦ Buffalo – Depew | Electric | 8 May 1901 | 23 Sep 1926 | ||
♦ Buffalo – Gardenville – Ebenezer | Electric | 18 Apr 1896 | 12 Dec 1931 | ||
♦ Buffalo – Hamburg | Electric | 6 Oct 1900 | 12 Dec 1931 | ||
♦ Buffalo – Hamburg | Electric | 1906 | 193_ | ||
♦ Buffalo – Williamsville | Electric | 5 April 1893 | 18 September 1930 | ||
♦ Niagara Falls | Horse | 2 Jul 1883 | ? | ||
Electric traction, July 1892 | 22 Aug 1937 | ||||
Canandaigua | Horse | 6 Sep 1887 | Jul 1892 | ||
Electric | 4 Aug 1894 | 31 Jul 1930 | |||
Catskill | Electric | 14 Dec 1900 | by 31 Oct 1917 | ||
Corning | Electric | 1 Nov 1895 | 1 Apr 1930 | ||
Cortland | Horse | 14 Sep 1885 | ? | ||
Electric | 1 Apr 1895 | 1928 | |||
♦ Cortland – Homer – McGraw – Preble | Horse | 14 Sep 1885 | ? | Connected Cortland and Homer. | |
Electric | 1 Apr 1895 | 15 Feb 1931 | |||
Dunkirk | Electric | 1 Jul 1900
1917 |
1917
by Aug 1923 |
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♦ Fredonia | Electric | 15 May 1910 | Jul 1927 | ||
♦ Dunkirk – Fredonia | Horse | Sep 1866 | 1891 | ||
Electric | 30 Oct 1891 | 25 Mar 1934 | |||
Elmira | Horse | Oct 1871 | ? | ||
Steam | 23 Jul 1889 | ? | |||
Electric | 30 Aug 1890 | 11 Mar 1939 | |||
Fonda – Fultonville | Horse | 1875 | 11 Jul 1884 | ||
Frankfort – Ilion – Mohawk – Herkimer | Horse | 4 Jul 1871 | 1895 (?) | ||
Electric | 1895 (?) | 30 Jun 1933 | |||
Fulton | Horse | 15 Aug 1886 | by 1908 | ||
Electric | ? | 15 Sep 1927 | |||
Geneva | Electric | 27 Mar 1895 | 1925 | ||
♦ Geneva – Waterloo – Seneca Falls – Cayuga | Steam | 1886 | ? | ||
Electric | 13 Jul 1890 | 6 Dec 1928 | Opened in stages, completed 27 Mar 1895. | ||
Glens Falls | Horse | 28 Sep 1885 | ? | ||
Electric | 1891 | 30 Jun 1928 | |||
Gloversville | Electric | ? | ? | ||
♦ Gloversville – Mountain Lake | Electric | 23 Aug 1901 | 30 Sep 1917 | ||
Hornell | Electric | 6 Aug 1892 | 15 Jul 1926 | ||
♦ Hornell – Canisteo | Electric | 30 Dec 1892 | 15 Jul 1926 | ||
Ithaca | Electric | 2 Jan 1888
28 Jan 1893 |
May 1892
22 Jun 1935 |
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Jamestown | Horse | 20 Jun 1884 | 1892 (?) | ||
Electric | 11 Jun 1891 | 29 Jan 1938 | |||
Johnstown | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Kingston | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
Electric | 1894 | 30 Sep 1930 | |||
Lima – Honeoye | Electric | 8 Aug 1899 | by 30 Oct 1915 | ||
Lockport | Horse | 1 Jan 1887 | 1891 | ||
Electric | 20 Aug 1895 | 16 Apr 1938 | |||
Long Island | see also New York City. | ||||
Babylon Rail Road Company | ♦ Babylon | Horse | 1871 | 1909 | |
Electric | 1909 | 15 May 1920 | |||
♦♦ Babylon – Amityville | Electric | 1909 | 15 May 1920 | ||
♦ Freeport | Electric | 1906 | 1924 | ||
Huntington Railroad | ♦ Huntington | Horse | 19 Jul 1890 | 1898 | Replaced by Huntington Traction Company (1920-1927) |
Electric | 17 Jun 1898 | 15 Aug 1927 | |||
♦♦ Huntington – Amityville | Electric | 26 Aug 1909 | 23 Sep 1919 | ||
♦ Long Beach | Petrol (gasoline) | 20 Oct 1923 | 1926 | ||
Northport Traction Company | ♦ East Northport - Northport | Electric | 18 Apr 1902 | 19 Aug 1924 | |
Suffolk Traction Company | ♦ Patchogue | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1 Jul 1911 | 10 Oct 1919 | |
♦♦ Patchogue – Holtsville | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1914 | 10 Oct 1919 | Extension Holtsville – Port Jefferson started, not completed. | |
♦♦ Patchogue – Sayville | Accumulator (storage battery) | by 1914 | 10 Oct 1919 | ||
♦ Sayville | Horse | Jul 1909 | Sep 1909 | ||
Nassau County Railway | ♦ Sea Cliff | Electric | 2 Jul 1902 | 31 Dec 1924 | a.k.a.; Sea Cliff Village Trolley |
Glen Cove Railroad | ♦♦ Sea Cliff – Glen Cove | Electric | 16 Nov 1905 | 15 Nov 1924 | |
Middletown | Electric | 8 May 1894 | 9 Apr 1924 | ||
♦ Middletown- Goshen | Electric | 25 Nov 1895 | 21 Oct 1924 | ||
Newburgh | Horse | 24 Dec 1886 | May 1894 | ||
Electric | 9 Jun 1894 | 31 Mar 1923 | |||
♦ Newburgh – Orange Lake – Walden | Electric | July 1894 | 1923 | see note. | |
