List of town tramway systems in Asia

This is a list of Asian cities and towns that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. A separate list has been created for Japan to increase user-friendliness and reduce article size. Other geographic regions:

• Africa
• Europe
• Central America
• North America
• South America
• Oceania

Sources, references and external links:

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Armenia

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Yerevan Երեւան	Horse	29 Sep 1906	Aug 1918 (?)
		Electric	12 Jan 1933	21 Jan 2004

Azerbaijan

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Baku	Bakı /Baku	Horse	19 Apr 1889	by 1 Oct 1923
		Steam	6 Oct 1889	ca. 1894
		Electric	8 Feb 1924	Jan 2004
Trams in Ganja, Azerbaijan	Gəncə /Ganja	Electric	1 May 1933	16 Oct 1976
Trams in Sumqayit	Sumqayıt /Sumqayit	Electric	11 Mar 1959	Jul 2003

China

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Ānshān 鞍山 /Anshan		Electric	15 Jan 1956	26 Feb 2004	. Reconstruction as light rail transit (LRT) planned.
Běijīng 北京 /Beijing		Electric	24 Jun 1899 17 Dec 1924	1900 6 May 1966	. First system closed during the Boxer Rebellion.
Chángchūn 长春 /Changchun	Changchun Tram	Electric	1937 (?) (or 1941 or 1942)		.
	Changchun Light Rail Transit	Electric	2002
Dàlián 大连 /Dalian		Electric	25 Sep 1909		.
Guǎngzhōu 广州 /Guangzhou		(Electric)			Construction started ca. 1934, not completed.
	Haizhu Tram	Electric	2014
Harbin (Hā'ěrbīn) 哈尔滨		Electric	10 Oct 1927	17 Jun 1987	.
Nánjīng 南京 /Nanjing		Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	?
Shànghǎi 上海 /Shanghai		Electric	15 Mar 1908	1 Dec 1975	. A Chinese source states that one tramway line was closed in 1963, however, Line 3, the last closed in 1975.
	Zhangjiang Tram	Electric	2010
Shěnyáng 沈阳 /Shenyang	Trams in Shenyang	Electric	Oct 1925	1973	.
		Electric	15 Aug 2013
Suzhou	Suzhou Tram	Electric	2014
Tiānjīn 天津 /Tianjin		Electric	16 Feb 1906	ca. 1972
	TEDA Modern Guided Rail Tram	Electric	2007

Georgia

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Gagra გაგრა	Horse	?	?
	Poti ფოთი	Horse	1904	1932
Tblisi	Tbilisi თბილისი	Horse	3 Apr 1883	1910
		Electric	25 Dec 1904	4 Dec 2006	[1]

Hong Kong

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Hong Kong Tramways Limited	Victoria, Hong Kong	Electric	30 Jul 1904
Light Rail Zones 1, 2, 3	Tuen Mun	Electric	18 Sep 1988
Light Rail Zone 5	Yuen Long	Electric	18 Sep 1988 - 2 Feb 1992
Light Rail Zones 4, 5A (Tin Shui Wai Extension)	Tin Shui Wai	Electric	10 Jan 1993

India

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Chennai சென்னை	Electric	7 May 1895	12 Apr 1953	(formerly Madras)
	Delhi दिल्ली	Electric	6 Mar 1908	ca. 1963	, reintroduction planned.
	Kanpur कानपुर	Electric	Jun 1907	16 May 1933	(formerly Cawnpore)
Calcutta Tramways Company Limited	Kolkata কলকাতা	Horse	Jan 1881	?	(formerly Calcutta)
		Electric	27 Mar 1902		.
	Mumbai मुंबई	Horse	9 May 1874	15 May 1908
		Electric	7 May 1907	31 Mar 1964	(formerly Bombay)

Indonesia

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Jakarta	Horse	1869	?
		Steam	1881	?
		Electric	10 Apr 1899	1962	.
	Surabaya	Steam	189_	?
		Electric	27 Apr 1923	Jan 1968	.

Iran

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Tehran	Horse	18__	19__

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Urmia	Tram	2018

Iraq

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Baghdād بغداد	Horse	1871	194_	.
	Najaf / Kufa	Horse	1871	194_	.
	Basrah	Steam/narrow gauge	1900	194_	.

