Trams in Warsaw

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The history of tram transport in Warsaw dates back to 1866 when a {{convert|6|km|mi|adj=on}} long horse tram line was built to transport goods and passengers between the Vienna Railway Station and the Petersburg and Terespol railway stations across the Vistula River. This was in order to circumvent limitations imposed by Russian authorities, which prevented the construction of a railway bridge for strategic reasons. In 1880, a second line was constructed with the help of Belgian capital, this time intended as public transit within the city. The Belgian company quickly expanded its own lines, and in 1882 took over the line between the railway stations, which had lost most of its original purpose after a railway bridge was finally built in 1875. In 1899 the entire tram system, by then {{convert|30|km|mi}} of tracks with 234 tram cars and 654 horses operating 17 lines, was purchased by the city. By 1903, plans were drafted to convert the system to electric trams, which was done by 1908.

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The development mostly stagnated for the next 10 years with only a few short stretches built. After World War I, the network developed rapidly handling increased traffic and extending to the outskirts of the city with the network reaching the length of {{convert|60|km|mi}} and 757 tram cars in 1939. In 1927, a privately owned light rail line called EKD (today Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa) was built, connecting several neighboring towns with the center of Warsaw using electric motor coaches similar to trams, only faster, larger and more massive, with frequent stops and tracks running along the streets in city; however the system was incompatible with the Warsaw trams as it used standard gauge tracks while the city network still used Russian gauge left from Russian times. In 1925, the company operating the Warsaw trams decided to construct an underground system. Preliminary boring started, but the work was suspended because of the Great Depression; the idea resurfaced in 1938, but was again buried with the outbreak of World War II.

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The tram system remained operational, although gradually deteriorating, during most of the Nazi occupation until the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, after which all the infrastructure was systematically destroyed. After the war it was rebuilt relatively fast. As the system was practically built from scratch the occasion was used to convert it to standard gauge. During the 1950s and 1960s, the network was extended to newly built districts of soviet style panel houses and industrial plants and newer trams based on the design of Presidents' Conference Committee were introduced. Due to the city's lack of a metro system and restriction on car ownership, the tram system remained the backbone of Warsaw's transport system. In the 1960s, however, a political decision was made to increase the dependency on oil imported from Russia, while Polish coal was to be exported to Western Europe in exchange for hard currency; as a result, newly developed districts were connected with the city center by buses rather than trams, and some of the existing tracks were closed.

After 1989, the tram system in Warsaw initially received little investment with a large part of the city's budget spent on the construction of the first Warsaw Metro line. However, since 2005, the situation has been changing with the purchase of new rolling stock, modernization of key tram lines, and deployment of a passenger information system. Plans also include extension of the network and an "intelligent" traffic management system which is to prioritize trams at traffic lights. In August 2008, a tender for delivery of 186 low-floor, air-conditioned trams was launched, allowing for a dramatic overhaul of the look of the tramway system.

In 2014 a first entirely new line since a quarter century was opened, connecting Tarchomin, a quickly growing remote residential district on the north-eastern outskirts of the city, with the existing tram network and the M1 metro line. The route underwent further expansion with the latest {{cvt|1|km|sigfig=1|sp=us}} long segment finished in September 2021 after multiple delays.{{cite web |title=Trasa do Winnicy gotowa |url=https://www.wtp.waw.pl/newsy/2021/09/01/trasa-do-winnicy-gotowa/ |website=Warszawski Transport Publiczny}} More new lines are being planned: one with {{cvt|4|km|sp=us}} of new tracks to Gocław, and another to the eastern parts of the Białołęka district.{{cite web |title=Warszawa: Niebawem przetarg na tramwaj do Wilanowa. Będzie fazowanie |url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/wiadomosci/warszawa-niebawem-przetarg-na-tramwaj-do-wilanowa-bedzie-fazowanie-69804.html |website=transport-publiczny.pl}} The construction of a new tram route to Wilanów was launched in August 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/wiadomosci/przygotowania-do-budowy-tramwaju-do-wilanowa-74784.html |title=Przygotowania do budowy tramwaju do Wilanowa |date=11 August 2022 |website=transport-publiczny.pl |trans-title=Preparations for building a tram to Wilanów |language=pl}} and was completed in October 2024.{{Cite web |title=Ruszył tramwaj do Wilanowa – zmiany w komunikacji |url=https://www.wtp.waw.pl/newsy/2024/10/21/tramwaj-do-wilanowa-zmiany/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |language=pl-PL}} It is unclear when work will start on the line to Gocław.{{cite web |title=Warszawa rezygnuje z dofinansowania dla tramwaju na Gocław. Powstanie później? |url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/wiadomosci/warszawa-rezygnuje-z-dofinansowania-dla-tramwaju-na-goclaw-powstanie-pozniej-65445.html |website=transport-publiczny.pl}}