New York City | see also Long Island and Westchester County. | ||||
♦ Bronx | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1892 | 21 Aug 1948 | |||
♦♦ City Island | Horse | 20 May 1887 | 1914 | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 17 Aug 1914 | 9 Aug 1919 | |||
♦ Brooklyn | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1890 | 30 Oct 1956 | |||
♦ Manhattan | Horse | 14 Nov 1832 | 1917 | ||
Cable | 31 Aug 1885 | 25 May 1901 | |||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1910 | 1932 | |||
Electric | ? | 21 Jun 1947 | Last tramway line in New York, which operated on the Queensboro Bridge between Manhattan and Queens, closed 7 Apr 1957. | ||
♦ Queens | Horse | 1869 | ? | ||
Electric | 1887 | 26 Apr 1950 | |||
Ocean Electric Railway (originally Far Rockaway Railroad) |
♦♦ Far Rockaway | Horse | 2 Jul 1886 | 1898 | |
Electric | 1898 | 24 Sep 1924 | |||
Ocean Electric Railway (originally Rockaway Village Railroad) |
♦♦ Rockaway Park | Horse | 2 Jun 1886
1897 |
1895
1898 |
|
Electric | 1898 | 26 Aug 1928 | see note. | ||
♦ Staten Island | Horse | Sep 1868 | 1896 | ||
Electric | 1893 | 26 Jan 1934 | |||
Ogdensburg | Horse | 14 Aug 1886 | 1895 | ||
Electric | 1 Sep 1895 | 1 Apr 1932 | |||
Oneida | Horse | 4 Jul 1885 | 30 Jul 1902 | ||
Electric | 14 Dec 1902 | Dec 1930 | |||
Oneonta | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Ossining | Electric | 1893
1 Oct 1907 |
20 Oct 1906
7 May 1926 |
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Oswego | Horse | 22 Aug 1885 | 1892 | ||
Electric | 1892 | 21 Apr 1927 | |||
Peekskill | Electric | Jun 1899 | 30 Jun 1926. | ||
♦ Peekskill – Lake Mohegan | Electric | 30 Jul 1899 | 1924 | ||
♦ Peekskill – Oregon | Electric | 25 Mar 1907 | 29 Aug 1925 | Opened in stages, completed 1909. | |
♦ Peekskill – Verplanck | Electric | 1902 | 30 Jun 1926 | ||
Penn Yan – Branchport | Electric | 15 Aug 1897
1 Jan 1927 |
11 Oct 1926
13 Mar 1927 |
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Plattsburgh | Electric | 25 Jul 1896 | 1 Nov 1929 | ||
Port Jervis | Electric | 15 Jan 1898
4 Jul 1910 |
9 Jun 1910
15 Nov 1924 |
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Poughkeepsie | Horse | 1871 | 1894 | ||
Electric | 15 Dec 1894 | 25 Nov 1935 | |||
♦ Poughkeepsie – Wappingers Falls | Electric | 1895 | Nov 1928 | ||
♦ Highland – New Paltz | Electric | 17 Aug 1897 | 7 Jul 1925 | ||
Redwood – Alexandria Bay | Electric | 18 Aug 1902 | 16 Oct 1916 | ||
Rochester | Horse | 13 Jul 1863 | 1893 | ||
Electric | 1889 | 1 Apr 1941 | |||
♦ Charlotte – Manitou Beach | Electric | 1 Jun 1891 | 25 Aug 1925 | ||
Rome | Horse | 4 Jul 1887
1 Jul 1902 |
1900
1903 |
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Compressed-air | 22 Sep 1900 | 30 Jun 1902 | |||
Electric | 9 Jun 1903 | 7 Dec 1930 | |||
Saratoga Springs | Electric | 30 Jun 1892 | 20 Jan 1926 | Brief periods of operation in 1890 and 1891. | |
Syracuse | Horse | 11 May 1860 | ? | ||
Electric | 29 Nov 1888 | 4 Jan 1941 | |||
♦ Syracuse – Edwards Falls | Electric | 16 Jun 1898 | 24 Oct 1931 | ||
Utica | Horse | 14 Sep 1863 | ? | ||
Electric | 1890 | 13 May 1941 | |||
Watertown | Electric | 20 May 1891 | 17 Aug 1937 | ||
♦ Watertown – Brownsville – Dexter | Electric | 30 Jun 1891 | 9 Mar 1931 | ||
Waverly | Electric | 30 Jun 1896 | 11 Jun 1930 | ||
♦ Waverly – Sayre, PA – Athens, PA | Electric | 30 Jun 1896 | 11 Jun 1930 | ||
Westchester County | see also New York City. | ||||
♦ Larchmont | Horse | 1 May 1888 | ? | ||
Electric | 10 Jun 1900 | 16 Aug 1927 | |||
♦ Mount Vernon | Electric | ? | 1950 | ||
♦ New Rochelle | Electric | ? | 1950 | ||
♦ Port Chester | Electric | 12 Jul 1898 | 16 Aug 1927. | ||
♦ White Plains | Electric | 1 Oct 1895 | 16 Nov 1929 | ||
♦ Yonkers | Horse | Mar 1887 | 1892 | ||
Electric | May 1892 | Nov 1952 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asheville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1 Feb 1889 | 1934 | |||
