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List of town tramway systems in Germany

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Germany by Land. It includes all tram systems, 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.

Baden-Württemberg

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| Baden-Baden

| Electric

| 24 Jan 1910

| 28 Feb 1951

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Esslingen

| Electric

| 24 May 1912

| 7 Jul 1944

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Esslingen – Nellingen – Denkendorf

| Electric

| 19 Dec 1926

| 28 Feb 1978

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Freiburg im Breisgau

| Freiburg im Breisgau

| Electric

| 14 Oct 1901

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" |  

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Heidelberg

| Horse

| 13 May 1885

| 7 Oct 1902

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 17 Mar 1903

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
See also: Mannheim.

 

| Heidelberg – Schwetzingen

|  

| ?

| 4 Jan 1974

|  

 

| Schwetzingen – Ketsch

| Electric

| 12 Dec 1910

| 31 Mar 1938

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Walldorf (in Baden)

| Horse

| 22 Feb 1902

| 21 Feb 1907

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 22 Feb 1907

| 1 Aug 1954

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Separate undertaking to 3 September 1945.

 

| Wiesloch

| Horse

| 1 Sep 1886

| 4 Jul 1901

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Heidelberg – Wiesloch

| Electric

| 24 Jul 1901

| 16 Jun 1973

|  

 

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Heilbronn (am Neckar)

| Electric

| 29 May 1897

| 1 Apr 1955

| Original tramway closed in 1955.

style="background:#CFECEC"

|  

| Electric

| 2001

|  

| Heilbronn Stadtbahn: segment reopened as part of Karlsruhe Stadtbahn light rail regional system.

rowspan="4" | Trams in Karlsruhe

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan=5 | Karlsruhe

| Horse

| 21 Jan 1877

| 19 Mar 1900

|  

Steam

| 16 Jul 1881

| 19 Mar 1900

|  

Accumulator (storage battery)

| 10 Feb 1900

| 1903

|  

Electric

| 10 Feb 1900

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Karlsruhe Stadtbahn

| Electric

| 25 Sep 1992

|  

| Light rail

rowspan="5" | Alb Valley Railway

| rowspan="2" | Karlsruhe – Ettlingen – Bad Herrenalb

| Steam

| 1 Dec 1897

| 1911

|  

Electric

| 1 Dec 1898

|  

|  

Karlsruhe – Ettlingen

|  

| 1 Dec 1897

|  

|  

Ettlingen – Bad Herrenalb

|  

| 2 Jul 1898

|  

| Opened in stages, completed 2 July 1898.

Branch Busenbach – Ittersbach

|  

| 10 Apr 1899

|  

|  

 

| Lörrach

| Electric

| 16 Nov 1919

| 31 Aug 1967

| Worked by tramcars hired from Basel Switzerland tramway. Operation suspended 1 September 1939 – 11 May 1947 because of closure of border.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Mannheim

| Horse

| 2 Jun 1878

| 22 May 1902

|  

Steam

| 6 May 1884

| 23 Mar 1914

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 10 Dec 1900

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Operated jointly with Ludwigshafen system (q.v.). See also Heidelberg.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="5" | Upper Rhine Railway Company (OGE)

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Mannheim – Heidelberg

| Steam

| 12 Dec 1887

| 31 Aug 1956

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 10 Dec 1900

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Mannheim – Heidelberg

|  

|  

|  

| Opened 1892. Electrified 1928–1929.

Mannheim – Weinheim

|  

|  

|  

| Opened 1887; electrified 1915.

Heidelberg – Weinheim

|  

|  

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Opened 1890; electrified 1949–1956.

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| rowspan="2" | Müllheim

| Steam

| 15 Feb 1896

| 1913

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 7 Apr 1914

| 22 May 1955

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Müllheim – Badenweiler

|  

|  

| 22 May 1955

|  

 

| Pforzheim

| Electric

| 1 Dec 1911

| 10 Oct 1964

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

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| rowspan="2" | Ravensburg – Weingarten – Baienfurt

| Steam

| 6 Jan 1888

| 12 Sep 1911

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 1 Sep 1910

| 1 Jul 1959

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

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| rowspan="2" | Reutlingen

| Steam

| 1 Nov 1899

| 24 Jul 1912

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 24 Jul 1912

| 19 Oct 1974

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

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| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Stuttgart

| Horse

| 28 Jul 1868

| 28 Nov 1896

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 26 Sep 1895

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
First tunnel segment opened 1966.

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Stuttgart Stadtbahn

| Electric

| 28 Sep 1985

|  

| Light rail. Stuttgart Stadtbahn operates on standard gauge, after the previous tram system was converted from metre gauge.

 

| Bad Cannstatt

| Electric

| 20 Jul 1899

|  

| Separate undertaking to 1 January 1919.

 

| Feuerbach

| Electric

| 30 Dec 1926

|  

| Separate undertaking to 1 January 1934.

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| rowspan="2" | Rack tramway

| Steam

| 23 Aug 1884

| 1907

|  

Electric

| 1 May 1904

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Ulm

| Ulm (an der Donau)

| Electric

| 15 May 1897

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

[[Bavaria]] (Bayern)

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style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Augsburg

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Augsburg

| Horse

| 8 May 1881

| 31 Aug 1898

|  

Steam

| 12 Sept 1886

| 15 June 1887

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 1 Sep 1898

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Bamberg

| Electric

| 1 Nov 1897

| 10 June 1922

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Hof (an der Saale)

| Electric

| 5 Aug 1901

| 14 Nov 1922

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

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| rowspan="2" | Ingolstadt (an der Donau)

| Horse

| 10 Nov 1878

| 3 Mar 1921

|  

(Electric)

|  

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Construction on tramway started, but not completed (c.1914).

