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.

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Public transport system
Name of systemLocationTraction
type
Date (from)Date (to)Notes
Trams in Białystok [1] Białystok Horse18951915 
Trams in Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała Electric18951972Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Trams in Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Horse18 May 18881896Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electric1895 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Trams in Teschen Cieszyn (Teschen)Electric12 February 19112 April 1921Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 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 Electric8 March 1959  
Trams in Elbląg Elbląg Electric23 November 1895 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Trams in Gdańsk Gdańsk Horse22 June 18731896 
Electric1895  
Trams in Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski Electric29 July 1899  
Trams in Grudziądz Grudziądz Horse15 June 18961899Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electric1899 
Trams in Inowrocław Inowrocław Electric19121962Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Trams in Jelenia Góra  [ de; pl ] Jelenia Góra Natural gas18971899 
Electric19001967Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Silesian Interurbans Katowice and the Metropolis GZM Steam24 May 18941895Gauge: 785 mm (2 ft 6+2932 in)
Electric1898 System serves neighboring towns including Bytom, Chorzów, Gliwice, Sosnowiec and the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie area.
Trams in Koszalin Koszalin Electric21 December 191130 September 1938 
Trams in Kraków Kraków Horse1 November 18821890 
Electric1901  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 Electric18981969Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Trams in Łódź Łódź Electric24 December 1898 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 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 Electric19071965Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electric19 December 2015
Trams in Poznań Poznań Horse30 July 1880 ? 
Electric1898 Fast tram opened 1 March 1997 (see Poznański Szybki Tramwaj).
Trams in Frankfurt (Oder) Słubice Electric189828 September 1945Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 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  [ de; pl ] Słupsk Horse1905 ?Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electric19101959Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Trams in Szczecin Szczecin Horse23 August 18791898
Electric1897 
Trams in Tarnów  [ de; pl ] Tarnów Electric19111942Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Trams in Toruń Toruń Horse18911900 (?)Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electric16 May 1899 
Trams in Wałbrzych  [ de; pl ] Wałbrzych Electric18981966Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Trams in Warsaw Warsaw (Warszawa)Horse11 December 1866September 1914Also ran for 6 weeks in the spring 1917.
Electric26 March 1908 Gauge originally 1,524 mm (5 ft), whole network converted gradually to standard gauge in late 1940s
Trams in Wrocław Wrocław Horse10 July 18771906 
Electric1893  

See also

References

  1. Sadowska-Dubicka, Ewelina (13 October 2021). "Tramwaje w Białymstoku. Mają oryginalny pomysł na ich odtworzenie". Białystok Online (in Polish). Retrieved 2 February 2024.