Belmont | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Burlington | Electric | 1912 | 1922 | Connected Burlington and Haw River. | |
Charlotte | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 18 May 1891 | 14 Mar 1938 | Heritage tramway opened 1996 (see Charlotte Trolley). Reintroduced (LRT) 24 Nov 2007 (see Lynx). | ||
Concord | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ca. 1889 | ? | |||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1911 | ? | |||
Electric | 1923 | ca. 1929 | |||
Durham | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1902 | 1934 | |||
Fayetteville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ca. 1908 | 1909 | |||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Gastonia | Electric | ? | 21 Sep 1948 | ||
Goldsboro | Electric | 1910
1915 |
1912
ca. 1920 |
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Greensboro | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 11 Jun 1902 | 1934 | |||
Hendersonville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 1911 | ca. 1920 | |||
High Point | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1906 (?) | ? | ||
Electric | 1912 | 1935 | |||
New Bern | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1913 | ? | ||
Electric | ca. 1913 | 1929 | |||
Pinehurst | Electric | 1896 | 1907 | ||
Raleigh | Horse | 25 Dec 1886 | ? | ||
Electric | 1 Sep 1891 | 1934 | |||
Salisbury | Electric | 1905 | 1938 | ||
Wilmington | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1892 | 18 Apr 1939 | |||
♦ Wilmington – Wrightsville Beach | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 190_ | 1939 | |||
Winston-Salem | Electric | 14 July 1890 | 1936 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bismarck | Electric | 16 Feb 1904 | 28 Feb 1931 | Only US town tramway owned by a (federal) state authority. | |
Fargo | Horse | 1879
7 July 1882 |
1879
18 Sep 1882 |
||
Electric | 16 Feb 1904 | 21 Aug 1937 | Tramway system also served Moorhead, MN. | ||
Grand Forks | Electric | 20 Nov 1904 | 1 Feb 1934 | System included an interstate line to East Grand Forks, MN. | |
Valley City | Electric | 18 Dec 1905 | 194_ | ||
Wahpeton | see Breckenridge, MN. |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akron | Horse | 18 Aug 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | 2 Oct 1888 | 26 Mar 1947 | |||
Alliance | Electric | 1888 | 15 Jul 1939 | ||
Ashtabula | Horse | 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | 9 Apr 1892 | 30 Jan 1939 | |||
Bellaire | Horse | 16 Oct 1865 | ? | ||
Bellefontaine | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Berea | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Cambridge | Electric | 190_ | 1929 | ||
Canton | Horse | 1884 | ? | ||
Electric | Mar 1890 | 18 Apr 1931 | |||
Chillicothe | Electric | 189_ | 1930 | ||
Cincinnati | Horse | 1859 | 1904 | ||
Cable | 8 Jul 1885 | 19 Jul 1902 | |||
Steam | 1866 | 1897 | Mt. Lookout dummy | ||
Electric | 1889 | 29 Apr 1951 [20] | See also Covington, Kentucky. | ||
Cleveland | Horse | 1860 | 1901 | ||
Cable | 17 Dec 1890 | 28 Jan 1901 | |||
Electric | ? | Last in-street trolley/tram lines closed in 1954, but Shaker light rail line survived (see Blue and Green Lines). | |||
Columbus | Horse | 1863 | 1892 | ||
Electric | 1891 | 5 Sep 1948 | |||
Conneaut | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Coshocton | Electric | ? | 1927 | ||
Dayton | Horse | 1870 | 1895 | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | May 1893 | ? | |||
Steam | 1872 | 1886 | |||
Electric | 1888 | 1947. | see note. | ||
Defiance | Electric | 12 Dec 1891 | 1913 | ||
Delaware | Electric | 189_ | 19 Aug 1926 | ||
East Liverpool | Electric | 1892 | Apr 1939 | ||
Elyria | Electric | 189_ | 1931 | ||
Findlay | Horse | 1887 | 1894 | ||
Electric | 1891 | 31 Jan 1932 | |||
Fremont | Electric | 190_ | 1932 | ||
Gallipolis | Electric | 189_ | 1932 | ||
Hamilton | Electric | 1890 | 1933 | ||
Ohio Valley Electric Railway | Ironton | Electric | ? | 1930 | |
Lancaster | Electric | 189_ | 30 Oct 1937 | ||
Lima | Electric | 19 Jul 1886
189_ |
?
