List of town tramway systems in Switzerland

This is a list of town tramway systems in Switzerland. 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.

Basel (green trams in the city)

Basel (yellow trams link the suburbs)

Bern

Geneva

Lausanne

The first electric tramway in Switzerland, that became the Vevey–Montreux–Chillon–Villeneuve tramway, c.1890

Zurich

Name of System & Operator	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Route length	Number of passengers	Notes
Strassenbahn Altdorf–Flüelen	Altdorf	Electric	25 Aug 1906	26 Mar 1951			[1]
Trams in Basel Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe	Basel	Electric	6 May 1892		72.9 km [2]	60.39 million (2019) [2]	[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Some tracks are shared with Baselland Transport
Trams in Basel Baselland Transport		Steam	4 Oct 1887	2 Jun 1905			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?)
		Electric	6 Oct 1902		64.96 km [4]	28.4 million (2021)	[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Some tracks shared with Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe
Trams in Bern Bernmobil (Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern)	Bern	Compressed Air	1 Oct 1890	15 Nov 1901			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?)
		Steam	17 May 1894	6 Feb 1902			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?)
		Electric	1 Jul 1902		39.6 km [5]	47.9 million (2021) [6]	[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Bex–Bévieux	Bex	Electric	10 Sep 1898	14 Jun 2002			[3] Once daily service on this section restored in 2007.
Bex–Villars–Bretaye railway		Electric			17 km [7]	0.74 million (2021) [8]	[9] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Mostly a railway, but some of its sections run on streets
Trams in Biel/Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Horse	18 Aug 1877	30 Dec 1902			[3]
		Electric	31 Dec 1902	9 Dec 1948			[3]
Clarens–Chailly–Blonay	Clarens	Electric	23 Nov 1911	31 Dec 1955			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in La Chaux de Fonds	La Chaux de Fonds	Electric	1 Jan 1897	15 Jun 1950			[3]
Trams in Fribourg	Fribourg	Electric	28 Jul 1897	31 Mar 1965			[3]
Trams in Geneva Transports Publics Genevois	Geneva	Horse	19 Jun 1862	21 Feb 1902			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?)
		Steam	20 Jul 1877	2 Jan 1902			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?)
		Electric	22 Sep 1894		50.5 km (2021) [10]	73.5 million (2021) [10]	[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) additional 6 km under construction as the extension to St-Julien-en-Genevois [11]
Trams in Lausanne	Lausanne	Electric	1 Sep 1896	6 Jan 1964			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) 550/600 V DC Overhead catenary
fr:Tramway de Lausanne		Electric					[3] 4.6 km of new tracks under construction between Lausanne and Renens. Opening expected in 2025.Tramway Lausannois Line M1 is light rail; Line M2 is rapid transit
Trams in Locarno	Locarno	Electric	3 Jul 1908	30 Apr 1960			[3]
Trams in Lugano Azienda comunale del traffico Lugano	Lugano	Electric	1 Jun 1896	17 Dec 1959			[3]
Trams in Lugano Lugano–Cadro–Dino railway (part)		Electric	27 Jun 1911	31 Dec 1964			[3]
Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern	Luzern	Electric	8 Dec 1899	11 Nov 1961			[3]
Trams in Martigny-Bourg	Martigny	Electric	24 Oct 1906	31 Dec 1956			[3]
Meiringen–Reichenbach–Aareschlucht tramway	Meiringen	Electric	24 Aug 1912	16 Sep 1956			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Tramway Bellavista	Mendrisio	Horse	1891	1913 or 1938			[12] [13] Gauge: 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
Mendrisio electric tramway		Electric	19 May 1910	31 Dec 1950			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Vevey–Montreux–Chillon–Villeneuve tramway	Montreux – Vevey	Electric	6 Jun 1888	19 Jan 1958			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Rollbahn Mürren	Mürren	Horse	10 Jul 1894	31 Dec 1945			[3]
Trams in Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Steam	16 Dec 1892	24 Dec 1902			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?)
		Horse	22 Dec 1894	15 Jul 1897			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?)
		Electric	16 May 1897		8.85 km		[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) The operator Transports publics Neuchâtelois considers the remaining line 215 to be light rail [14]
Verkehrsbetriebe St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Electric	20 May 1897	1 Oct 1957			[3]
Strassenbahn St. Moritz	St. Moritz	Electric	5 Jul 1896	18 Sep 1932			[3]
Verkehrsbetriebe der Stadt Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Electric	11 May 1901	23 Sep 1966			[3]
Schwyzer Strassenbahn	Schwyz	Electric	6 Oct 1900	15 Dec 1963			[3]
Spiezer Verbindungsbahn	Spiez	Electric	2 Aug 1905	25 Sep 1960			[3]
Strassenbahn Stanstad-Stans	Stans	Electric	28 Aug 1893	30 Sep 1903			[3]
Verkehrsbetriebe Winterthur	Winterthur	Electric	30 Jul 1898	2 Nov 1951			[3]
Zuger Berg und Strassenbahn	Zug	Electric	20 Mar 1907	11 May 1959			[3]
Dolder Waldhaus–Dolder Grand Hotel	Zürich	Electric	5 Jul 1899	31 Dec 1930			[3]
Trams in Zürich Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich		Horse	5 Sep 1882	4 Oct 1900			[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?)
		Electric	8 Mar 1894		125.1 km [15]	134 million (2021) [16]	[3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Includes figures for Stadtbahn Glattal
Stadtbahn Glattal		Electric	10 Dec 2006				Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

See also

• Trains portal
• Switzerland portal

• Riffelalptram
• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems
• List of trolleybus systems in Switzerland

References

1. "Vevey–Altdorf–Flüelen". Eingestellte Bahnen der Schweiz. Archived from the original on 10 November 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
2. https://www.bvb.ch/wp-content/bvb/Dokumente/Geschaeftsberichte/2021/BVB_Geschaeftsbericht_2021.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
3. Buckley, pp. 23–24.
4. https://www.blt.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/blt/PDF_Content/Geschaeftsberichte/Geschaeftsbericht_BLT_2021_DS_web.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
5. "BERNMOBIL Geschäftsbericht - Angebot". Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
6. "BERNMOBIL Geschäftsbericht - BERNMOBIL in Zahlen". Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
7. Transports Publics du Chablais. "Caractéristiques essentielles des lignes TPC" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
8. Transports Publics du Chablais. "Rapport de Gestion TPC 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
9. "Bex-Villars-Bretaye". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
10. https://www.tpg.ch/sites/default/files/2022-05/FINAL_TPG_RAPPORT_ANNUEL_2021_WEB.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
11. "Tram Genève - Plan-Les-Ouates - Saint-Julien".
12. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. 2012. pp. 58–59.
13. "Tramway Bellavista" (in German). Eingestellte Bahnen der Schweiz. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
14. TransN (2020). "Rapport de Gestion 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
15. VBZ. "Linien Zahlen & Fakten" . Retrieved 24 August 2022.
16. VBZ. "VBZ Facts & Figures" . Retrieved 24 August 2022.

Bibliography

• Bernet, Ralph (2000). Trams in der Schweiz: von Basel bis Zürich: Strassenbahn-Betriebe einst und jetzt[Trams in Switzerland: from Basel to Zurich: Tramway Operators Then and Now] (in German). München: GeraMond-Verlag. ISBN   393278507X.
• Buckley, Richard (2000). Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. UK: Light Rail Transit Association. ISBN   0-948106-27-1.

External links

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