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Sources:{{Cite web|url=https://kmkm.waw.pl/tramwaje-lista|title=Tramwaje|website=Klub Miłośników Komunikacji Miejskiej w Warszawie|date=31 December 1999|language=pl|access-date=2018-01-23|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |title=Tram hire pricelist |website=Tramwaje Warszawskie |url=https://tw.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/TRAMcennik_2020.pdf |language=pl }}

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There is a single fare system for every mode of transportation. Tickets can be purchased at ticket machines and newsagents all over the city, as well as using a mobile app.{{Cite web|title=Ticket by mobile|url=https://www.wtp.waw.pl/en/where-to-buy-a-ticket/ticket-by-mobile/|access-date=2022-02-02|language=en-GB}}

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This is a list of Warsaw Tramway lines. As of 2015, there were several track closures all over the tramway system, due to the construction of the second metro line. This list shows tram lines operating as of 26 October 2024 and the routes they operate on as of the same date.

|(Żerań Wschodni) Annopol ↔ (Pl. Narutowicza) Banacha
Annopol – Rembielińska – Matki Teresy z Kalkuty – Odrowąża – rondo Żaba – Starzyńskiego – most Gdański – Słomińskiego – rondo Zgrupowania AK „Radosław” – Okopowa – Towarowa – rondo Daszyńskiego – Towarowa – plac Zawiszy – Grójecka – plac Narutowicza – Grójecka – Banacha

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|Winnica ↔ Metro Młociny
Światowida – Kuklińskiego – most Skłodowskiej-Curie – Zgrupowania AK „Kampinos”

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|Annopol ↔ Gocławek
Annopol – Rembielińska – Matki Teresy z Kalkuty – Odrowąża – rondo Żaba – 11 listopada – Targowa – plac Wileński – Targowa – Zamoyskiego – Grochowska

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|Wyścigi ↔ Żerań Wschodni
Puławska – plac Unii Lubelskiej – Marszałkowska – plac Zbawiciela – Marszałkowska – rondo Dmowskiego – Marszałkowska – plac Bankowy – aleja Solidarności – most Śląsko-Dąbrowski – aleja Solidarności – Jagiellońska – Ratuszowa – Targowa – 11 Listopada – rondo Żaba – Odrowąża – Matki Teresy z Kalkuty – Rembielińska – Annopol

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|Gocławek ↔ Metro Młociny
Grochowska – Zamoyskiego – Targowa – plac Wileński – Targowa – Ratuszowa – Jagiellońska – Starzyńskiego – most Gdański – Słomińskiego – Międzyparkowa – Andersa – Mickiewicza – plac Inwalidów – Mickiewicza – plac Wilsona – Słowackiego – Marymoncka – Zgrupowania AK „Kampinos”

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|Kawęczyńska-Bazylika ↔ P+R Aleja Krakowska
Kawęczyńska – Kijowska – Targowa – aleja Zieleniecka – aleja Poniatowskiego – most Poniatowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – rondo Dmowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – plac Zawiszy – Grójecka – plac Narutowicza – Grójecka – aleja Krakowska