13 May 1939 |
||
Lorain | Electric | 189_ | 7 May 1938 | ||
Mansfield | Electric | 7 Aug 1887 | 6 Jun 1937 | ||
Marietta | Horse | 1888 | ? | ||
Electric | 1896 | 1934 | |||
Marion | Electric | 189_ | 1933 | ||
Massillon | Electric | 1892 | 2 Jun 1929 | ||
Middletown | Horse | 1879 | 4 May 1918 | Replaced by motorbus. | |
Mount Vernon | Electric | 189_ | 1917 | ||
New Philadelphia – Dover | Electric | 4 Jul 1889 | 26 Jan 1926 | ||
Newark | Electric | 189_ | 10 Aug 1926 | ||
Niles | Electric | 1894 | 1927 | ||
Norwalk | Electric | ? | 14 May 1938 | ||
Painesville | Electric | 1893 | 1926 | ||
Piqua | Electric | 189_ | ? | ||
Pomeroy | Electric | Nov 1900 | 1929 | ||
Portsmouth | Electric | 189_ | 1939 | ||
Put-in-Bay | Electric | 1891
1913 |
1910
1914 |
Brief period of operation in 1915, to 30 Jun 1915. | |
Salem | Electric | 23 May 1890 | 9 Dec 1911 | ||
Sandusky | Horse | 3 Aug 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | 27 Nov 1890 | 25 May 1938 | |||
Springfield | Electric | 1891 | 9 Dec 1932 | Town tramway service on interurban line, Dec 1929 – 3 Jun 1938. | |
Steubenville | Electric | 1888 | Dec 1938 | ||
Tiffin | Electric | 189_ | 1919 | ||
Toledo | Horse | 1860 | 1890 | ||
Electric | 1890 | 31 Dec 1949 | |||
Toronto | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Uhrichsville – Dennison | Electric | 1901 | Jan 1922 | ||
Warren | Electric | 1894 | 1931 | ||
Youngstown | Horse | 1873 | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 8 Dec 1940 | See also Sharon, Pennsylvania. | ||
Zanesville | Horse | 13 Nov 1875 | ? | ||
Electric | 27 Dec 1890 | 31 Dec 1930 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ardmore | Electric | Jan 1906 | 1922 | ||
Bartlesville | Electric | 14 Jul 1908 | 15 Jul 1920 | ||
Chickasha | Electric | 12 Jul 1910 | 14 Aug 1927 | ||
Clinton | Petrol (gasoline) | Jun 1909 | 1911 | ||
Electric | 1912 | 27 Aug 1914 | |||
Lawton | Electric | 11 Jul 1914 | 11 Nov 1927 | ||
McAlester | Electric | 15 Sep 1903 | 1932 | ||
♦ McAlester – Hartshorne | Electric | 15 Sep 1903 | 27 Apr 1947 | ||
Muskogee | Electric | 15 May 1905 | 9 Mar 1933 | ||
Oklahoma City | Electric | 7 Feb 1903 | 13 Apr 1947 | ||
♦ El Reno | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1908 | 192_ | |||
♦ Guthrie | Electric | 26 May 1905 | 193_ | ||
♦ Oklahoma City – El Reno | Electric | 3 Dec 1911 | 9 Nov 1946 | ||
♦ Oklahoma City – Guthrie | Electric | 20 Jul 1916 | 9 Nov 1946 | ||
♦ Oklahoma City – Norman | Electric | 1913 (?) | Oct 1947 | ||
Okmulgee | Electric | 20 Nov 1911 | 1919 | ||
Shawnee | Electric | 1903 | 9 Jan 1927 | ||
Tulsa | Mule | 27 May 1907 | Jul 1907 | ||
Electric | Jul 1907 | 5 Feb 1936 | |||
♦ Tulsa – Sand Springs | Electric | 1911 | 2 Jan 1955 | ||
♦ Sapulpa | Electric | 1910 | 193_ | ||
♦ Tulsa – Sapulpa | Electric | Mar 1908 | 1933 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albany | Steam | 1889 (?) | ? | May have started as late as 1892.[21] | |
Horse | Sep 1889 [21] | 1909 | |||
Electric | 1909 | 1918 | |||
Astoria | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 7 Dec 1922 | Business center destroyed by fire on 8 Dec 1922. Tramway service not restored. | ||
Baker | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Corvallis | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Eugene | Horse | 26 Jun 1891 | 1903 | Mule-drawn.[21] | |
Electric | 26 Sep 1907 | 15 Oct 1927 | |||
Klamath Falls | Horse | ? | 1907 (?) | ||
Medford | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Portland | Horse | ca. Dec 1872 | ? | First test run on 7 Dec 1872.[22] | |
Cable | 22 Feb 1890 | 1904 | |||
Electric | 4 Nov 1889 [22] | 26 Feb 1950 [23][24] | Reintroduced (MAX, LRT) 5 Sep 1986 (see MAX light rail). | ||
♦ Portland – Oregon City, Portland – Bellrose | Electric | 16 Feb 1893 | 25 Jan 1958 | Opening date is for Oregon City line; closure date is same for both. | |
♦ Portland – Vancouver, Washington | Electric | 1917 | 1940 | ||
Salem | Horse | 15 Jan 1889 [21] | ? | ||
Electric | 1889 (?) | 4 Aug 1927 [21] | |||
Union | Horse | ? | ? |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aliquippa | Electric | 191_ | 1937 | see also Beaver Falls. | |
Allentown | Horse | 21 May 1868 | 17 Apr 1891 | Lehigh Valley Transit Co, | |
Electric | 1 Jul 1891 | 18 Jun 1953 | |||
♦ Bethlehem | Electric | ? | 18 Jun 1953 | ||
Altoona | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1954 | |||
Bangor | Electric | 190_ | 1933 | ||
Beaver Falls – New Brighton | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1937 | see also Aliquippa. | ||
Berwick | Electric | 191_ | 1924 | ||
Bloomsburg | Electric | 190_ | 1926 | ||
Bradford | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1927 | |||
Butler | Electric | 190_ | 1941 | ||
Carbondale | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Carlisle | Electric | 190_ | 1938 | ||
Chambersburg | Electric | 190_ | 1928 | ||
Corry | Electric | 1906 | 27 Aug 1923 | ||
Danville | Electric | 190_ | 1924 | ||
