List of town tramway systems in Poland
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This is a list of town tramway systems in Poland. It includes all tram systems in Poland, 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.
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Białystok[1] | Białystok | Horse | 1895 | 1915 | |
| Trams in Bielsko-Biała | Bielsko-Biała | Electric | 1895 | 1972 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Trams in Bydgoszcz | Bydgoszcz | Horse | 18 May 1888 | 1896 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 1895 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
| Trams in Teschen | Cieszyn (Teschen) | Electric | 12 February 1911 | 2 April 1921 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). Note: The Austrian-ruled town of Teschen (Polish: Cieszyn; Czech: Těšín) became part of Poland in 1918, following the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The suburb of Sachsenberg (Polish: Saska Kępa), west of the river Olza (Polish: Olza; Czech: Olše) became part of Czechoslovakia as Český Těšín from 28 July 1920. The tramway connected the railway station (in Český Těšín) to the business centre (in Cieszyn). It suffered financial losses following division of the town and was therefore closed in 1921. |
| Trams in Częstochowa | Częstochowa | Electric | 8 March 1959 | ||
| Trams in Elbląg | Elbląg | Electric | 23 November 1895 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |
| Trams in Gdańsk | Gdańsk | Horse | 22 June 1873 | 1896 | |
| Electric | 1895 | ||||
| Trams in Gorzów Wielkopolski | Gorzów Wielkopolski | Electric | 29 July 1899 | ||
| Trams in Grudziądz | Grudziądz | Horse | 15 June 1896 | 1899 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 1899 | ||||
| Trams in Inowrocław | Inowrocław | Electric | 1912 | 1962 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Trams in Jelenia Góra | Jelenia Góra | Natural gas | 1897 | 1899 | |
| Electric | 1900 | 1967 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
| Silesian Interurbans | Katowice and the Metropolis GZM | Steam | 24 May 1894 | 1895 | Gauge: 785 mm (2 ft 6+29⁄32 in) |
| Electric | 1898 | System serves neighboring towns including Bytom, Chorzów, Gliwice, Sosnowiec and the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie area. | |||
| Trams in Koszalin | Koszalin | Electric | 21 December 1911 | 30 September 1938 | |
| Trams in Kraków | Kraków | Horse | 1 November 1882 | 1890 | |
| Electric | 1901 | Nowa Huta, founded as a separate industrial town in 1949, was amalgamated with Kraków in 1951 and has been served by the Kraków tramway system from 1952. | |||
| Trams in Legnica | Legnica | Electric | 1898 | 1969 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Trams in Łódź | Łódź | Electric | 24 December 1898 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). Also serves neighbouring towns of Konstantynów Łódzki (see article), Lutomiersk (see article), Ozorków (see article), Pabianice (see article) and Zgierz (see article) | |
| Trams in Olsztyn | Olsztyn | Electric | 1907 | 1965 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 19 December 2015 | ||||
| Trams in Poznań | Poznań | Horse | 30 July 1880 | ? | |
| Electric | 1898 | Fast tram opened 1 March 1997 (see Poznański Szybki Tramwaj). | |||
| Trams in Frankfurt (Oder) | Słubice | Electric | 1898 | 28 September 1945 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Słubice was part of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, until 1945 and was served by a tramway line that crossed the river Odra (German: Oder). Between 2004 and 2016 extension of the Frankfurt system into Słubice was considered but ultimately dropped. |
| Trams in Słupsk | Słupsk | Horse | 1905 | ? | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 1910 | 1959 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
| Trams in Szczecin | Szczecin | Horse | 23 August 1879 | 1898 | |
| Electric | 1897 | ||||
| Trams in Tarnów | Tarnów | Electric | 1911 | 1942 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Trams in Toruń | Toruń | Horse | 1891 | 1900 (?) | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 16 May 1899 | ||||
| Trams in Wałbrzych | Wałbrzych | Electric | 1898 | 1966 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Trams in Warsaw | Warsaw (Warszawa) | Horse | 11 December 1866 | September 1914 | Also ran for 6 weeks in the spring 1917. |
| Electric | 26 March 1908 | Gauge originally 1,524 mm (5 ft), whole network converted gradually to standard gauge in late 1940s | |||
| Trams in Wrocław | Wrocław | Horse | 10 July 1877 | 1906 | |
| Electric | 1893 |
See also
[edit]- List of town tramway systems – parent article
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
References
[edit]- ^ Sadowska-Dubicka, Ewelina (13 October 2021). "Tramwaje w Białymstoku. Mają oryginalny pomysł na ich odtworzenie". Białystok Online (in Polish). Retrieved 2 February 2024.