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Several French cities were equipped with horse-tram networks towards the end of the 19th century. In Paris, Tramways Sud operated horse trams from 1875 to 1901. [5] In Marseille, horse trams operated by Compagnie Générale Française de Tramways entered service in 1876 on a number of routes including the Canebière. [6]
Name of System Location Traction Type Date (From) Date (To) Notes Aubagne tramway: Aubagne: Electric 1 sept 2014 Avignon: Electric 1901 1932 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) New 1.435 metre standard gauge tramway due to be inaugurated on 19 October 2019. Cannes: Electric 1899 1923 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) La Ciotat: Electric ...
The Melbourne tram network is the longest tram system by route length. The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their ...
Trams in France go back to 1837 when a 15 km (9.32 mi) steamtram line connected Montrond-les-Bains and Montbrison in the Loire. [9] With the development of electric trams at the end of the 19th century, networks proliferated in French cities over a period of 15 years.
This two kilometer line, re-gauged to 2 feet 9 inches (840 mm) in 1884, remains in service to this day, and is the oldest operating electric tramway in the world. Also in 1883, Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram was opened near Vienna in Austria. It was the first tram in the world in regular service that was run with electricity served by an ...
Buenos Aires (once known as the City of Trams) had one of the world's most extensive networks, with over 857 km (535 mi) of track. [10] Most of it was dismantled during the 1960s in favor of bus transportation. The Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company opened Latin America's first underground tram system, Subte Line A, in 1913.
Trams in Caen was the former public transit system serving the city of Caen, France.The original tramway network, operated by Compagnie des tramways électriques de Caen opened in 1901 and closed on 23 January 1937, after which buses took over as the primary means of public transport in Caen (until the 2002 opening of Caen Guided Light Transit replaced by the Caen tramway in 2019).
Tram networks in nine other cities were closed down mainly during the 1960s and replaced with trolleybuses or buses. Before changes in 1989, ČKD Tatra in Prague was the largest tram producer in the world, mainly exporting its trams to Soviet Bloc countries. Production was definitely stopped in 2001, after ČKD was sold to Siemens AG.