DuBois | Electric | 189_ | 1926 | See also Punxsutawney. | |
Easton | Horse | 20 Jun 1889 | 10 Dec 1892 | ||
Electric | 1892 | 5 Nov 1939 | See also Phillipsburg, New Jersey. | ||
Erie | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
Electric | 25 Jun 1889 | 11 May 1935 | |||
Gettysburg Electric Railway | Electric | Jul 1893 | Jun 1917 | ||
Springs Horse Railroad, Gettysburg | Horse | ||||
Greensburg | Electric | 1889 | 3 Jan 1937 | Interurban (West Penn Railways, Coke Division) service continued to 1952. | |
West Penn Railways, Coke Division: | ♦ Connellsville | Electric | 1891 | 1952 | |
♦ Latrobe | Electric | 1900 | 1952 | ||
♦ Scottdale | Electric | 1891 | 1952 | ||
♦ Uniontown | Electric | 1890 | 1952 | ||
Hanover | Electric | 1893 | 1931 | See also York. | |
Harrisburg | Horse | 4 Jul 1865 | 1892 | ||
Electric | 20 Jul 1889 | 16 Jul 1939 | |||
Hazleton | Electric | 189_ | 1932 | ||
Hershey | Electric | 15 Oct 1904 | 21 Dec 1946 | ||
Huntingdon | Electric | ? | 20 Jul 1926 | ||
Indiana | Electric | 190_ | 1934 | ||
Jersey Shore | Electric | 1903 | ? | ||
Jim Thorpe | Electric | ? | 1931 | ||
Johnstown Traction Company | Johnstown | Horse | 188_ | ? | |
Electric | ? | 11 Jun 1960[25] | |||
Kittanning – Ford City | Electric | Aug 1899 | 8 Nov 1936 | ||
Lancaster | Horse | Nov 1874 | ? | ||
Electric | 1890 | 20 Sep 1947 | |||
Lebanon | Electric | 1891 | 21 Jul 1930 | ||
Leechburg – Apollo | Electric | 23 Mar 1906 | 17 Mar 1936 | ||
Lewisburg | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Lewistown | Electric | 190_ | ? | ||
Lock Haven | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Mauch Chunk | see Jim Thorpe. | ||||
Meadville | Electric | 189_ | 1928 | ||
Milton | Electric | 189_ | 1928 | ||
Mount Carmel | Electric | 189_ | 1936 | ||
New Castle | Electric | 1889 | 1940 | ||
New Kensington | Electric | 1906 | 22 May 1937 | see also Pittsburgh. | |
Oakdale – McDonald | Electric | 1907 | 15 Oct 1927 | see also Pittsburgh. | |
Oil City – Franklin | Electric | 189_ | 16 Jun 1928 | ||
Philadelphia | Horse | 20 Jan 1858 | 14 Jan 1897 | ||
Cable | 7 Apr 1883 | 20 Jun 1895 | |||
Electric | 15 Dec 1892 | See SEPTA. See also Camden, New Jersey. | |||
♦ Chester | Horse | 1 Feb 1883 | 1 Apr 1893 | ||
Electric | 10 Dec 1892 | 1934 | |||
♦ Norristown | Horse | 8 Apr 1885 | 1893 | Philadelphia and Western, Lehigh Valley Transit interurban | |
Electric | 21 Jul 1893 | 9 Sep 1933 | |||
♦ West Chester | Electric | 189_ | 1927 | ||
♦♦ Philadelphia (Upper Darby) – West Chester | Horse | 24 December 1858 | 1892 | ||
Electric | 1892 | 1954 | (now mostly part of SEPTA) | ||
Pittsburgh Railways | Pittsburgh | Horse | 1859 | 1924 | |
Cable | Sep 1888 | 14 Jun 1891 | |||
Electric | 1888 | Also served many neighboring towns. Downtown subway opened 3 Jul 1985. Light-rail transit (LRT) system incorporates many segments built previously [26] | |||
♦ Charleroi | Electric | ? | 1953 | ||
Pittsburgh Railways Interurban Division |
♦♦ Pittsburgh – Charleroi | Electric | ? | 1953 | |
♦ Clairton | Electric | ? | ? | ||
♦ Donora | Electric | 15 Dec 1901 | 5 May 1953 | ||
♦ McKeesport | Electric | 1890 | 3 Jun 1938 | ||
♦♦ Pittsburgh – McKeesport | Electric | ? | 1963 | ||
♦ Port Vue | Electric | ? | 1919 | ||
Washington and Canonsburg Railway Co. | ♦ Washington | Electric | 1903 | 1909 | Bought by Pittsburgh Railways |
Pittsburgh Railways Interurban Division |
♦♦ Pittsburgh – Washington | Electric | ? | 29 Aug 1953 | |
Pottstown | Electric | 189_ | 1937 | ||
Pottsville | Horse | 1872 | ? | ||
Electric | 1890 | 1932 | |||
Punxsutawney | Electric | 189_ | 1926 | see also Du Bois. | |
Reading | Horse | 1874 | ? | ||
Electric | 26 Nov 1888 | 17 Jan 1952 | |||
Allenport & Roscoe Street Railway | Roscoe | Electric | 1903 | 1906 | Bought by Pittsburgh Railways |
Sayre | Electric | 190_ | 1930 | ||
Scranton | Horse | 4 Jul 1867 | ? | ||
Electric | 30 Nov 1886 | 18 Dec 1954 | see also Carbondale, Wilkes-Barre. | ||
Shamokin | Electric | 189_ | 1929 | ||
Sharon | Electric | 1890 | 1939 | see also Youngstown, Ohio. | |
Shenandoah | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Stroudsburg | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1928 | |||
Sunbury | Horse | 1885 | 1890 | ||
Electric | 1885
30 May 1890 |
1885
11 Mar 1939 |
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Titusville | Electric | 189_ | 1924 | ||
Warren | Electric | 190_ | 1929 | ||
Waynesboro | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Wilkes-Barre | Horse | 25 Jul 1866 | ? | ||
Electric | Mar 1888 | 14 Oct 1950 | see also Scranton. | ||
Williamsport | Electric | 189_ | 1933 | ||
York | Horse | ? | Sep 1886 | ||
Electric | 1892 | Feb 1939 | see also Hanover. |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block Island | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Newport | Electric | 7 Aug 1889 | 1925 | ||
Providence | Horse | 26 May 1864 | 26 Apr 1894 | ||
Cable | 25 Dec 1889 | 26 Jan 1895 | |||
Electric | 20 Jan 1892 | 14 May 1948 | |||