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| rowspan="2" | Landshut (in Bayern)

| Horse

| 1 July 1902

| 1913

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 15 Jan 1913

| 18 Mar 1945

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Closed because of war damage.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="4" | Trams in Munich
(owned by MVG)

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="4" | Munich (München)

| Horse

| 21 Oct 1876

| 1 Nov 1900

|  

Steam

| 9 Jun 1883

| 15 Jul 1900

|  

Accumulator (storage battery)

| 1 Jul 1886

| 17 Jul 1895

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 23 Jun 1895

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Nuremberg

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Nuremberg (Nürnberg)

| Horse

| 25 Aug 1881

| 20 Jul 1898

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 7 May 1896

|  

|   Gauge: {{track gauge|1432mm|lk=on}} (formerly, since converted to standard gauge)

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| rowspan="2" | Nuremberg – Fürth

| Steam

| 7 Dec 1835

| 31 Oct 1922

| Bayerische Ludwigsbahn, Nürnberg – Fürth, first railway in Germany.

Electric

| ?

| 21 Jun 1981

| Express tramway, built on alignment of closed railway (Ludwigsbahn). Closed, together with remaining tramway lines in Fürth, because of U-Bahn (metro) construction.

 

| Regensburg

| Electric

| 21 Apr 1903

| 1 Aug 1964

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Schweinfurt

| Horse

| 5 May 1895

| 31 Jan 1921

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Würzburg

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Würzburg

| Horse

| 8 Apr 1892

| 4 Oct 1900

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 30 Jun 1900
18 Sep 1924

| 20 Apr 1920
 

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Reopened as a new undertaking (in 1924); see also: Trams in Würzburg.

Berlin

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style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="4" | Trams in Berlin
(owned by BVG)

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="4" | Berlin

| Horse

| 22 Jun 1865

| 8 Dec 1907

|  

Steam

| 5 May 1886

| 1919

|  

Accumulator (storage battery)

| 8 Feb 1895

| 1902

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 16 May 1881

|  

| Note: Berlin tramway divided into East Berlin and West Berlin systems from 16 January 1953. West Berlin tramway lines replaced by motorbus starting from 1954, with final West Berlin tram closure on 2 October 1967. (See Trams in Berlin.) Following German reunification, some tramlines have returned to the western part of the city.

 

| Adlershof – Altglienicke

| Electric

| 5 Jun 1909

| 31 Dec 1992

| Separate tram undertaking to 16 April 1921.

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| rowspan="2" | Buchholz

| Horse

| 9 Jul 1904

| 8 Dec 1907

|  

Electric

| 8 Dec 1907

|  

| Separate tram undertaking to 22 July 1907.

 

| Heiligensee an der Havel

| Electric

| 29 May 1913

| 1 Jun 1958

| Separate tram undertaking to 3 December 1920.

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| rowspan="2" | Köpenick (Cöpenick)

| Horse

| 18 Oct 1882

| 11 Aug 1903

|  

Electric

| 11 Aug 1903

|  

| Separate tram undertaking to 1 October 1920.

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| rowspan="2" | Schmöckwitz – Grünau

| Petrol

| 9 Mar 1912

| 27 July 1912

| The planned overhead line was not set up due to public protests regarding a ruined view of the waterfront. Higher than expected passenger numbers caused the management to change quickly its mind and to commission AEG with the installation of the overhead line.

Electric

| 27 Jul 1912

|  

| Separate tram undertaking to 30 September 1924.

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| rowspan="4" | Spandau

| Horse

| 5 Jun 1892

| 17 Mar 1896

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 18 Mar 1896

| 27 Oct 1907

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Converted to standard gauge.

Electric

| 28 Oct 1907

| 2 Oct 1967

| Converted from metre gauge.

Electric

| 18 Mar 1896

| 2 Oct 1967

| Separate undertaking by AEG to 1 August 1920.

 

| Spandau – Nonnendamm

| Electric

| 30 Sep 1908

| 2 Oct 1967

|  

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| rowspan="2" | Spandau West – Hennigsdorf

| Petrol

| 1 Aug 1923

| 11 Nov 1929

|  

Electric

| 11 Nov 1929

| _ Apr 1945

|  

Grunewaldbahn

| Steglitz

| Electric

| 3 Dec 1905

| 2 May 1963

|  

 

| Berlin-Lichterfelde – Steglitz – Südende station – Mariendorf line

| Electric

| 16 May 1881

| 14 Feb 1930

| Incorporated Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway opened 1881 by Siemens & Halske, as world's first electric tramway.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

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| rowspan="2" | Berlin-Lichterfelde – Teltow – Stahnsdorf – Kleinmachnow (Canal lock)

| Steam

| 1 Jul 1888

| 30 Mar 1907

|  

Electric

| 30 Mar 1907

| 2 May 1966

|  

Brandenburg

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style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Brandenburg an der Havel

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Brandenburg (an der Havel)

| Horse

| 1 Oct 1897

| 20 Apr 1911

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 1 Apr 1911

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Plaue (an der Havel)

| Electric

| 24 Dec 1912

| 28 Sep 2002

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Separate tram undertaking to 1 October 1952.

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Cottbus

| Cottbus (Chóśebuz)

| Electric

| 8 Jul 1903

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Eberswalde

| Electric

| 1 Sep 1910

| 3 Nov 1940

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Frankfurt (Oder)

| Frankfurt an der Oder

| Electric

| 23 Jan 1898

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
See also: Słubice, List of town tramway systems in Poland.

 

| Guben

| Electric

| 24 Feb 1904

| 8 Jun 1938

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
See also: Gubin, List of town tramway systems in Poland.

