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List of town tramway systems in Spain

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Spain by the autonomous community. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with current operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. 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.

Andalucia

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style="width:17%;" | Name of System

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Type

! style="width:12%;" | Date (From)

! style="width:12%;" | Date (To)

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| rowspan="2" | Cádiz

| Mule

| 18__

| ?

|  

Electric

| 190_

| 22 Aug 1964

| Reintroduction planned.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

 

| Granada

| Electric

| 7 Jul 1904

| 14 Feb 1974

| Heritage tramway planned.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

Granada–Sierra Nevada railway

| ♦ Granada – Sierra Nevada

| Electric

| 21 Feb 1925

| 20 Jan 1974

|  

Jaén Tram

| Jaén

| Electric

| 2 May 2011

| May 2011

| Operation suspended only about two weeks after system opened, for financial reasons, and still suspended {{As of|2013|lc=y}}.{{cite journal |title=Sad future for Jaén's 'tram to nowhere' |journal=Tramways & Urban Transit |date=April 2013 |page=125 |publisher=LRTA Publishing}}

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| rowspan="2" | Málaga

| Mule

| 1881

| 1903

|  

Electric

| 1903

| 31 Dec 1961

| Málaga Metro light metro/light rail system opened 30 July 2014.

 

| Linares – Baeza

| Electric

| 1 Aug 1904

| 15 Jan 1966

|  

 

| ♦ Linares – La Loma

| Electric

| 8 Dec 1907

| 15 Jan 1966

|  

 

| Marmolejo

| Mule

| 1916

| Jul 1936

| Operated only during spa season.

 

| Motril

| Mule

| 1884

| 8 Oct 1922

|  

 

| Sanlúcar de Barrameda

| Horse

| 188_

| 19__

| Operated only during summer season.

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

| Mule

| 5 Sep 1887

| 1899

| Transitioned to electric tram. The power plant for the electric trams was built over the old stables.

Electric

| 1899

| 8 May 1960

| Replaced by a fleet of Leyland Worldmaster buses from 1959.

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| MetroCentro

| Electric

| 28 Oct 2007

|  

| New line built initially to preserve World Heritage places from direct traffic pollution.

Vélez-Málaga Tram

| Vélez-Málaga

| Electric

| 16 Oct 2006

| 4 Jun 2012

| Service suspended in June 2012 because of financial crisis;{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22932518 |title=Eurozone crisis: The ghost tramway haunting Spain |newspaper=BBC News |date=17 June 2013 |access-date=2015-01-03}} tram cars subsequently leased to Australia where they began operation in March 2014.{{cite web |author=Cabezas, Eugenio |url=http://www.diariosur.es/20130709/local/axarquia/tranvia-velez-inicia-viaje-201307090757.html |title=El tranvía de Vélez inicia su viaje a Sidney |website=SUR.es |language=Spanish |date=9 July 2013 |access-date=2014-09-26}}

Aragon

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style="width:17%;" | Name of System

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Type

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

| Horse

| 19 Oct 1885

| 1903

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

Electric

| 9 Oct 1902

| 22 Jan 1976

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}; 600 V DC Trolley pole. Single, double truck & articulated "boston style"; trailers and open cars used.

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| Zaragoza tram

| Electric

| 19 Apr 2011

|  

| Standard gauge; one line in operation (Mago de Oz–Avenida Academia), and 2 planned lines. Trams model: CAF Urbos 3

Asturias

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style="width:17%;" | Name of System

! style="width:17%;" | Location

! style="width:12%;" | Traction
Type

! style="width:12%;" | Date (From)

! style="width:12%;" | Date (To)

! style="width:30%;" | Notes

 

| Arriondas – Covadonga

| Horse

| 1 Jan 1908

| 1930

|  

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| rowspan="2" | Gijón

| Mule

| 30 Mar 1890

| 1909

|  

Electric

| 1909

| 10 May 1964

|  

 

| Mieres

| Mule

| 18__

| 19__

|  

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| rowspan="2" | Oviedo

| Horse

| 18__

| 1922

|  

Electric traction

| 1922

| 1957

| Three lines: 1. Ayuntamiento-Lugones; 2. Colloto-Buenavista; 3. La Argañosa-San Lázaro

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| rowspan="2" | Santullano

| Mule

| 18__

| 1917

|  {{cite web |url=http://www.spanishrailway.com/2012/05/12/tranvia-a-vapor-de-santullano-a-cabanaquinta-sociedad-industrial-asturiana-%E2%80%93-sia/ |title=Tranvía a Vapor de Santullano a Cabañaquinta (Sociedad Industrial Asturiana – SIA) |date=12 May 2012 |language=Spanish |website=spanishrailway.com |access-date=13 September 2018}}

Steam

| 1917

| 28 Sep 1934

|  

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| rowspan="2" | Avilés

| Horse

| 1892

| 1924

|  

Electric

| 1924

| 1955(?)

|  

Balearic Islands

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style="width:17%;" | Name of System

! style="width:17%;" | Location

! style="width:12%;" | Traction
Type

! style="width:12%;" | Date (From)

! style="width:12%;" | Date (To)

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| rowspan="2" | Alaró – Consell (Majorca)

| Mule

| 5 May 1881

| 1922

|  

Petrol

| 1922

| 24 Feb 1935

| Sporadic operation during 1936–1939.