♦ Pawtucket | Horse | 26 May 1864 | ? | ||
Electric | 20 Jan 1892 | 11 May 1934 | Service continued between Providence and Pawtucket to 26 Jun 1940. | ||
Westerly | Electric | 189_ | ? | ||
Woonsocket | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 25 Sep
1888 |
Dec 1887
1928 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anderson | Electric | 19 Feb 1905 | 14 Nov 1934 | ||
Charleston | Horse | 15 Oct 1866 | 1897 | ||
Electric | 26 Jun 1897 | 10 Feb 1938 | |||
Columbia | Horse | 12 Oct 1886 | 1893 | ||
Electric | 3 May 1893 | 11 Mar 1927 | Limited service, resumed because of court order, 9 Jan 1931 – 22 Nov 1936. | ||
Gaffney | Steam | 1892 | 1896 | ||
Greenville | Horse | 1875 | 1897 | ||
Electric | 1900 | Oct 1937 | |||
Orangeburg | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Rock Hill | Accumulator (storage battery) | 24 Feb 1912 | 1918 | ||
Spartanburg | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1900 | 27 Apr 1935 | Service suspended 30 Dec 1922. Limited service restored (only one car in operation), 13 Jan 1923 – 21 Jul 1923. Full service resumed 1925. |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | Electric | Nov 1910 | 1922 | ||
Deadwood | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Hot Springs | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Pierre | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Rapid City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Sioux Falls | Electric | ? | 1930 | ||
Watertown | Horse | ? | ? |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Athens | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Bristol | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Chattanooga | Horse | ca. 1875 | 1891 | ||
Electric | 23 Jun 1889 | 10 Apr 1947 | |||
Clarksville | Horse | 1888 | 1896 | ||
Electric | 1896 | 16 Jul 1928 | |||
Cleveland | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Columbia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Jackson | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1939 | |||
Johnson City | Electric | 189_ | 1931 | ||
Knoxville | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1 Aug 1947 | |||
Memphis | Horse | May 1866 | ? | ||
Electric | ?
29 Apr 1993 |
1947
- |
Reintroduced (Main Street Trolley) 29 April 1993.[27] | ||
Nashville | Horse | 186_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1941 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abilene | Electric | ? | 1931 | ||
Amarillo | Electric | ? | 1940 | ||
Aransas Pass | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Austin | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 189_ | 1940 | |||
Beaumont | Electric | 190_ | 1937 | ||
Bonham | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Brownsville | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | Connected Brownsville and San Benito | |
Electric | 1915 | 1926 | |||
Cleburne | Electric | ? | 1917 | ||
Corpus Christi | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 189_ | 1934 | |||
Corsicana | Electric | 1902 | 30 Sep 1931 | ||
Dallas | Mule | 187_ | ? | ||
Cable | ? | ? | Construction started, not completed. | ||
Electric | 1890 | 15 Jan 1956 | Reintroduced 22 July 1989 (heritage streetcar, the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority).[28] Light rail system opened 14 June 1996 (see DART Light Rail). | ||
Denison | Mule | 188_ | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1931 | |||
Denton | Electric | ? | 1918 | ||
Dublin | Mule | ? | ? | ||
El Paso | Horse | Oct 1882 | 1902 | ||
Electric | 11 Jan 1902 | 1947 | International tramway continued in operation until 1973. | ||
International tramway | El Paso – Ciudad Juárez, Chih., México | Mule | Oct 1882 | 1902 | |
Electric | 11 Jan 1902 | 30 Jul 1973 | Operation suspended Aug 1966 – Nov 1967, and Jul 1969 – Nov 1970 because of bridge reconstruction. Operation restored following closure, in El Paso only, 14 Nov 1973 – 4 May 1974. | ||
Fort Worth | Mule | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1939 | |||
Gainesville | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Galveston | Mule | 1867 | ? | ||
Electric | 1891 | May 1938 | Heritage tramway, diesel-electric traction (Galveston Island Trolley [29]), opened 23 Jul 1988. | ||
Greenville | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 14 Dec 1918 | |||
Haskell | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | Connected Haskell and Hemphill Lake. | |
Hillsboro | Mule | ? | 1898 | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Houston | Mule | 25 Jan 1868 | ? | ||
Electric | 14 Jun 1891 | 8 Jun 1940 | Reintroduced (LRT, METRORail [30]) 1 Jan 2004. | ||
Lampasas | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Laredo | Electric | 27 Jan 1890 | 1934 | First electric town tramway in Texas. Also operated international tramway line to Nuevo Laredo, México. | |
Lockhart | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Longview | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 188_ | 1925 | |||