 

| Jüterbog

| Horse

| 21 Mar 1897

| 29 Jul 1928

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Küstrin

| Electric

| 16 May 1927

| 30 Jan 1945

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
See also: Kostrzyn nad Odrą;, List of town tramway systems in Poland.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Potsdam
(owned by ViP)

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Potsdam

| Horse

| 11 May 1880

| 1 Sep 1907

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 2 Sep 1907

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" |  

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Schöneiche (bei Berlin)

| Petrol

| 28 Aug 1910

| 30 May 1914

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 30 May 1914

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Strausberg Railway

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Strausberg

| Steam

| 17 Aug 1893

| 15 Mar 1921

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 18 Mar 1921

|  

|  

 

| Werder (an der Havel)

| Horse

| 27 Jul 1895

| 7 Aug 1926

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

|Woltersdorf Tramway

| Woltersdorf (bei Berlin)

| Electric

| 17 May 1913

|  

|  

Bremen

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style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Bremen

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Bremen

| Horse

| 4 Jun 1875

| 31 Oct 1911

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 22 Jun 1890

|  

|  

rowspan="3" |  

| rowspan="3" | Bremerhaven

| Horse

| 26 Jun 1881

| 28 Aug 1908

|  

Accumulator (storage battery)

| 21 Aug 1898

| 31 Jul 1908

|  

Electric

| 4 Jun 1908

| 30 Jul 1982

|  

Hamburg

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rowspan="3" | Trams in Hamburg

| rowspan="3" | Hamburg

| Horse

| 16 Aug 1866

| 18 Dec 1922

|  

Steam

| 13 May 1878

| 22 Jun 1897

|  

Electric

| 5 Mar 1894

| 1 Oct 1978

| Hamburg is the only major German city with only a U-Bahn (Hamburg U-Bahn), but no extant tram or light rail system. The Hamburg tram network was one of oldest and largest in Germany and largest closed system.

 

| Hamburg-Harburg

| Electric

| 30 Sep 1899

| 24 Sep 1975

|  

 

| Alt-Rahlstedt – Volksdorf

| Electric

| 30 Oct 1906

| 15 Apr 1923

| Town tramway service on local railway (kleinbahn).

 

| Altona – Blankenese

| Electric

| 26 Aug 1899

| 9 Nov 1921

|  

[[Hessen]]

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| Bad Homburg (vor der Höhe)

| Electric

| 26 Jul 1899

| 31 Jul 1935

| Served by line of Frankfurt am Main system to 1971 (this line was upgraded to the Frankfurt U-Bahn line that serves Bad Homburg).

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Darmstadt

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Darmstadt

| Horse

| 25 Aug 1886

| 31 Mar 1922

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 24 Nov 1897

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Eltville – Schlangenbad

| Steam

| 20 Jun 1895

| 17 Mar 1933

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="4" | Trams in Frankfurt am Main

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="4" | Frankfurt am Main

| Horse

| 19 May 1872

| 17 Jun 1904

|  

Steam

| 1 Sep 1888

| 13 Jul 1929

|  

Accumulator (storage battery)

| 1 Jan 1897

| 9 Sep 1900

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 18 Feb 1884

|  

|  

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Offenbach am Main

| Horse

| 10 Apr 1884

| 28 Oct 1906

|  

Electric

| 27 Oct 1906

| 3 Nov 1963.

| Operated as part of Trams in Frankfurt, 31 March 1907 – 3 November 1963. Offenbach am Main served by line of Trams in Frankfurt to 1 June 1996.

 

| Gießen

| Electric

| 20 Nov 1909

| 31 Mar 1953

|  

 

| Hanau

| Electric

| 15 Jun 1908

| 18 Mar 1945

| Closed because of war damage.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Kassel

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Kassel

| Steam

| 9 Jul 1877

| 10 May 1899

|  

Horse

| 27 Apr 1884

| 28 Feb 1899

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 14 Dec 1898

|  

| See also: Kassel RegioTram.

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Kassel – Wolfsanger

| Horse

| 24 Sep 1897

| 20 Oct 1911

|  

Electric

| 20 Oct 1911

|  

|  

Herkulesbahn

| Kassel – Palmenbad, Brasselsberg, Herkules, Hohes Gras

| Electric

| 27 Apr 1903

| 12 Apr 1966

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Marburg (an der Lahn)

| Horse

| 1 Oct 1903

| 10 Oct 1911

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 28 Nov 1911

| 17 May 1951

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

rowspan="3" |  

| rowspan="3" | Wiesbaden

| Horse

| 16 Aug 1875

| 14 Aug 1900

|  

Steam

| 18 May 1889

| 27 Aug 1900

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 16 May 1896

| 30 Apr 1955

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
See also: Mainz in List of town tramway systems in Germany#Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz).

[[Lower Saxony]] (Niedersachsen)

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| Bad Pyrmont

| Horse

| 1 Jun 1879

| 12 Mar 1925

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Bückeburg – Bad Eilsen

| Electric

| 1918

| 21 May 1966

|  

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Braunschweig

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Braunschweig

| Horse

| 11 Oct 1879

| 24 Sep 1904

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1100mm}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 28 Oct 1897

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1100mm}}

 

| Celle

| Electric

| 1 Nov 1907

| 2 June 1956

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1100mm}}

 

| Cuxhaven

| Petrol-electric (Benzolelektrisch)

| 6 Jul 1914

| 2 Aug 1914

|  

 

| Emden

| Electric

| 23 Feb 1902

| 30 Apr 1953

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Göttingen

| (Electric)

|  

|  

| Construction on tramway started, but not completed (1914).

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" |  

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Hanover

| Horse

| 16 Sep 1872

| 1897

|  

Accumulator (storage battery)

| 10 Sep 1895

| 20 Nov 1903

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 19 May 1893

|  

| Converted to light rail – see: Hanover Stadtbahn

 

| Hanover – Hildesheim

| Electric

| 22 Mar 1899

| 16 Aug 1959

|  

 

| Hildesheim

| Electric

| 7 Aug 1905

| 22 Mar 1945

| Closed because of war damage.