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|Gocławek (Wiatraczna) ↔ P+R Aleja Krakowska (Pl. Narutowicza)
Grochowska – aleja Waszyngtona – aleja Poniatowskiego – most Poniatowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – rondo Dmowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – plac Zawiszy – Grójecka – plac Narutowicza – Grójecka – aleja Krakowska

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|Osiedle Górczewska ↔ Wyścigi

Górczewska - Powstańców Śląskich – Połczyńska – Wolska – Kasprzaka – Prosta – aleja Jana Pawła II – Chałubińskiego – aleja Niepodległości – Nowowiejska – plac Politechniki – Nowowiejska – plac Zbawiciela – Marszałkowska – plac Unii Lubelskiej – Puławska

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|Sielce ↔ Cmentarz Wolski (Nowe Bemowo)
Gagarina – Spacerowa – Goworka – Puławska – Marszałkowska – Nowowiejska – aleja Niepodległości – Chałubińskiego – aleja Jana Pawła II – Prosta – Kasprzaka – Wolska

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|Kawęczyńska-Bazylika ↔ Cmentarz Wolski
Kawęczyńska – Kijowska – Targowa – plac Wileński – aleja Solidarności – most Śląsko-Dąbrowski – aleja Solidarności – Wolska

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|Banacha ↔ Miasteczko Wilanów
Banacha – Grójecka – plac Narutowicza – Filtrowa – Krzywickiego – Nowowiejska – plac Politechniki – Nowowiejska – plac Zbawiciela – Marszałkowska – plac Unii Lubelskiej – Puławska - Goworka - Spacerowa - Belwederska - Sobieskiego - aleja Rzeczypospolitej

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|Marymont-Potok ↔ P+R Aleja Krakowska
Mickiewicza – plac Wilsona – Mickiewicza – plac Inwalidów – Mickiewicza – Andersa – Pl.Bankowy – Marszałkowska – rondo Dmowskiego – Marszałkowska – plac Konstytucji – Marszałkowska – plac Zbawiciela – Nowowiejska – plac Politechniki – Nowowiejska – Krzywickiego – Filtrowa – plac Narutowicza – Grójecka – aleja Krakowska

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|Piaski (Muranowska) ↔ Miasteczko Wilanów
Broniewskiego - aleja Jana Pawła II - Stawki - Andersa - Pl.Bankowy - Marszałkowska - plac Zbawiciela - plac Unii Lubelskiej = Puławska - Goworka - Spacerowa - Belwederska - Sobieskiego - aleja Rzeczypospolitej

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|Winnica (Metro Marymont)(Tarchomin) ↔ PKP Służewiec
Nowodwory - Światowida – Kuklińskiego – Most Skłodowskiej-Curie – Marymoncka – Słowackiego – Popiełuszki – aleja Jana Pawła II – rondo Zgrupowania AK „Radosław” – aleja Jana Pawła II – rondo ONZ – aleja Jana Pawła II – Chałubińskiego – aleja Niepodległości – Rakowiecka – Boboli – Wołoska – Marynarska

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|Żerań FSO ↔ PKP Służewiec
Jagiellońska – Starzyńskiego – most Gdański – Słomińskiego – Międzyparkowa – Andersa – Pl.Bankowy – Marszałkowska – rondo Dmowskiego – Marszałkowska – plac Konstytucji – Marszałkowska – plac Zbawiciela – Marszałkowska – plac Unii Lubelskiej – Puławska – Woronicza – Wołoska – Marynarska

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|Boernerowo ↔ Żerań FSO
Kaliskiego – Dywizjonu 303 – Obozowa – Młynarska – aleja Solidarności – most Śląsko-Dąbrowski – aleja Solidarności – plac Wileński – Targowa – Ratuszowa – Jagiellońska