Marshall | Electric | 188_ | 1925 | ||
Matador | Petrol (gasoline) | 1914 | 1936 | Connected Matador and Motley Junction | |
McKinney | Electric | ? | 1926 | ||
Mineral Wells | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1908 | 1920 | System included line connecting Mineral Wells and Elmhurst Park | ||
Moscow | Mule | 1846 | ? | The opening year of 1846, which appears in a list of Texas town tramways published by the Texas Division, Electric Railroaders Association, is believed unlikely. | |
Mount Pleasant | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Palestine | Mule | 1875 | 1877 | ||
Paris | Mule | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1926 | |||
Port Arthur | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1938 | |||
Rockport | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Rusk | Mule | ? | ? | Connected Rusk and New Birmingham. New Birmingham was located 3 km (2 mi) south of Rusk.[31] | |
San Angelo | Electric | 1908 | ? | ||
San Antonio | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1933 | First large U.S. town to replace all electric town tramway services with motorbuses. | ||
Seguin | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Sherman | Mule | 1877 | 1901 | ||
Electric | ? | 1931 | |||
Taylor | Mule | 1891 | 1899 | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Temple | Electric | 190_ | 1923 | ||
Texas City | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Tyler | Electric | 189_ | ? | ||
Uvalde | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Vernon | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Victoria | Mule | 1888 | 1894 | ||
Waco | Mule | 1878 | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 3 Feb 1937 | |||
Waxahachie | Mule | 1892 | 1912 | ||
Electric | 1912 | Feb 1928 | |||
Weatherford | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Wichita Falls | Electric | ? | 1934 | System included line connecting Wichita Falls and Lake Wichita. | |
Yubadam | Mule | ? | ? | Located near Tyler. |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brigham City | Electric | 1907 | 1919 | ||
Logan | Electric | 1910 | 1926 | ||
Ogden | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 26 Dec 1935 | |||
Provo | Electric | Oct 1913 | 1919 | ||
Salt Lake City | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ?
1941 |
1941
1945 |
Reintroduced (TRAX, LRT), 4 Dec 1999 (see UTA TRAX). |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barre | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Bellows Falls | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Brattleboro | Electric | 31 Jul 1895 | 29 Aug 1923 | ||
Burlington | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 3 Aug 1929 | |||
Montpelier | Electric | ? | 1927 | Connected Montpelier and Barre. | |
Rutland | Horse | 187_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1924 | |||
Springfield | Electric | 18__ | 195_ | Connected Springfield and Charlestown, New Hampshire. | |
St. Albans | Electric | 190_ | 1921 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlottesville | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1935 | |||
Danville | Horse | 1886 | 1888 | ||
Electric | ? | 1938 | |||
Fredericksburg | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Lynchburg | Electric | ? | 2 Mar 1941 | ||
Norfolk | Horse | 186_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 11 Jul 1947 | Reintroduction planned (LRT, under construction; see Tide Light Rail). | ||
♦ Newport News | Electric | 189_ | Jan 1946 | ||
♦ Portsmouth | Electric | ? | 1936. | ||
Petersburg | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1936 | |||
Radford | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Richmond | Horse | 186_ | ? | ||
Electric | 2 Feb 1888 | 1948 | |||
Roanoke | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 31 Aug 1948 | |||
Staunton | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Tazewell | Electric | ? | ? |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | Electric | 1905 | 31 Jul 1932 | Connected Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis. | |
Bellingham | Horse | 28 Mar 1891 | ? | ||
Electric | 1891 | 1 Dec 1938 | |||
Chehalis | Electric | 1910 | 1929 | Connected Chehalis and Centralia. | |
Everett | Electric | 3 Jul 1893 | 1923 | ||
Olympia | Horse | 188_ | 189_ | ||
Electric | 189_ | 1932 | |||
Port Townsend | Steam | 18__ | 189__ | ||
Electric | 1895 | 189_ | |||
Seattle | Horse | 23 Sep 1884 | ? | ||
Cable | 29 Sep 1888 | 9 Aug 1940 | |||
Electric | ? | 12 Apr 1941 | |||
Electric | 12 Dec 2007 | - | Reintroduced (modern streetcar) 12 Dec 2007 (see South Lake Union Streetcar).[32] LRT system (Central Link) opened 18 Jul 2009. See note below table. | ||
South Bend | Electric | 1911 | Jun 1930 | Connected South Bend and Raymond. | |
Spokane | Horse | 188_ | ? | ||
Cable | 21 Sep 1889 | 22 Jul 1894 | |||
Electric | ? | 193_ | |||
Tacoma | Horse | 1888 | ? | ||
Cable | 4 Aug 1891 | 8 Apr 1938 | |||
Electric | ?