 

| Osnabrück

| Electric

| 31 Jan 1906

| 29 May 1960

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Wilhelmshaven

| Electric

| 17 Mar 1913

| 30 Mar 1945

| Closed because of war damage.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

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style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Rostock

| Rostock

| Electric

| 16 Oct 1888

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Schwerin

| Schwerin

| Electric

| 1 Dec 1908

|  

|  

 

| Stralsund

| Electric

| 25 Mar 1900

| 7 Apr 1966

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Warnemünde

| Electric

| 1 July 1910

| 30 Apr 1945

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Closed because of war damage.

[[North Rhine-Westphalia]] (Nordrhein-Westfalen)

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

rowspan="3" | Trams in Aachen

| rowspan="3" | Aachen

| Horse

| 26 Dec 1880

| 10 Sep 1897

|  

Caustic soda (Natronmotor)

| Jun 1884

| Mar 1885

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 15 Jul 1895

| 29 Sep 1974

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Eschweiler

| Electric

| 1897

| 6 Oct 1969

|  

 

| Stolberg

| Electric

| 1898

| 8 Jan 1967

|  

 

| Bad Salzuflen

| Horse

| 1 July 1909

| 1924

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Bad Salzuflen – Schötmar

| Horse

| 15 Jun 1912

| 1915

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Bielefeld Stadtbahn

| Bielefeld

| Electric

| 20 Dec 1900

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Converted to light rail in 1991.

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Düren

| Steam

| 1 Apr 1893

| 1913

|  

Electric

| 20 Nov 1913

| 30 June 1965

|  

Dürener Kreisbahn

| Düren – Nörvenich – Besenich

| Electric

| 6 Oct 1908

| 30 April 1963

| Nörvenich – Besenich closed 31 January 1960. Düren – Nörvenich closed 30 April 1963.

 

| Gummersbach

| Electric

| 1 Oct 1915

| 4 Oct 1953

|  

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Herford

| Steam

| 10 Aug 1900

| 10 May 1932

|  

Electric

| 26 June 1930

| 22 April 1966

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Kleve

| Electric

| 1 Oct 1911

| 31 Mar 1962

|  

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Minden (in Westfalen)

| Steam

| 7 Sep 1893

| 7 Dec 1920

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 9 Dec 1920

| 29 Dec 1959

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Münster (in Westfalen)

| Electric

| 14 July 1901

| 25 Nov 1954

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Paderborn

| Electric

| 11 Nov 1900

| 27 Sep 1963

|  

 

| Detmold

| Electric

| 1 Mar 1900

| 15 Aug 1954

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Separate undertaking to 1920.

 

| Plettenberg

| Steam

| 25 May 1896

| 1 Jan 1959

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Rees – Empel

| Steam

| 5 Sep 1897

| 1914

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 28 Feb 1915

| 30 Apr 1966

|  

 

| Wesel – Rees – Emmerich (am Rhein)

| Electric

| 25 May 1914

| 30 Apr 1966

|  

 

| Siegen

| Electric

| 14 Nov 1904

| 31 Aug 1958

|  

 

| Siegen – Kreuztal

| Electric

| 14 Nov 1904

| 29 May 1952

|  

=[[Rhine-Ruhr]] (Rhein-Ruhr)=

Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr Area) towns in geographic order, west to east:

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

 

| Moers

| Electric

| 1 Oct 1908

| 25 Sep 1954

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Homberg

| Electric

| 1 Apr 1909

| 25 Sep 1954

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Separate undertaking to 1 January 1925.

Homberg lines extended to:

| Ruhrort

|  

| 1913

| Mar 1945

|  

Homberg also served by:

| Düsseldorf (Rheinbahn) system

|  

| 1911

| 20 Oct 1958

|  

 

| Krefeld system

|  

| 1918

| 2 Nov 1962

|  

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Moers – Kamp – Rheinberg

| Electric

| 12 Feb 1915

| 11 Oct 1952

|  

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Duisburg

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Duisburg

| Horse

| 24 Dec 1881

| 31 Jul 1898

|  

Steam

| 22 Jul 1882

| 25 Dec 1897

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 3 Aug 1897

|  

| First Stadtbahn-like tunnel segment opened 11 July 1992.

Duisburg lines extend to:

| Ruhrort

|  

| 24 Dec 1881

|  

|  

 

| Hamborn

|  

| 24 Feb 1898

|  

|  

 

| Dinslaken

|  

| 1 May 1900

|  

|  

 

| Mülheim an der Ruhr

|  

| 1912

|  

|  

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

|  

| Oberhausen (im Rheinland)

| Electric

| 4 Apr 1897
1 June 1996

| 13 Oct 1968
 

| Connects with Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen system.

Oberhausen lines connected with:

| Essen system

|  

|  

|  

| Now closed.

 

| Mülheim an der Ruhr system

|  

|  

|  

| Closed, now reopened.

 

| Recklinghausen system

|  

|  

|  

| Now closed.

 

| Duisburg system

|  

|  

|  

| No track connection at Duisburg–Holten because of gauge difference. Now closed.

Oberhausen also served by:

| Mülheim an der Ruhr system

|  

|  

| 4 Apr 1971

|  

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen

| Mülheim an der Ruhr

| Electric

| 8 Jul 1897

|  

| First Stadtbahn tunnel opened 3 November 1979 (served by Essen system – see Essen Stadtbahn). First tunnel segment for Mülheim system opened 27 April 1985.

Mülheim an der Ruhr lines connect with:

| Essen system

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Oberhausen system

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Essen

| Essen

| Electric

| 23 Aug 1893

|  

| First tunnel segment opened 5 October 1967. First Stadtbahn tunnel segment opened 29 May 1977.

Essen lines connect with:

| Mülheim an der Ruhr system

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Bochum – Gelsenkirchen system

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Recklinghausen system

|  

|  

|  

| Now closed.

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Bochum/Gelsenkirchen

| Bochum – Gelsenkirchen

| Electric

| 23 Nov 1894

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
First tunnel segment (Bochum) opened 26 May 1979. First tunnel segment (Gelsenkirchen) opened 1 September 1984.

