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.
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 | 1888 05 18 | 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 | 1911 02 12 | 1921 04 02 | 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 | 1959 03 08 | ||
| Trams in Elbląg | Elbląg | Electric | 1895 11 23 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Trams in Gdańsk | Gdańsk | Horse | 1873 06 22 | 1896 | |
| Electric | 1895 | ||||
| Trams in Gorzów Wielkopolski | Gorzów Wielkopolski | Electric | 1899 07 29 | ||
| Trams in Grudziądz | Grudziądz | Horse | 1896 06 15 | 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 | 1894 05 24 | 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 | 1911 12 21 | 1938 09 30 | |
| Trams in Kraków | Kraków | Horse | 1882 11 01 | 1890 | |
| Electric | 1901 | Nowa Huta, founded as a separate industrial town in 1949, was amalgamated with Kraków in 1951 and has been 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 | 1898 12 24 | 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 | 2015 12 19 | ||||
| Trams in Poznań | Poznań | Horse | 1880 07 30 | ? | |
| Electric | 1898 | Fast tram opened 1 March 1997 (see Poznański Szybki Tramwaj). | |||
| Trams in Frankfurt (Oder) | Słubice | Electric | 1898 | 1945 09 28 | 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 | 1879 08 23 | 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 | 1891 05 16 | ||||
| Trams in Wałbrzych | Wałbrzych | Electric | 1898 | 1966 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
| Trams in Warsaw | Warsaw (Warszawa) | Horse | 1866 12 11 | 1914 09 | Also ran for 6 weeks in the spring 1917. |
| Electric | 1908 03 26 | Gauge originally 1,524 mm (5 ft), whole network converted gradually to standard gauge in late 1940s | |||
| Trams in Wrocław | Wrocław | Horse | 1877 07 10 | 1906 | |
| Electric | 1893 |
See also
References
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