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| rowspan="4" | Palma (Majorca)

| Mule

| 9 Sep 1891

| ?

|  

Steam

| ?

| ?

|  

Petrol

| 14 Oct 1921

| 1940

|  

Electric

| 9 Sep 1891

| Jan 1959

| Reintroduction planned{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

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| Tranvía de Sóller

| Sóller (Majorca)

| Electric

| 4 Oct 1913

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|914mm}}
This and Barcelona's Tramvia Blau are Spain's only surviving first-generation tramlines.

Basque Country

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style="width:17%;" | Name of System

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Type

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| Bermeo–Sukarrieta{{cite book |last1=Olaizola Elordi |first1=Juanjo |author1-link=Juanjo Olaizola |title=El ferrocarril de Amorebieta a Bermeo |date=2005 |publisher=EuskoTren |url=http://www.busturia.org/es-ES/Recursos/Publicaciones/Documents/FERROCARRIL.pdf |ref = {{sfnRef|Olaizola}}|isbn=8492062975|language=es, eu |pages=37–42 }}

| Horse

| 1896

| 1918

| Gauge: {{track gauge|750 mm|lk=on}}

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

| Mule

| 9 Sep 1876

| 4 Sep 1909

| rowspan="2" | The interurban Bilbao–Getxo tram opened in 1876, the line from Bilbao to Santurtzi opened in 1882. They were built to a gauge of {{convert|1365|mm|abbr=on|frac=4}}. These two lines were electrified in 1896. The first urban line in Bilbao opened in 1888 with a {{track gauge|750 mm}} gauge. The urban lines were electrified and regauged to {{convert|1365|mm|abbr=on|frac=4}} between 1907 and 1909. The last urban line closed in 1955, the Bilbao–Santurtzi line closed in 1959.{{cite book |last1=Olaizola |first1=Juanjo |title=Bilboko tranbiak / Los tranvías de Bilbao |date=2002 |publisher=EuskoTren |isbn=84-920629-8-3 |pages=8–28 |url=https://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Tram_Bilbao/LIBRO.pdf |language=es, eu}}

Electric

| 1 Feb 1896

| 7 Oct 1959

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| Bilbao tram

| Electric

| 18 Dec 2002

|  

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

Bilbao–Durango–Arratia tram

| Bilbao, Basauri, Amorebieta-Etxano, Lemoa, Durango, Igorre, Zeanuri

| Electric

| 2 Sep 1899{{cite web |last1=Peris Torner |first1=Juan |title=Tranvía eléctrico de Bilbao á Durango y Arratia (TBDA) |url=https://www.spanishrailway.com/tranvia-electrico-de-bilbao-a-durango-y-arratia/ |access-date=25 October 2023 |language=es |date=25 May 2012}}

| 30 Nov 1964{{cite news |last1=Cárcamo |first1=Alba |title=El tranvía de Arratia vuelve a Lemoa medio siglo después |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/nervion/201505/05/tranvia-arratia-vuelve-lemoa-20150504202625.html |access-date=25 October 2023 |work=El Correo |date=5 May 2015 |language=es}}

| Gauge: {{convert|1365|mm|abbr=on|frac=4}}

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| rowspan="2" | Donostia / San Sebastián

| Mule

| 18 Jul 1887

| 1897

|  

Electric

| 1897

| 11 Jul 1958

| Reintroduction planned.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

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| rowspan="2" | Irun / Irún - Hondarribia / Fuenterrabía

| Mule

| 1 Nov 1893

| 1919

|  

Electric

| 1919

| 18 Jun 1953

|  

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| Vitoria-Gasteiz tram

| Vitoria-Gasteiz

| Electric

| 23 Dec 2008

|  

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

Canary Islands

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style="width:17%;" | Name of System

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Type

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| rowspan="2" | Las Palmas
(de Gran Canaria)

| Steam

| 1891

| 1910

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

Electric

| 1910

| 1935

| Operation restored with steam traction, one steam locomotive pulling trains of tramcars, 1940–1941.
Reintroduction planned.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

 

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="2" | (Santa Cruz de) Tenerife

| Steam
/ Electric

| 8 Apr 1901

| 1956

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|1200mm}}(?)