Bochum – Gelsenkirchen lines extend to:

| Herne

|  

| 23 Nov 1894

|  

|  

 

| Wanne-Eickel

|  

| 20 Oct 1896

|  

|  

 

| Gelsenkirchen

|  

| 3 Nov 1895

|  

|  

 

| Buer

|  

| 24 June 1901

|  

|  

 

| Horst

|  

| 24 Jun 1901

| 18 Oct 1955

| Now closed.

 

| Hattingen

|  

| 1 Oct 1902

|  

|  

 

| Witten

|  

| 21 Dec 1900

|  

|  

 

| Castrop-Rauxel

|  

| 20 Dec 1909

| 8 May 1967

|  

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Hattingen

| Electric

| 12 Mar 1914

| 30 June 1969

| Operation suspended 24 October 1923 – 31 May 1924 because of Occupation of the Ruhr. Separate undertaking to 1 October 1932.

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Bochum Stadtbahn

| Bochum – Herne

| Electric

| 2 Sep 1989

|  

| Light rail. Gauge: {{Track gauge|sg|lk=on}}
First Stadtbahn tunnel segment (Bochum – Herne) opened 2 September 1989.

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Herne

| Electric

| 20 Dec 1906

| 30 Sep 1959

| Lines extended to Castrop-Rauxel, 15 July 1910 – 1 January 1952.

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Castrop-Rauxel

|  

|  

|  

|  

Served by:

| Bochum – Gelsenkirchen system

|  

| 1909

| 8 May 1967

|  

 

| Herne system

|  

| 15 Jul 1910

| 30 Sep 1959

|  

 

| Dortmund system

|  

| 1 Nov 1910

| 1 July 1962

|  

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

rowspan="3" |  

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="4" | Dortmund

| Horse

| 1 Jun 1881

| 1897

|  

Steam

| Feb 1892

| 1896

|  

Electric

| 1 Mar 1894

| 1984*

| * First tunnel segment opened 1983, and converted to light rail in 1984.

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Dortmund Stadtbahn

| Electric

| 1984

|  

| First tunnel segment opened 1983.

Dortmund lines extended to:

| Recklinghausen (Henrichenburg)

|  

| 1 Nov 1910

| 1 July 1958

| Now closed.

 

| Castrop-Rauxel

|  

| 1 Nov 1910

| 1 July 1962

| Now closed.

 

| Unna

|  

| 1906

| 31 Mar 1965

| Now closed.

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Unna – Kamen – Werne

| Electric

| 1 Aug 1909

| 15 Dec 1950

| See also Dortmund.

 

| Hamm (im Westfalen)

| Electric

| 20 Oct 1898

| 2 Apr 1961

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

Vestische Straßenbahn

| Recklinghausen

| Electric

| 26 Feb 1898

| 30 Dec 1982

| Connected with Essen and Bochum – Gelsenkirchen systems.

 

| Lines extended to:

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Herten in Westfalen

|  

| 10 May 1901

| 30 May 1981

|  

 

| Wanne-Eickel

|  

| 10 May 1901

| 15 Nov 1975

|  

 

| Buer

|  

| 1907

| 1 Oct 1980

|  

 

| Gladbeck

|  

| 1909

| 31 Oct 1978

|  

 

| Horst

|  

| 1909

| 31 Oct 1978

|  

 

| Bottrop

|  

| 1910

| 27 Nov 1976

|  

Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Region) and Bezirksregierung Arnsberg (Arnsberg Region) towns not tabulated above, in geographic order, west to east:

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

rowspan=2 |  

| rowspan=2 | Mönchengladbach

| Horse

| 10 Aug 1881

| 14 Feb 1900

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 15 Feb 1900

| 15 Mar 1969

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Lines extended to Rheydt (10 August 1881 – 5 October 1968). Connected with Krefeld system.

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Rheydt

| Horse

| 10 Aug 1881

| 14 Feb 1900

|  

Electric

| 15 Feb 1900

| 31 Jan 1959

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Krefeld

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Krefeld

| Steam

| 3 May 1883

| 18 Sep 1901

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Horse

| 11 May 1883

| 6 Apr 1901

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 30 Oct 1901

|  

|  

Krefeld lines extended to:

| Mönchengladbach (Neuwerk

|  

| 1910

| 8 Mar 1954

| Now closed.

 

| Moers

|  

| 1918

| 2 Nov 1962

| Now closed.

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Dusseldorf

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="4" | Düsseldorf

| Horse

| 6 Feb 1876

| 21 Jun 1900

|  

Steam

| 5 Aug 1901

| 30 Apr 1902

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 27 Jan 1896

|  

| Lines extend to Neuss (27 December 1901 – ). First tunnel segment opened 4 October 1981. See also Rheinbahn; link to English-language page.

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Düsseldorf Stadtbahn

| Electric

| 6 Aug 1988

|  

| Light rail

 

| Düsseldorf – Duisburg

| Electric

| 31 Oct 1899

|  

| New alignment opened 1 May 1926.

 

| Düsseldorf – Moers

| Electric

| 1911

| 20 Oct 1958

|  

 

| Düsseldorf – Krefeld

| Electric

| 15 Dec 1898

|  

|  

 

| Mettmann

| Electric

| 19 Jul 1909

| 17 May 1952

|  

 

| Düsseldorf (Benrath) – Solingen (Ohligs)

| Electric

| 1899

| 15 Apr 1962

|  

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Düsseldorf (Benrath) – Wuppertal (Vohwinkel)

| Steam

| 1899

| 1900

|  

Electric

| 1900

| 7 May 1961

|  

 

| Neuss

| Electric

| 24 Dec 1910

| 7 Aug 1971

| Served by Trams in Düsseldorf system (21 December 1901 – )

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Solingen

| Electric

| 1 July 1897

| 15 Nov 1959

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Solingen lines extended to:

| Wuppertal (Vohwinkel)

|  

| 1899

| 1 Oct 1958

| Now closed.