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|Wiatraczna ↔ Piaski
Grochowska – Zamoyskiego – aleja Zieleniecka – aleja Poniatowskiego – most Poniatowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – rondo Dmowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – plac Zawiszy – Towarowa – rondo Daszyńskiego – Towarowa – Okopowa – rondo Zgrupowania AK „Radosław” – aleja Jana Pawła II – Broniewskiego

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|Czynszowa ↔ Nowe Bemowo
Czynszowa – Stalowa (Stalowa – Środkowa – plac Wileński – Czynszowa) – 11 Listopada – Targowa – Ratuszowa – Jagiellońska – aleja Solidarności – most Śląsko-Dąbrowski – aleja Solidarności – Młynarska – Obozowa – Dywizjonu 303 – Radiowa – Powstańców Śląskich

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|Gocławek ↔ Nowe Bemowo
Grochowska – aleja Waszyngtona – aleja Poniatowskiego – most Poniatowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – rondo Dmowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – plac Zawiszy – Towarowa – rondo Daszyńskiego – Towarowa – Okopowa – aleja Solidarności – Młynarska – Obozowa – Dywizjonu 303 – Radiowa – Powstańców Śląskich

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|Annopol ↔ Banacha
Annopol – Rembielińska – Matki Teresy z Kalkuty – Odrowąża – rondo Żaba – 11 Listopada – Targowa – plac Wileński – Targowa – aleja Zieleniecka – aleja Poniatowskiego – most Poniatowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – rondo Dmowskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – plac Zawiszy – Grójecka – plac Narutowicza – Grójecka – Banacha

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|Metro Młociny ↔ Wiatraczna
Młociny – Powstańców Śląskich – Połczyńska – Wolska – aleja Solidarności – most Śląsko-Dąbrowski – aleja Solidarności – plac Wileński – Targowa – Zamoyskiego – Grochowska

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|Cmentarz Wolski ↔ Metro Marymont
Wolska – aleja Solidarności – Okopowa – rondo Zgrupowania AK „Radosław” – aleja Jana Pawła II – Popiełuszki

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|Dw. Wschodni (Kijowska) ↔ Osiedle Górczewska
Kijowska – Targowa – plac Wileński – Targowa – Ratuszowa – Jagiellońska – Starzyńskiego – most Gdański – Słomińskiego – rondo Zgrupowania AK „Radosław” – aleja Jana Pawła II – Broniewskiego – Powstańców Śląskich – Radiowa – Dywizjonu 303

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|Metro Wierzbno ↔ PKP Służewiec
Puławska – Woronicza – Wołoska – Marynarska

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|Kielecka ↔ Metro Młociny
Rakowiecka – aleja Niepodległości – Chałubińskiego – aleja Jana Pawła II – rondo ONZ – aleja Jana Pawła II – rondo Zgrupowania AK „Radosław” – aleja Jana Pawła II – Broniewskiego – Wólczyńska – Nocznickiego

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|Metro Marymont ↔ Pl.Narutowicza
Filtrowa - Nowowiejska - Pl.Konstytucji - Marszałkowska - Pl.Bankowy - Andersa - Mickiewicza - Słowackiego

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|Pl.Narutowicza ↔ Pl.Narutowicza
Grójecka - plac Zawiszy - Aleje Jerozolimskie - Most Poniatowskiego - Aleje Jerozolimskie - Aleja Zieleniecka - Targowa - Aleja Solidarności - Most Śląsko-Dąbrowski - Aleja Solidarności - Pl.Bankowy - Marszałkowska - Andersa - Mickiewicza - Słowackiego

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The standard headway is every 8 minutes during peak hours and every 12 minutes off-peak, but the trams on lines 1, 9, 17, 31, and 33 run every 4–6 minutes. Line 2 has the most frequent service with trams running every 2 minutes during peak hours.

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• List of town tramway systems in Poland
• Warsaw Metro
• Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Warszawie

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• [https://www.wtp.waw.pl/en/maps-schemas/ Warsaw Transport Authority – network maps]
• [http://tramwar.pl/ Tramwar – a private website about trams in Warsaw] {{in lang|pl}}

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