Israel

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Jerusalem Light Rail	Jerusalem	Electric	2011

Japan

Kazakhstan

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Almaty	Almaty	Electric	1 Dec 1937	31 Oct 2015	Service indefinitely suspended in Oct 2015
	Oskemen	Electric	6 Nov 1959
	Pavlodar	Electric	18 Oct 1965
	Karagandy	Electric	25 Aug 1950	1997
	Temirtau	Electric	5 Sep 1959

Lebanon

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bayrūt بيروت /Beirut	Electric	19 Apr 1908	Sep 1965	.
	Ṭarābulus طرابلس /Tripoli	Horse	?	?	.

Malaysia

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	George Town	Steam	1880	?
		Horse	1898	?
		Electric	1 Jan 1906	1936	.

Myanmar

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Mandalay မန္တလေးမ္ရို့		Electric	17 Jun 1904	by 1945	.
Yangon ရန္‌ကုန္‌မ္ရို့		Steam	1884	?
		Electric	15 Dec 1906	by 1945	.
	Yangon Tram	Electric	2016

North Korea

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Ch'ŏngjin 청진 (淸津)		Electric	20 Aug (or 21 Aug) 1999
P'yŏngyang 평양 (平壤)	Pyongyang Tram	Human	1905	1916
		Electric	20 May 1923	Aug 1950	. First system closed because of war damage.
		Electric	15 Apr 1991

Pakistan

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Karachi كراچى	Steam	20 Apr 1885	?
		Horse	1886	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	1909	?	.
		Diesel	?	30 Apr 1975

Philippines

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Manila		Horse	188_	?
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	10 Apr 1905	1944	.
	Metro Manila Line 1	Electric	1984		Light rail/Rapid transit
	Metro Manila Line 3	Electric	1999		Light rail/Rapid transit

Russia

Singapore

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Singapore	Steam	1885	1894
		Electric	25 Jul 1905	9 Apr 1927	. Experimental electric operations in Sep 1891 and Sep 1892. Re-introduction planned: Tampines, Woodlands or Jurong areas

South Korea

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Busan 부산 (釜山)	Steam	?	?
		Electric	31 Oct 1915	20 May 1968	.
	Seoul 서울	Electric	1 May 1899	29 Nov 1968	.

Sri Lanka

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Colombo	Electric	Sep 1898	1960	.

Syria

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Halab حلب /Aleppo	Electric	1929	1967	.
	Dimashq دمشق /Damascus	Electric	7 Feb 1907	1967	.

Taiwan

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Circular Line (KMRT)	Kaohsiung	Electric	2016

Thailand

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Krung Thep Maha Nakhon กรุงเทพมหานคร /Bangkok	Horse	22 Sep 1887	?
		Electric	1 Jan 1893	1 Oct 1968	.
	Lopburi ลพบุรี	Electric	31 Jan 1955	1962	.

Turkey

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Antalya		Electric	27 Mar 1999
Bursa	Burtram heritage tramway (T3)	Electric	28 May 2011		.
	Burtram modern tramline (T1)	Electric	13 Oct 2013		.
Eskişehir	EsTram	Electric	24 Dec 2004
Gaziantep		Electric	2009
İstanbul - Europe	Trams in Istanbul	Horse	30 Aug 1869	1912
	Trams in Istanbul	Electric	1914	12 Aug 1961
	Istanbul nostalgic tramways	Electric	29 Dec 1990		.
	Istanbul modern tramways		13 Jun 1992
♦ İstanbul - Asia	Trams in Istanbul	Electric	8 Jun 1928	14 Nov 1966
	Heritage tramway	Electric	1 Nov 2003
İzmir		Horse	?	?
		Electric	18 Oct 1928	1954
		Electric	2017		.
Kocaeli		Electric	2016 or 2017
Kayseri	Kayseray	Electric	2 Jan 2009
Konya		Electric	28 Sep 1992
Samsun		Electric	10 Oct 2010

United Arab Emirates

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Dubai Tram	Dubai	Electric	2014

Uzbekistan

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Samarqand	Electric	1 May 1947	30 Aug 1973
Trams in Tashkent	Toshkent	Horse	13 Apr 1901	1913
		Electric	10 Jan 1913	2 May 2016	Operation suspended 1918 - 1921 because of war (see Russian Civil War).

Vietnam

Name of system	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Hanoi	Electric	10 Nov 1901[2]	1990[2]	reintroduction planned
	Ho Chi Minh City	Steam	27 Dec 1881[2]	?
		Electric	4 Aug 1923[2]	ca. 1953[2]	Connected Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) with Hóc Môn and Thủ Dầu Một[2]

See also

• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems
• List of trolleybus systems

References

1. Столица Грузии отказалась от трамваев и троллейбусов - новости Украины на ЛІГА.Новости
2. Tram Views of Asia: Indochina