List of town tramway systems in Europe

This is a list of cities and towns in Europe that have (or once had) town tramway (e.g. urban tramway) systems as part of their public transport system. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

Separate lists have been created for the following European countries to improve user-friendliness and to reduce this list article's size:

• Austria
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland

• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy

• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia

• Serbia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom

Lists of town tramway systems in other geographic regions:

• Africa
• Asia (e.g. see for nations in the Caucasus)
• Central America

• North America
• South America
• Oceania

Albania

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Vlorë	Horse	?	?	A photograph of a horse-drawn tramcar, dated 1963 (Peschkes, Part Three, 1987, Page 19), establishes that Albania did have a town tramway service.

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Horsecar	1 Jan 1885	1 May 1895	Gauge: 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) Bosnian gauge
		Electric	1 May 1895

Bulgaria

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Sofia	Sofia	Horsecar	"late 19th century"	?	Gauge: ?.
		Electric	1 Jan 1901		Mix of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge.

Estonia

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Kuressaare	Steam	1918	1940 Oct
Trams in Tallinn	Tallinn	Horse	24 Aug 1888	24 Sep 1919	Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
		Electric	28 Oct 1925		Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Note: Tallinn also operates a trolleybus network.
	♦ Tallinn - Kopli	Steam	26 Jan 1916	?
		Petrol	26 Jan 1916	Nov 1953
		Electric	6 Nov 1951	[5 Nov 1953]	Connected with main Tallinn tram system, 05 Nov 1953.

Isle of Man

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Douglas Bay Horse Tramway* Upper Douglas Cable Tramway*	Douglas	Horse	7 Aug 1876		Gauge: 914 mm (3 ft). Winter service withdrawn from November 1927, current operating season early May – late September. Operation suspended 30 September 1939 – 22 May 1946 because of war.
		Cable	15 Aug 1896	19 Aug 1929	Gauge: 914 mm (3 ft) Winter service withdrawn from 1927.
Douglas Southern Electric Tramway (Marine Drive Tramway)	Douglas – Keristal – Port Soderick	Electric	1896	15 Sep 1939	Opened to Keristal 7 August 1896, completed 1897. Operation suspended c.1914 – c.1918 because of war.
Manx Electric Railway	Douglas (Derby Castle) – Laxey – Ramsey	Electric	7 Sep 1893		Gauge: 914 mm (3 ft) Operates seasonally, from March to November. Note for Manx Electric Railway: Opened to Groudle Glen, 7 September 1893. Extended to Laxey, 27 July 1894. Extended to Ramsey (Ballure), 5 August 1898. Completed to Ramsey (Plaza), 24 July 1899. Operation suspended Laxey – Ramsey, 30 September 1975, restored 25 June 1977.
Snaefell Mountain Railway	Laxey – Snaefell Summit	Electric	21 Aug 1895		Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Operates only during summer season. Operation suspended 20 September 1939 – 1 June 1946 because of war.

Latvia

Location	Name of System	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Daugavpils Tramway	Daugavpils	Horse	?	?
		Electric	5 Nov 1946
	Jūrmala (Kemeri)	Electric	16 Jun 1912	1935(?)
Liepājas tramvajs	Liepāja	Electric	26 Sep 1899
Rīgas Satiksme	Riga	Horse	4 Sep 1882 23 Aug 1903	1901 1909
		Electric	23 Jul 1901		Note: Riga also operates a trolleybus network.

Lithuania

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Kaunas	Horse	5 Jun 1892	15 Apr 1929
		Steam	1914	1936
	Klaipėda (Memel)	Electric	18 Aug 1904 1950	Oct 1934 1967
	Palanga	Horse	?	?
	Vilnius	Horse	15 Jun 1893	1915
		Petrol	1914	1926
		Electric	?	?	Gauge: unknown. Excepting microstates, Podgorica, Reykjavík and Tirana, and possibly Vilnius, are the only European capitals where electric town tramways have not (yet) been built. Note: Vilnius operates a trolleybus network.

Luxembourg

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Esch-sur-Alzette canton	Electric	29 May 1927	22 Sep 1956
	Luxembourg City
		Horse	22 Feb 1875	?
		Electric	8 Aug 1908	5 Sep 1964

Malta

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Valletta	Electric	23 Feb 1905	15 Dec 1929

Moldova

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Chişinău	Horse	29 Oct 1888	1914
		Electric	25 Jan 1914	13 May 1961

Monaco

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Monte Carlo	Electric	1898	1932

Slovakia

Location	Name of System	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Bratislava	Bratislava	Electric	27 Aug 1895
	Košice	Horse	18 Nov 1891	28 Feb 1914
		Steam	7 Jul 1893	28 Feb 1914
		Electric	28 Feb 1914
	Trenčianske Teplice	Electric	27 Jul 1909

Slovenia

Location	Name of System	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Electric	6 Sep 1901	20 Dec 1958	Reintroduction planned
Trams in Piran	Piran	Electric	20 Jul 1912	31 Aug 1953

See also

• List of town tramway systems
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems
• List of trolleybus systems
• Tram track gauge

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