List of town tramway systems in Asia

This is a list of Asian cities and towns that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system.

Armenia

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Yerevan Երեւան		Horse	29 Sep 1906	Aug 1918 (?)
		Electric	12 Jan 1933	21 Jan 2004

Azerbaijan

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Bakı /Baku	Trams in Baku	Horse	19 Apr 1889	by 1 Oct 1923
		Steam	6 Oct 1889	ca. 1894
		Electric	8 Feb 1924	Jan 2004
Gəncə /Ganja	Trams in Ganja, Azerbaijan	Electric	1 May 1933	16 Oct 1976
Sumqayıt /Sumqayit	Trams in Sumqayit	Electric	11 Mar 1959	Jul 2003

China

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Anren (Dayi County, Sichuan)		Electric	2011		Heritage streetcar.
Ānshān 鞍山 /Anshan		Electric	15 Jan 1956	26 Feb 2004	[1]. Reconstruction as light rail transit (LRT) planned.
Běijīng 北京 /Beijing	Peking Electric Tramway	Electric	24 Jun 1899 17 Dec 1924	1900 6 May 1966	[2]. First system closed during the Boxer Rebellion.
	Xijiao Line	Electric	30 Dec 2017
Chángchūn 长春 /Changchun	Changchun Tram	Electric	1937 (?) (or 1941 or 1942)		[3].
	Changchun Light Rail Transit	Electric	2002
Chengdu	Line 2 (Chengdu Tram)	Electric	26 Dec 2018
Dàlián 大连 /Dalian	Trams in Dalian	Electric	25 Sep 1909		[4].
Guǎngzhōu 广州 /Guangzhou		(Electric)			Construction started ca. 1934, not completed.
	Haizhu Tram	Electric	2014
Harbin (Hā'ěrbīn) 哈尔滨		Electric	10 Oct 1927	17 Jun 1987	[5].
Huái'ān 淮安 /Huai'an	Huai'an Tram	Electric	28 Dec 2015
Nánjīng 南京 /Nanjing		Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	?
	Hexi tram, Qilin tram	Electric	13 Aug 2014
Qīngdǎo 青岛 /Qingdao	Qingdao Tram	Electric	5 Mar 2016
Shànghǎi 上海 /Shanghai	Trams in Shanghai	Electric	15 Mar 1908	1 Dec 1975	[6]. A Chinese source states that one tramway line was closed in 1963, however, Line 3, the last closed in 1975.
	Zhangjiang Tram	Electric	1 Jan 2010		Translohr
	Songjiang Tram	Electric	26 Dec 2018
Shěnyáng 沈阳 /Shenyang	Trams in Shenyang	Electric	Oct 1925	1973	[7].
	Shenyang Modern Tram	Electric	15 Aug 2013
Shēnzhèn 深圳 /Shenzhen	SZTram	Electric	28 Oct 2017
Sūzhōu 苏州 /Suzhou	Suzhou SND Tram	Electric	26 Oct 2014
Tiānjīn 天津 /Tianjin	Trams in Tianjin	Electric	16 Feb 1906	ca. 1972	[8]
	TEDA Modern Guided Rail Tram	Electric	10 May 2007		Translohr
Zhūhǎi 珠海 /Zhuhai	Zhuhai Tram	Electric	13 Jun 2017	22 Jan 2021^[1]	Suspended since 22 Jan 2021, city voted to demolish 31 May 2021.^[2]

Georgia

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Gagra გაგრა		Horse	?	?
Poti ფოთი		Horse	1904	1932
Tbilisi თბილისი	Tbilisi	Horse	3 Apr 1883	1910
		Electric	25 Dec 1904	4 Dec 2006	^[3]

Hong Kong

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Victoria, Hong Kong, North Point, Quarry Bay, Sai Wan Ho, Shau Kei Wan	Hong Kong Tramways	Electric (overhead wire)	30 Jul 1904		[9]
Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai	Light Rail	Electric (overhead wire)	18 Sep 1988

India

Main article: Trams in India

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Chennai சென்னை		Electric	7 May 1895	12 Apr 1953	[10] (formerly Madras)
Delhi दिल्ली		Electric	6 Mar 1908	ca. 1963	[11], reintroduction planned.
Kanpur कानपुर		Electric	Jun 1907	16 May 1933	[12] (formerly Cawnpore)
Kolkata কলকাতা	Trams in Kolkata	Horse	Jan 1881	?	(formerly Calcutta)
		Electric	27 Mar 1902		[13].
Mumbai मुंबई		Horse	9 May 1874	15 May 1908
		Electric	7 May 1907	31 Mar 1964	[14] (formerly Bombay)

Indonesia

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Jakarta	Bataviasche Verkeers Maatschappij (BVM)	Horse	1869	1881
		Steam	1881	1920
		Electric	10 Apr 1899	1962	[15].
Surabaya	Oost-Java Stoomtram Maatschappij (OJS)	Steam	1890	1978
		Electric	27 Apr 1923	Jan 1968	[16].
Semarang	Samarang–Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij (SJS)	Steam	1882	1940	[17]

Iran

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Tehran		Horse	1889	1930
Urmia		(Electric)			Under planning

Iraq

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Baghdād بغداد		Horse	1871	194_	[18].
Najaf / Kufa		Horse	1871	194_	[19].
Basrah		Steam/narrow gauge	1900	194_	[20].