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| Tenerife Tram

| Electric

| 2 Jun 2007

|  

|  

Cantabria

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Type

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| rowspan="3" | Santander

| Steam

| 1873

| 1875

|  

Horse

| 1875

| 1908

|  

Electric

| 1908

| 11 Jul 1951

|  

Castile and León

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style="width:17%;" | Name of System

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Type

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rowspan="2" | Trams in Valladolid

| rowspan="2" | Valladolid

| Mule

| 22 Dec 1881

| 18 Apr 1911

|  

Electric

| 7 Sep 1910

| 6 Nov 1933

|  

Catalonia

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style="width:17%;" | Name of System

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Type

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rowspan="3" | Trams in Barcelona

| style="background:#CFECEC" rowspan="6" | Barcelona

| Mule

| 26 Jun 1872

| 1907

|  

Steam

| 1877

| 1907

|  

Electric

| 26 Jan 1899

| 19 Mar 1971

| Note: Closure date does not include the Tramvia Blau line.

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| Tramvia Blau

| Electric

| 29 Oct 1901

|  

|  

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| Trambaix

| Electric

| 5 April 2004

|  

|  

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| Trambesòs

| Electric

| 8 May 2004

|  

|  

 

| ♦ Arrabassada

| Electric

| 19 Jul 1911

| 1938

|  

 

| ♦ Mataró – Argentona

| Electric

| 27 May 1928

| 9 Oct 1965

|  

 

| ♦ Montgat – Tiana

| Electric

| 1 Nov 1916

| 30 Sep 1955

|  

 

| Tarragona

| Mule

| 9 Apr 1883

| 13 Jan 1896

|  

 

| Tortosa – Roquetes

| Mule

| 20 Sep 1885

| 1928

|  

Extremadura

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Type

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| Badajoz

| Horse

| 19 Mar 1889

| 22 July 1929

| Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Galicia

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| rowspan="3" | A Coruña (La Coruña)

| Mule

| 1 Jan 1903

| 1913

|  

Electric

| 1913

| Jul 1962

|  

Electric

| Dec 1997{{cite web |url=http://www.tranviascoruna.com/en/tranvia-historico/ |title=Tourist tram |publisher=Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña S.A. |year=2013 |access-date=2015-01-03}}

| 16 Dec 2020

|  

 

| Ferrol

| Electric

| ?

| 1962

|  

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| rowspan="2" | Pontevedra

| Steam

| 12 Jun 1889

| 1924

|  

Electric

| 1924

| 1943

|  

 

| Verín

| Mule

| 1909

| 192_

|  

 

| Vigo

| Electric

| 10 Aug 1914

| 30 Dec 1968

|  

Madrid

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Type

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| El Escorial

| (Electric)

| -

| -

| Construction started 1929, not completed.{{cite web |url=https://www.vialibre-ffe.com/noticias.asp?not=6060 |title=Tranvías y funiculares de El Escorial |website=vialibre-ffe.com |language=Spanish |access-date=2023-04-14}}

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| Parla Tram

| Parla

| Electric

| 6 May 2007

| -

|

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

| Mule

| 31 May 1871

| ?

|  

Steam

| 1878

| ?

|  

Electric

| 1898

| 1 Jun 1972

|  

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| Metro Ligero

| Electric

| 24 May 2007

|  

| Light rail

Region of Murcia

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Type

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| rowspan="2" | Cartagena

| Mule

| Sep 1892

| 1907

|  

Electric

| 1907

| 1959

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

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

| Mule

| Oct 1896

| 1902

|  

Steam

| 1902

| 1906

|  

Electric

| 1906

| 29 Apr 1929

|  

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| Murcia tram

| Electric

| 29 Apr 2007

|  

|  

Navarre

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Type

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! style="width:30%;" | Notes

 

| Pamplona

| Electric

| 23 Sep 1911

| ?

|  

Valencian Community

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| Alcoi

| (Electric)

| -

| -

| Construction started 1895, not completed.

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

| Mule

| 13 Jul 1893

| 1902

|  

Steam

| 1902

| 1924

|  

Electric

| 1924

| 14 Nov 1969

|  

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| Alicante Tram

| Electric

| 15 Aug 2003

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Tram trial service began 17 March 1999; full service inaugurated 15 August 2003.

 

| Carcaixent - Dénia

| Mule

| 8 Feb 1864

| 28 Nov 1881

| Line upgraded from tramway to railway.

 

| Novelda

| (Electric)

|  

|  

| Construction started, not completed.

rowspan="3" | Trams in Valencia

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

| Mule

| 23 Jun 1876

| 1925

|  

Steam

| 1892

| ?

|  

Electric

| 1900

| 20 Jun 1970

|  

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| Metrovalencia

| Electric

| 21 May 1994

|  

| Gauge: {{Track gauge|metre|lk=on}}
Line 4 (tramway) opened in May 1994.
Metrovalencia is a metre gauge system of tram, light rail, and even commuter rail, albeit with underground metro-like (subway) sections.

 

| ♦ Burriana / Borriana - Grao / Grau

| Mule

| ?

| 19__

|  

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| rowspan="2" | ♦Villanueva de Castellón - La Pobla Llarga

| Mule

| 1 Mar 1896

| ?

|  

Steam

| 1919
1926

| 1926
1931

| Line upgraded from tramway to railway.

See also

{{Portal|Trains|Spain}}

References

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