List of town tramway systems in Africa

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

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Algeria

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Algiers tramway	el-Jazair ولاية الجزائر /Algiers	Steam	12 Oct 1896	Dec 1959 (?)
Algiers tramway	el-Jazair ولاية الجزائر /Algiers	Electric	2011	Operating	rebuilding of 30 km (line 1) ongoing, (partial) opened on 8 May 2011^[1]
	Annaba عنّابة	Steam	?	?
	Qacentina قسنطينة /Constantine	Electric	2013	Operating	opened on 4 July 2013
	Biskra بسكرة	Horse	?	?
	Blida البليدة	Steam	?	?
	Miliana مليانة	Steam	?	?
	Wahrān وهران /Oran	Steam	1898	1950
		Electric	2013	Operating	rebuilding of line 1, opened on Wednesday, 1 May 2013
	Ouargla ورقلة	Horse	?	?
	Sétif سطيف	Electric	?	?	Under Construction
	Touggourt تقرت	Horse	?	?

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Boma	Steam	4 Mar 1890	ca. 1900

Egypt

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Alexandria Tram	el-Iskandariya الإسكندرية /Alexandria - Urban system	Horse	1860	1902?	Standard gauge
Alexandria Tram		Electric	1902
	♦ Ramleh (suburban) system	Horse	1869	?	Standard gauge
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	Dec 1903
	el-Qāhirah القاهرة /Cairo	Electric	12 Aug 1896	December 2004 ?	Metre gauge See Transport in Cairo
	♦ Miṣr el-ǧidīdah مصر الجديدة /Heliopolis	Electric	9 May 1908	Operating	Cairo system extended to serve Heliopolis in 1908. Express tramway between Cairo main station and Heliopolis opened 11 Jul 1910.
	Hulwan /Helwan	Electric	19 Feb 1981	ca. 2011	Metre gauge; Ceased operation in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Tramcars are still parked at the depot, located in Arab al-Fawarsa.
	Būr Saʻīd بور سعيد /Port Said	Horse	22 Sep 1900	1932	Metre gauge

Eritrea

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Massawa	Steam	?	?

Ghana

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Accra	Steam	1906	1941

Kenya

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Mombasa	human	1890s	1921	In Mombasa's Fort Jesus you can find a historic car

Libya

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Banġāzī بنغازي /Benghazi	Horse	?	?

Madagascar

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Antananarivo	(Steam)			Construction started after 1921, not completed.
	Toamasina	Horse	?	?

Morocco

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Rabat-Salé tramway	Rabat	Steam	1917 ^[2]	1930
Rabat-Salé tramway	Rabat	Electric	23 May 2011^[3]	Operating
Casablanca tramway	Casablanca	Electric	13 December 2012	Operating
Marrakech tramway	Marrakech	high-speed bus system	2014		Under Construction: Opens in late 2014
Fes tramway	Fes	Electric	Project ^[4]
Agadir tramway	Agadir	Electric	Project
Meknes tramway	Meknes	Electric	Project ^[4]

Mozambique

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Maputo	Electric	Feb 1904	30 Nov 1936

Nigeria

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Lagos	Steam	23 May 1902	31 Dec 1913

Sierra Leone

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Freetown	Steam	?	?

South Africa

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Cape Town - Urban	Horse	1 May 1863	?	See also Trams in Cape Town.
Cape Town - Urban	Electric	6 Aug 1896	28 Jan 1939	See also Trams in Cape Town.
♦ Suburban tramway	Electric	Nov 1901	17 Feb 1930	Sea Point - Camps Bay - Burnside Road See also Trams in Cape Town.
Durban	Horse	1881	?	See also Trams in Durban.
Durban	Electric	1 May 1902	1 Aug 1949	See also Trams in Durban.
♦ Isipingo	Horse	1905	191_	Closed during World War I.
East London	Electric	25 Jan 1900	25 Oct 1935
Johannesburg	Horse	2 Feb 1891	?	See also Trams in Johannesburg.
Johannesburg	Electric	14 Feb 1906	18 Mar 1961	See also Trams in Johannesburg.
Kimberley	Mule	1887	?	See also Trams in Kimberley, Northern Cape.
	Steam	1900	?
	Electric	1906	1947
	Heritage	1985
Pietermaritzburg	Electric	2 Nov 1904	Dec 1936	See also Trams in Pietermaritzburg.
Port Elizabeth	Horse	1881	?	See also Trams in Port Elizabeth.
Port Elizabeth	Electric	16 Jun 1897	16 Dec 1948	See also Trams in Port Elizabeth.
Pretoria	Horse	1897	?
Pretoria	Electric	1910	19 Aug 1939

Spain (Islas Canarias / Canary Islands)

See List of town tramway systems in Spain.

Sudan

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	al-Ḫarṭūm الخرطوم /Khartoum	Steam	1904	?
	al-Ḫarṭūm الخرطوم /Khartoum	Electric	16 Jan 1928	Feb 1962

Tanzania

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Zanzibar	Animal	1907	?	Domesticated zebras used at opening. See also History of rail transport in Zanzibar.
	Zanzibar	Steam	1911	1928

Tunisia

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Manzil Bourgueeba منزل بورقيبة /Menzel Bourguiba	Steam	?	?
Métro léger de Tunis	Tūnis تونس /Tunis	Horse	1885	?
Métro léger de Tunis	Tūnis تونس /Tunis	Electric	1900 15 Sep 1985	20 Apr 1960 operating	See Trams in Tunis for first generation tramway.

Zimbabwe

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Mutare	Horse	22 Aug 1901	by 1920

References

↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gRmjq5v2XKQ0Rjavh6VTDbcQ_Eiw?docId=CNG.526e791b2e6e203d08bcbb0308c6c8bc.431
↑ "Les chemins de fer au Maroc au temps du protectorat". Les chemins de fer au Maroc au temps du protectorat. Les chemins de fer au Maroc au temps du protectorat. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
↑ "Rabat Trams: Routes and times". Railways Africa website. Railways Africa Magazine. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Alstom a encore d’autres projets de Tram au Maroc". Les Echos. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

List of town tramway systems in Africa

Spain (Islas Canarias / Canary Islands)

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