List of town tramway systems in Europe

This is a list of cities and towns in Europe that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. Separate lists have been created for the following European countries to improve user-friendliness and to reduce article size:


 * Belgium
 * Czech Republic
 * France
 * Germany
 * Italy
 * Netherlands
 * Russia
 * Spain
 * Switzerland
 * Ukraine
 * United Kingdom

Other geographic regions:


 * Africa and Asia
 * North America
 * Central and South America
 * Oceania

[[albania|🇦🇱]] Albania

 * Note: A photograph of a horse-drawn tramcar, dated 1963 (Peschkes, Part Three, 1987, Page 19), establishes that Albania did have a town tramway service.

[[isle of man|🇮🇲]] Isle of Man
Note for Manx Electric Railway: Opened to Groudle Glen, 7 Sep 1893. Extended to Laxey, 27 Jul 1894. Extended to Ramsey (Ballure), 5 Aug 1898 Completed to Ramsey (Plaza), 24 Jul 1899.

[[kazakhstan|🇰🇿]] Kazakhstan
See List of town tramway systems in Africa and Asia. The portion of the country in Europe had no town tramways.

[[poland|🇵🇱]] Poland
Note for Cieszyn: 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 Olsa (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 center (in Cieszyn). It suffered financial losses following division of the town and was therefore closed in 1921.

[[portugal|🇵🇹]] Portugal
Note for Sintra: King and Price (1995, page 63) state that the reasons for the 1974-1980 suspension of operation are not clear, but mention financial difficulties, management changes, labor unrest, and the political turmoil which followed the Revolução dos Cravos of 25 Apr 1974.

[[sweden|🇸🇪]] Sweden
Note for Stockholm: Two systems, north and south, were connected at Slussen on 1 Apr 1922. The system was divided from 26 Oct 1950, when the segment connecting the remaining line (Alvik - Nockeby) to central Stockholm was closed.

[[turkey|🇹🇷]] Turkey
See List of town tramway systems in Africa and Asia. With the exception of İstanbul, the portion of the country in Europe had no town tramways.