22 Aug 2003 |
1938
- |
Reintroduced (LRT) 22 August 2003 (see Tacoma Link). | ||
Vancouver | Electric | ? | 1927 | see also Portland, Oregon. | |
Walla Walla | Horse | 1890 | 1899 | ||
Electric | ? | 1926 | |||
Yakima | Electric | 25 Dec 1907 | 1 Feb 1947 | Heritage tramway (Yakima Valley Trolleys) began operation 12 October 1974. |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bluefield | Electric | 190_ | 1936 | ||
Charleston | Electric | ? | 1939 | ||
Clarksburg | Electric | 1899 | 1939 | ||
Fairmont | Electric | 1900 | 1940 | ||
Ohio Valley Electric Railway | Huntington | Electric | 188_ | 1938 | |
Martinsburg | Electric | 189_ | 189_ | ||
Morgantown | Electric | 1903 | 1934 | ||
Newell | Electric | ? | ? | ||
Parkersburg | Horse | 1889 | ? | ||
Electric | 1898 | 25 May 1947 | |||
Princeton | Electric | ? | 1940 | ||
Wheeling | Horse | 21 Jul 1886 | ? | ||
Electric | 15 Mar 1888 | 14 Apr 1948 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wisconsin Traction Light Heat & Power | Appleton | Electric | 1886 | 6 Apr 1930 | |
Ashland Light Power & Street Railway Co. | Ashland | Horse | 29 Jun 1887 | 1893 | |
Electric | 22 Jan 1893 | 25 Sep 1933 | |||
Beloit Traction | Beloit | Electric | 31 Jul 1907 | 12 Aug 1930 | |
Chippewa Valley Electric Company | Eau Claire | Horse | 1880 | 1889 | |
Electric | 15 Nov 1889 | 8 Apr 1932 | |||
Chippewa Valley Electric Company | ♦ Chippewa Falls | Electric | ? | ? | |
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company | Fond du Lac | Horse | 1888 | 1888 | |
Electric | 20 Oct 1893
27 Jun 1899 |
1894
1931 |
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Green Bay Traction | Green Bay | Electric | 8 Jun 1894 | 17 Nov 1937 | |
Janesville Traction | Janesville | Horse | 24 Jul 1886 | 27 Nov 1891 | |
Electric | 24 Jun 1892 | 8 Jul 1929 | |||
Kaukauna | Electric | January 29 1902 from Appleton. 1904 from Green Bay. | May 9 1928 | Served by Wisconsin Traction Light Heat & Power from Appleton and Green Bay Traction. The two systems met in Kaukauna to exchange passengers but did not normally run through despite a physical connection. | |
Kenosha | Electric | 1 Feb 1903 | Jun 1931 | Heritage tramway (Kenosha Electric Streetcar) opened 17 Jun 2000.[34] | |
La Crosse | Horse | 1878 | ? | ||
Electric | 1893 | 1945 | |||
Madison Railways Company | Madison | Horse | 15 Nov 1884 | 30 Sep 1892 | |
Electric | 1889 | 3 Feb 1935 | |||
Manitowoc & Two Rivers Railway | Manitowoc | Electric | 1902 | 9 May 1927 | Also served Two Rivers |
Marinette | Horse | 1889 | ? | ||
Electric | 1891 | 1928 | System also served Menominee, Michigan. | ||
Menasha | Electric | ? | ? | Served by Wisconsin Traction Light Heat & Power from Appleton. | |
Merrill Railway & Lighting Co. | Merrill | Electric | 1889 | 1921 | Also operated one of the earliest trolleybus lines from 1913 |
Milwaukee | Horse | 30 Aug 1860 | ? | ||
Electric | 3 Apr 1890 | 2 Mar 1958 | |||
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company | Neenah | Horse | 1880 | ? | |
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company | Oshkosh | Horse | 18 Oct 1882 | 1897 | |
Electric | 14 Jul 1897 | 21 May 1930 | Omro was served by a line from Oshkosh | ||
Chicago & Wisconsin Valley | Portage | Electric | Jun 1913 | 1922 | |
Racine | Horse | Oct 1883 | ? | ||
Electric | Nov 1892 | 1 Oct 1940 | |||
Wisconsin Power & Light | Sheboygan | Horse | 1886 | 1895 | |
Electric | 27 Nov 1895 | 1935 | |||
Duluth Street Railway | Superior | Horse | 22 Aug 1887 | 1890 | |
Electric | 1 Jul 1890 | 23 Jun 1935 | System also served Duluth, Minnesota. | ||
Watertown | Electric | Jun 1926 | Jul 1927 | ||
Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company | Waupaca | Electric | 9 Jul 1899 | 4 Jul 1925 | |
Wisconsin Valley Electric | Wausau | Electric | 1906 | 1 Oct 1940 | |
Wisconsin Rapids Street Railroad | Wisconsin Rapids | Electric | 1 Nov 1910 | 15 Aug 1931 |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cheyenne | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 15 Aug 1924 | |||
Sheridan | Electric | ? | 1927 |
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