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 | 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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