 

| Solingen (Ohligs)

|  

| 19 Nov 1898

| 1 Aug 1953

| Now closed.

 

| Burg am der Wupper

|  

| 1908

| 12 Oct 1959

| Now closed.

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Remscheid

| Electric

| 9 Jul 1893

| 10 Apr 1969

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Remscheid lines extended to:

| Burg am der Wupper

|  

| 12 Jul 1900

| 31 Jul 1960

| Now closed.

 

| Wuppertal (Cronenfeld)

|  

| 1901

| 30 Apr 1965

| Worked jointly with Wuppertal system, now closed.

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

rowspan="3" |  

| rowspan="3" | Wuppertal

| Horse

| 10 Apr 1874

| 5 Feb 1896

|  

Steam

| 28 May 1891

| 3 Apr 1903

|  

Electric

| 16 Apr 1894

| 30 May 1987

| Towns of Barmen, Eberfeld and several neighboring towns were amalgamated at 1929 as Wuppertal.

Barmer Bergbahn

| Rack tramway (zahnradbahn), Barmen – Toelleturm

| Electric

| 16 Apr 1894

| 4 Jul 1959

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Wuppertal lines extended to:

| Velbert – Essen (Werden)

|  

| 15 Mar 1899

| 1 Feb 1952

| Now closed.

 

| Essen (Steele)

|  

| 24 Nov 1907

| 16 Apr 1954

| Now closed.

 

| Sprockhövel – Hattingen

|  

| 1907

| 30 Nov 1953

| Now closed.

 

| Schwelm – Milspe

|  

| 7 Aug 1896

| 3 May 1969

| Schwelm – Milpse segment, 18 January 1907 – 28 September 1964. Now closed.

 

| Remscheid

|  

| 15 Aug 1901

| 16 Jun 1954

| Now closed.

 

| Solingen

|  

| 4 Aug 1914

| 3 May 1969

| Now closed.

 

| Wülfrath

|  

| 19 Jul 1909

| 1 Jun 1952

| Now closed.

 

| Mettmann

|  

| 19 Jul 1909

| 17 May 1952

| Now closed.

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

 

| Ennepetal (in Westfalen)

| Electric

| 24 Feb 1907

| 31 Mar 1956

|  

Ennepetal lines extended:

| Gevelsberg – Milspe - Voerde

|  

| 24 Feb 1907

| 31 Mar 1956

| Now closed.

 

| Gevelsberg – Haßlinghausen

|  

| 19 May 1909

| 31 Mar 1956

| Now closed.

 

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

rowspan="3" |  

| rowspan="3" | Hagen

| Horse

| 13 Nov 1884

| 1 Jul 1898

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Accumulator (storage battery)

| 7 Jan 1895

| 20 Dec 1902

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 18 Nov 1896

| 29 May 1976

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Hagen lines extended to:

| Gevelsberg

|  

| 12 Apr 1900

| 26 July 1953

| Now closed.

 

| Hagen (Hohenlimburg)

|  

| 8 May 1900

| 15 Sep 1968

| Now closed.

rowspan="3" |  

| rowspan="3" | Eckesey

| Horse

| 7 Jul 1895

| 189_

|  

Accumulator (storage battery)

| 1 Jul 1898

| 20 Oct 1900

|  

Electric

| 21 Oct 1900

| 26 May 1974

|  

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Hagen (Haspe) – Voerde – Breckerfeld

| Steam

| 1 May 1903

| 1927(?)

| Opened in stages to 1906. Passenger service withdrawn 1921, restored 1926.

Electric

| 9 Dec 1927

| 2 Nov 1963

| Separate tram undertaking to 1926.

 

| Iserlohn

| Electric

| 4 Mar 1901

| 31 Dec 1959

|  

Note for Rheydt: Amalgamated with Mönchengladbach from 29 July 1929 to 31 July 1933, and again from 1 January 1975.

Note for Mettmann: Line extended Düsseldorf (Auf der Hardt) – Mettmann (closed 9 December 1936) – Wülfrath (closed 14 May 1938) – Tönisheide (closed 14 May 1938), and Mettmann – Wieden (closed 17 May 1952). Separate undertaking to 1 April 1937.

Note for Wuppertal: Town tramway system ranked as fifth-largest in Germany, with peak system length of {{convert|175|km|mi}}, c.1948.

Bezirksregierung Köln (Cologne Region) towns in geographic order, north to south:

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

 

| Opladen – Lützenkirchen

| Electric

| 9 Apr 1914

| 11 Jul 1955

|  

 

| Köln – Opladen – Solingen (Ohligs) / Solingen (Höhscheid)

| Electric

| 22 Jul 1911

| 10 Jul 1955

|  

rowspan="3" |  

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan=4 | Cologne (Köln)

| Horse

| 28 Apr 1877

| 22 May 1907

|  

Steam

| 13 Nov 1893

| 1914

|  

Electric

| 15 Oct 1901

|  

| First tunnel segment opened, and converted to light rail, in 1968.

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Cologne Stadtbahn

| Electric

| 11 Oct 1968

|  

| Light rail

 

| Wahn, Cologne

| Electric

| 6 May 1917

| 1 Oct 1961

|  

 

| Cologne, Zündorf – Troisdorf – Siegburg

| Electric

| 19 Mar 1914

| 31 Aug 1965

| Opened in stages, completed 1 October 1921. Closed in stages from 14 October 1963.

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Rheinuferbahn

| Cologne – Wesseling – Bonn

| Electric

| Sep 1905

|  

|  

Vorgebirgsbahn

| Cologne – Brühl – Bonn

| Electric

| 1 Aug 1897

|  

| Opened in stages, (Cologne – Brühl) completed 20 January 1898.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Bonn

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="4" | Bonn

| Horse

| 19 Apr 1891

| 24 Sep 1909

|  

Steam

| 22 May 1892

| 12 Oct 1911

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 21 May 1902

|  

| First tunnel segment opened 22 March 1975.

