List of town tramway systems in Poland

This is a list of town tramway systems in Poland. It includes all tram systems in Poland, past and present; cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

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Public transport system

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Białystok	Horse	1895	1915
Trams in Bielsko-Biała	Bielsko-Biała	Electric	1895	1972	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Trams in Bydgoszcz	Bydgoszcz	Horse	18 May 1888	1896	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
		Electric	1895		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Trams in Teschen	Cieszyn (Teschen)	Electric	12 Feb 1911	2 Apr 1921	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in). Note: The Austrian-ruled town of Teschen (Polish: Cieszyn; Czech: Těšín) became part of Poland in 1918, following the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The suburb of Sachsenberg (Polish: Saska Kępa), west of the river Olza (Polish: Olza; Czech: Olše) became part of Czechoslovakia as Český Těšín from 28 July 1920. The tramway connected the railway station (in Český Těšín) to the business centre (in Cieszyn). It suffered financial losses following division of the town and was therefore closed in 1921.
Trams in Częstochowa	Częstochowa	Electric	8 Mar 1959
Trams in Elbląg	Elbląg	Electric	23 Nov 1895		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Trams in Gdańsk	Gdańsk	Horse	22 Jun 1873	1896
		Electric	1895
Trams in Gorzów Wielkopolski	Gorzów Wielkopolski	Electric	29 Jul 1899
Trams in Grudziądz	Grudziądz	Horse	15 Jun 1896	1899	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
		Electric	1899
Trams in Inowrocław	Inowrocław	Electric	1912	1962	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Trams in Jelenia Góra	Jelenia Góra	Natural gas	1897	1899
		Electric	1900	1967	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Silesian Interurbans	Katowice	Steam	27 May 1894	1895	Gauge: 785 mm (2 ft 6 29⁄32 in)
		Electric	1898		System serves neighboring towns including Bytom, Chorzów, Gliwice, Sosnowiec and the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie area.
Trams in Koszalin	Koszalin	Electric	21 Dec 1911	30 Sep 1938
Trams in Kraków	Kraków	Horse	1 Nov 1882	1890
		Electric	1901		Nowa Huta, founded as a separate industrial town in 1949, was amalgamated with Kraków in 1951 and served by the Kraków tramway system from 1952.
Trams in Legnica	Legnica	Electric	1898	1969	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Trams in Łódź	Łódź	Electric	24 Dec 1898		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in). Also serves neighbouring towns of Ozorków (see article), Pabianice (see article) and Zgierz (see article)
Trams in Olsztyn	Olsztyn	Electric	1907	1965	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
		Electric	19 Dec 2015
Trams in Poznań	Poznań	Horse	30 Jul 1880	?
		Electric	1898		Fast tram opened 1 March 1997 (see Poznański Szybki Tramwaj).
Trams in Frankfurt (Oder)	Słubice	Electric	1898	28 Sep 1945	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Słubice was part of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, until 1945 and was served by a tramway line that crossed the river Odra (German: Oder). There are no plans for the construction of a new line.
Trams in Słupsk	Słupsk	Horse	1905	?	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
		Electric	1910	1959	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Trams in Szczecin	Szczecin	Horse	23 Aug 1879	1898
		Electric	1897
Trams in Tarnów	Tarnów	Electric	1911	1942	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Trams in Toruń	Toruń	Horse	1891	1900 (?)	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
		Electric	16 May 1891
Trams in Wałbrzych	Wałbrzych	Electric	1898	1966	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Trams in Warsaw	Warsaw (Warszawa)	Horse	11 Dec 1866	Sep 1914	Also ran for 6 weeks in the spring 1917.
		Electric	26 Mar 1908		Gauge originally 1,524 mm (5 ft), whole network converted gradually to standard gauge in late 1940s
Trams in Wrocław	Wrocław	Horse	10 Jul 1877	1906
		Electric	1893

See also

• List of town tramway systems – parent article
• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

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