Israel

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Jerusalem	Jerusalem Light Rail	Electric	2011
Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv Light Rail	Electric	2023		Red Line runs partially as a premetro

Japan

Main article: List of town tramway systems in Japan

Kazakhstan

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Almaty	Trams in Almaty	Electric	1 Dec 1937	31 Oct 2015	Service indefinitely suspended in Oct 2015
Öskemen		Electric	6 Nov 1959
Pavlodar		Electric	18 Oct 1965
Karagandy		Electric	25 Aug 1950	Sep 1997
Temirtau		Electric	5 Sep 1959	14 Feb 2023

Lebanon

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Bayrūt بيروت /Beirut		Electric	19 Apr 1908	Sep 1965	[21].
Ṭarābulus طرابلس /Tripoli		Horse	?	?	[22].

Malaysia

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
George Town		Steam	1880	?
		Horse	1898	?
		Electric	1 Jan 1906	1936	[23].

Myanmar

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Mandalay မန္တလေးမ္ရို့		Electric	17 Jun 1904	by 1945	[24].
Yangon ရန္ကုန္မ္ရို့		Steam	1884	?
		Electric	15 Dec 1906	by 1945	[25].
	Yangon Tram	Electric	Jan 2016	10 Jul 2016	[26]

North Korea

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Ch'ŏngjin 청진 (淸津)	Trams in Chongjin	Electric	20 Aug (or 21 Aug) 1999
P'yŏngyang 평양 (平壤)	Pyongyang Tram	Human	1905	1916
		Electric	20 May 1923	Aug 1950	[27]. First system closed because of war damage.
		Electric	15 Apr 1991

Pakistan

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Karachi كراچى		Steam	20 Apr 1885	?
		Horse	1886	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	1909	?	[28].
		Diesel	?	30 Apr 1975

Philippines

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Manila		Horse	188_	?
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	10 Apr 1905	1944	[29].

Russia

Main article: List of town tramway systems in Russia

Singapore

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Singapore		Steam	1885	1894
		Electric	25 Jul 1905	9 Apr 1927	[30]. Experimental electric operations in Sep 1891 and Sep 1892. Re-introduction planned: Tampines, Woodlands or Jurong areas

South Korea

See also: Transportation in South Korea § Streetcars

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Busan 부산 (釜山)		Steam	?	?
		Electric	31 Oct 1915	20 May 1968	[31].
Seoul 서울		Electric	1 May 1899	29 Nov 1968	[32].

Sri Lanka

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Colombo		Electric	Sep 1898	1960	[33].

Syria

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Halab حلب /Aleppo		Electric	1929	1967	[34].
Dimashq دمشق /Damascus		Electric	7 Feb 1907	1967	[35].

Taiwan

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Kaohsiung	Circular Line (KMRT)	Electric	2016
Tamsui District, New Taipei City	Danhai light rail	Electric	2018

Thailand

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Krung Thep Maha Nakhon กรุงเทพมหานคร /Bangkok	Trams in Bangkok	Horse	22 Sep 1888	1 Jan 1893
		Electric	1 Jan 1893	1 Oct 1968	[36].
Lopburi ลพบุรี		Electric	31 Jan 1955	1962	[37].

Turkey

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Antalya		Electric	27 Mar 1999
Bursa	Burtram heritage tramway (T3)	Electric	28 May 2011		[38].
	Burtram modern tramline (T1)	Electric	13 Oct 2013		[39].
Eskişehir	EsTram	Electric	24 Dec 2004
Gaziantep	Gaziantep Tram	Electric	2011
Istanbul – Europe	Trams in Istanbul	Horse	30 Aug 1869	1912
		Electric	1914	12 Aug 1961
	Istanbul nostalgic tramways	Electric	29 Dec 1990		[40] [41].
	Istanbul modern tramways	Electric	13 Jun 1992
Istanbul – Asia	Trams in Istanbul	Electric	8 Jun 1928	14 Nov 1966
	Istanbul nostalgic tramways	Electric	1 Nov 2003		[43]
İzmir		Horse	?	?
		Electric	18 Oct 1928	1954
		Tram İzmir	Electric	2017	[44].
Kocaeli		Electric	2016 or 2017
Kayseri	Kayseray	Electric	2 Jan 2009
Konya	Konya Tram	Electric	28 Sep 1992
Samsun	Samsun Tram	Electric	10 Oct 2010
Trabzon	Trabzon Tram	Electric	Planned

United Arab Emirates

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Dubai	Dubai Tram	Electric	2014

Uzbekistan

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Samarqand	Trams in Samarkand	Electric	1 May 1947	30 Aug 1973
		Electric	15 April 2017
Toshkent	Trams in Tashkent	Horse	13 Apr 1901	1913
		Electric	10 Jan 1913	2 May 2016	Operation suspended 1918 - 1921 because of war (see Russian Civil War).

Vietnam

Location	Name of system	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Hanoi		Electric	10 Nov 1901^[4]	1990^[4]	reintroduction planned
Ho Chi Minh City		Steam	27 Dec 1881^[4]	?
		Electric	4 Aug 1923^[4]	ca. 1953^[4]	Connected Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) with Hóc Môn and Thủ Dầu Một^[4]

See also

• List of town tramway systems in Africa
• List of town tramway systems in Central America
• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of town tramway systems in North America
• List of town tramway systems in Oceania
• List of town tramway systems in South America
• List of town tramway systems
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems
• List of trolleybus systems

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