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Bonn Stadtbahn

| Electric

| 1975

|  

| Light rail

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Bonn – Bad Godesberg

| Steam

| 22 May 1892

| 1911

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 27 Mar 1911

|  

| Tunnel segment in Bad Godesberg opened September 1994

 

| Bad Godesberg – Mehlem

| Electric

| 3 Oct 1911

| 23 Dec 1976

|  

 

| Bonn – Siegburg

| Electric

| 21 Sep 1911

|  

|  

 

| Bonn – Königswinter – Bad Honnef

| Electric

| 18 Mar 1913

|  

| Königswinter – Bad Honnef segment opened 27 September 1925.

[[Rhineland-Palatinate]] (Rheinland-Pfalz)

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

 

| Bad Kreuznach

| Electric

| 11 Sep 1906

| 5 Jan 1953

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Bingen am Rhein

| Electric

| 25 Feb 1906

| 20 Oct 1955

|  

 

| Idar-Oberstein

| Electric

| 1 Oct 1900

| 29 Jul 1956

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Kaiserslautern

| Electric

| 18 Dec 1916

| 1 Jul 1935

| Gauge: unknown

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Koblenz

| Horse

| 28 May 1887

| 1 Oct 1899

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 17 Jan 1899

| 19 Jul 1967

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" |  

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Ludwigshafen am Rhein

| Horse

| 2 Jun 1878

| 23 May 1902

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 30 May 1902

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Operated jointly with Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) system (q.v.).

Rhein-Haardtbahn

| Ludwigshafen – Bad Dürkheim

| Electric

| 4 Sep 1913

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Trains operate over town tramway systems in Ludwigshafen and Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) to serve business centers and main railway stations.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Mainz

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Mainz

| Horse

| 27 Sep 1883

| 1 Oct 1904

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Steam

| 12 Aug 1891

| 8 Jun 1923

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 15 Jul 1904

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
See also: Wiesbaden (Hesse).

 

| Neuwied

| Electric

| 29 Jul 1901

| 31 Oct 1950

|  

 

| Pirmasens

| Electric

| 8 Jun 1905

| 3 Jul 1943

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Trier

| Horse

| 27 Jul 1890{{cite book|last=Zenz|first=Emil|title=75 Jahre Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe, 1905–1980|trans-title=75 Years of City Transit Service|year=1980|publisher=Stadtwerke Trier|pages=20, 96–98}}

| 15 Jul 1905

|  

Electric

| 13 Oct 1905

| 14 Sep 1951

|  

 

| Worms (am Rhein)

| Electric

| 22 Dec 1906

| 29 Jan 1956

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Saarland

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

 

| Neunkirchen (im Saarland)

| Electric

| 13 Sep 1907

| 10 June 1978

|  

rowspan="2" |  

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Saarbrücken

| Steam

| 4 Nov 1890

| 26 Sep 1899

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 8 Feb 1899

| 22 May 1965

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Saarbahn

| Electric

| 24 Oct 1997

|  

| Standard gauge line. International line to Sarreguemines in France.

 

| Rastpfuhl – Heusweiler

| Electric

| 27 Jan 1907

| 1948

| Separate undertaking to 1 July 1937.

 

| Saarlouis

| Electric

| 20 May 1913

| 28 Feb 1961

|  

 

| Saarlouis – Dillingen (an der Saar)

|  

|  

| 31 May 1957

|  

 

| Völklingen (an der Saar)

| Electric

| 3 Sep 1909

| 18 Apr 1959

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

[[Saxony]] (Sachsen)

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Kirnitzschtalbahn

| Bad Schandau

| Electric

| 28 May 1898

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Operation suspended from 21 July 1969 following an accident. Operation restored from 24 July 1972.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Chemnitz

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Chemnitz

| Horse

| 22 Apr 1880

| 5 Feb 1894

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|914mm}}

Electric

| 19 Dec 1893

| 6 Nov 1988

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|925mm}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 8 May 1960

|  

| Converted to {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}

 

| Chemnitz – Altchemnitz – Stollberg

| Electric

| 15 Dec 2002

|  

| Operates over DB railway line (Würschnitztalbahn) between Altchemnitz and Stollberg,

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Döbeln Tramway

| Döbeln

| Horse

| 10 Jul 1892
9 Jun 2007

| 20 Dec 1926
 

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Closed 20 December 1926; reopened as a heritage horsecar line on 9 June 2007.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Dresden
(operated by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe)

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Dresden

| Horse

| 26 Sep 1872

| 25 Aug 1900

|  

Gas

| 28 Jul 1894

| 31 Dec 1895

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1450mm}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 6 Jul 1893

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1450mm}}

 

| Dresden – Bühlau

| Electric

| 22 Aug 1899

|  

| Separate undertaking to 1926.

 

| Dresden-Cotta – Cossebaude

| Electric

| 27 Sep 1906

| 2 Dec 1990

| Separate undertaking to 1926.

Lößnitzbahn

| Dresden-Mickten – Zitzschewig

| Electric

| 21 Aug 1899

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
First electric narrow-gauge railway in Saxony, later regauged. Separate tram undertaking to 1926. Initial segment, Mickten – Weißes Roß. Weißes Roß – Radebeul – Coswig reopened in stages September 1929 – May 1930. Coswig – Weinböhla reopened 14 November 1931.

Lockwitztalbahn

| Dresden-Niedersedlitz – Kreischa

| Electric

| 3 Mar 1906

| 18 Oct 1977

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Freiberg

| Electric

| 11 Aug 1902

| 31 Dec 1919

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Görlitz

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Görlitz

| Horse

| 25 May 1882

| 30 Nov 1897

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 1 Dec 1897

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
See also Zgorzelec, List of town tramway systems in Poland.

