List of town tramway systems in Ukraine

Tatra T3SU trams in Odessa, Ukraine

This is a list of town tramway systems in Ukraine by oblast. It includes all tram systems, past and present; cities with currently operating systems are indicated in bold. 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.

Chernihiv Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Nizhyn Nizhyn Horse 1915 1920s?  

Chernivtsi Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Chernivtsi Electric 18 Jul 1897 20 Mar 1967 Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Yevpatoria (Eupatoria) Electric 23 May 1914   Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in).
Note for Eupatoria: Operation suspended 1919 – 1923 because of war. Operated only during summer season, 1923 – 1941. Operation suspended 1941 – 1944 because of war. Operation resumed 1944, then suspended 1944 – 1947.
  Kerch Electric 7 Nov 1935 Nov 1941 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
  Molochne Electric 18 Aug 1989   Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in).
Note for Molochne: Built by the Pension Bérégovoy resort to provide transportation between the guest-house complex and the beach (on the Black Sea). Operates only during summer season.
  Simferopol Electric 13 Aug 1914 1 Dec 1970 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended 1941 (or 1942) – 1944 because of war.

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Dniprodzerzhinsk Electric 27 Nov 1935   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Dnipropetrovsk Electric 26 Jun 1897   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Oct 1919 – Sep 1921 because of war.
  Kryvyi Rih Electric 2 Jan 1935   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Aug 1941 – 6 Nov 1946 because of war. Express tramway opened 26 Dec 1986 (see Kryvyi Rih Metrotram).

Donetsk Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Avdiyivka Electric 23 Aug 1965   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Donetsk Electric 15 Jun 1928   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Druzhkivka Electric traction 5 Dec 1945   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Horlivka Electric 7 Nov 1932   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 10 May 1945 because of war.
  Konstantinovka Electric 23 Aug 1931   Operation suspended Oct 1941 – 1 May 1944 and Jun 2004 – 2008. Unconnected line opened 1933, connected to original system 1965. Reopening in 2008.
  Kramatorsk Electric 12 May 1937   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Makiivka Electric 21 Aug 1927 2006 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  ♦ Shchehlovka Electric 23 Nov 1924
1956		 1941
 		 Reopened and connected with the main Makiivka system, 1956.
  Mariupol Electric 1 May 1933   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Slavyanohirsk Petrol (gasoline) traction 1930(?) 1941  
  Sloviansk Steam 1894 1941(?)  
  Yenakiieve Electric 24 May 1932   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 8 Sep 1944 because of war.

Kharkiv Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Kharkiv Horse 24 Sep 1882 ?  
Electric 16 Jul 1906   Operation suspended 1 Jan 1920 – Jun 1921 because of war.

Kirovohrad Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Kirovohrad Electric 25 Jul 1897 Aug 1941(?) Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.

Kiev Municipality

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Kiev Kiev Horse 11 Aug 1891 1896  
Steam 19 Feb 1892 1904  
Electric 13 Jun 1892   First electric tramway in Russian Empire (and thus in Ukraine). Express tramway opened 1979.
  ♦ Darnytsya Petrol (gasoline) May 1912 1934 Operation suspended 1920 – 1925.
Electric 1926   Connected to main Kiev system 1925. (Darnytsya is on the left bank of the Dnieper River. Tramway segment on Paton Bridge closed 9 Jun 2004, dividing the Kiev system into two portions.)
  ♦ Demiyivka Electric 1909
1926		 1919
?		 Connected with main Kiev system 1926.
  ♦ Svyatoshin Horse 1898 1901  
Electric 1901 ? Connected with main Kiev system 1923.
  ♦ Darnytsya - Brovary / Бровари Petrol (gasoline) 1912 1934  

Luhansk Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Luhansk Electric 3 May 1934   Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war.
  ♦ Kamyany Brid Electric May 1935 18 February 2008 Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war. Connected with main Luhansk system 1965, disconnected and closed down in 2008.
  Stakhanov Electric 15 Dec 1937 Dec 2007 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)

Lviv Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Lviv Lviv Horse 5 May 1880 1908(?)  
Electric 31 May 1894   Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Construction of tramway tunnel started ca. 1989, stopped 1992.

Mykolaiv Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Mykolaiv Horse 8 Aug 1897
1918		 1915
1921		  
Electric 3 Jan 1915
May 1922		 1918
 		 Electric tramway operation suspended because of war.

Odessa Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Horse 1904 ?  
Steam 1907 1930  
  Odessa Horse 20 Jul 1880
1919		 1915
Jun 1921		  
Electric 24 Sep 1910   First electric tramway within Odessa opened 24 Sep 1910. Operation suspended Jan 1919 – Jun 1921 because of war.
  ♦ Khajibeyskiy Liman Horse 23 May 1899 1917  
  ♦ Kuyalnitskiy Liman Horse 4 Jun 1888 1915  
  ♦ Odessa - Bolshogo Fontana Steam 23 Jul 1881
1920		 Oct 1912 (electrified)
5 Sep 1922		  
  ♦ Odessa - Khajibeyskiy Liman Steam 1893
1920		 Oct 1913 (electrified)
5 Sep 1922		  
  ♦ Chernomorka Electric 22 Aug 1907    

Poltava Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Poltava (Electric)     Construction started 1962, not completed.

Sevastopol

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Sevastopol Electric 24 Sep 1898 1942 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
  ♦ Sevastopol - Balaklava Electric 1925 1942 Operation suspended because of war, not restored.

Sumy Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Konotop Electric 25 Dec 1949    
  Sumy ? ? ? Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Zinoviev "Parovoz". Archived from the original on 31 Jan 2013.  includes Sumy in a list of Ukrainian towns which have or had tramways, but provides no details.

Vinnytsia Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Vinnytsia Electric 28 Oct 1913   Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended Feb 1920 – 27 Nov 1921, and Mar 1944 – Jun 1945, because of war.

Zaporizhia Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Zaporizhia Electric 17 Jul 1932   Operation suspended 1943 – 12 Oct 1944 because of war.

Zhytomyr Oblast

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Berdychiv Horse 4 Aug 1892 1921 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Zhytomyr Electric 3 Sep 1899   Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended 1918 – 10 Aug 1920 because of war.

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