 

| Hohenstein-Ernstthal – Oelsnitz (Erzgebirge)

| Electric

| 15 Feb 1913

| 26 Mar 1960

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Klingenthal

| Electric

| 27 May 1917

| 4 Apr 1964

|  

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Leipzig

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Leipzig

| Horse

| 18 May 1872

| 16 Apr 1897

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1458mm}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 17 April 1896

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1458mm}}
See Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, Leipzig Tramway Network History.

 

| Meißen

| Electric

| 13 Dec 1899

| 1 Mar 1936

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Plauen

| Plauen (im Vogtland)

| Electric

| 17 Nov 1894

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Zittau

| Accumulator (storage battery)

| 29 Jun 1902(?)

| 22 Sep 1902

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1450mm}}

Electric

| 14 Dec 1904

| 19 Nov 1919

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Zwickau

| Zwickau

| Electric

| 6 May 1894

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

[[Saxony-Anhalt]] (Sachsen-Anhalt)

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

 

| Bernburg

| Electric

| 1 Apr 1897

| 19 Apr 1921

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Dessau

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Dessau

| Gas (Petrol?)

| 15 Nov 1894

| 24 Mar 1901

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 26 Mar 1901

|  

|  

 

| Groß Rosenburg

| Horse

| 3 Oct 1884

| 1 Oct 1922

|  

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Halberstadt

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Halberstadt

| Horse

| 28 Jun 1887

| 30 Apr 1903

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 2 May 1903

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Trams in Halle (Saale)

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | Halle an der Saale

| Horse

| 15 Oct 1882

| 14 May 1899

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 24 Apr 1891

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| 'Halle – Merseburg

| Electric

| 15 Mar 1902

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Separate tram undertaking to 1 May 1951.

style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Trams in Magdeburg

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Magdeburg

| Horse

| 16 Oct 1877

| 19 Dec 1899

|  

Steam

| 14 Jul 1886

| 21 Mar 1900

|  

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Electric

| 18 Jul 1899

|  

|  

 

| Mansfeld – Eisleben

| Electric

| 10 Apr 1900

| 2 Dec 1922

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Naumburg (Saale)

| Naumburg (an der Saale)

| Electric

| 18 Jun 1892

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Operation suspended 19 August 1991 due to poor track condition. Reopened for daily service as a heritage tramline in 2007. Smallest urban tramway in Germany, and one of the smallest in Europe.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

 

| Schönebeck – Salzelmen

| Horse

| 22 Jun 1886

| 15 Feb 1917

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Staßfurt

| Electric

| 10 Apr 1900

| 31 Dec 1957

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Stendal

| Horse

| 3 Jun 1892

| 14 Oct 1926

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Lutherstadt Wittenberg

| Horse

| 26 Jul 1888

| 1921

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Zerbst

| Horse

| 2 Nov 1891

| 1 Aug 1928

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Schleswig-Holstein

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Wittdün – Norddorf (Amrum island, North Frisian Islands)

| Steam

| 1893

| 1 Nov 1939

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|900mm}}

Electric

| 10 Jul 1909

| _ Aug 1910

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|900mm}}
Use of electric traction ended because generating station was destroyed by fire. Overhead contact system removed 1920. Operation suspended 17 October 1918 – 1920.

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Flensburg

| Horse

| 8 May 1881

| 30 Dec 1906

|  

Electric

| 6 Jul 1907

| 2 Jun 1973

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

rowspan="2" | Trams in Kiel

| rowspan="2" | Kiel

| Horse

| 9 Jul 1881

| 11 Apr 1896

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1100mm}}

Electric

| 12 May 1896

| 4 May 1985

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1100mm}}

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Lübeck

| Horse

| 1 May 1881

| 19 Jun 1894

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1100mm}}

Electric

| 12 May 1894

| 15 Nov 1959

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1100mm}}

rowspan="2" |  

| rowspan="2" | Schleswig

| Horse

| 1 Jul 1890

| 31 Dec 1909

|  

Electric

| 1 Jan 1910

| 26 Aug 1936

|  

Light railway (kleinbahn) operating under tramway (straßenbahn) concession (from 1952–1953):

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

 

| Sylt (Sylter Inselbahn)

|  

|  

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Nordbahn

| Westerland – List

|  

| 8 Jul 1888

| 29 Dec 1970

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Südbahn

| Westerland – Hörnum

|  

| 1 Jul 1901

| 30 May 1970

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

[[Thuringia]] (Thüringen)

class="wikitable" width=100%
width=17% | Name of System

! width=17% | Location

! width=12% | Traction
Type

! width=12% | Date (From)

! width=12% | Date (To)

! width=30% | Notes

 

| Altenburg

| Electric

| 18 Apr 1895

| 30 Apr 1920

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Eisenach

| Electric

| 3 Aug 1897

| 31 Dec 1975

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

rowspan="2" |  

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="3" | Erfurt

| Horse

| 13 May 1883

| 20 Aug 1894

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Electric

| 1 Jun 1894

| 1999

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Converted light rail

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Erfurt Stadtbahn

| Electric

| 1997

|  

| Light rail. Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Gera

| Gera

| Electric

| 22 Feb 1892

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Gotha

| Gotha

| Electric

| 3 May 1894

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

Thüringerwaldbahn

| Gotha – Waltershausen

| Electric

| 17 Jul 1929

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Jena

| Jena

| Electric

| 6 Apr 1901

|  

|  

 

| Mühlhausen

| Electric

| 21 Dec 1898

| 27 Jun 1969

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

style="background:#CFECEC"

| Trams in Nordhausen

| Nordhausen

| Electric

| 25 Aug 1900

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

 

| Weimar

| Electric

| 4 Jun 1899

| 30 Jun 1937

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}

See also

References

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