This is a list of town tramway systems in Germany by Land. 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.
Baden-Württemberg
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Baden-Baden Electric 24 Jan 1910 28 Feb 1951 Gauge: Esslingen Electric 24 May 1912 7 Jul 1944 Gauge: Esslingen – Nellingen – Denkendorf Electric 19 Dec 1926 28 Feb 1978 Gauge: Trams in Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau Electric 14 Oct 1901 Gauge: Heidelberg Horse 13 May 1885 7 Oct 1902 Gauge: Electric 17 Mar 1903 Gauge: See also: Mannheim. Heidelberg – Schwetzingen ? 4 Jan 1974 Schwetzingen – Ketsch Electric 12 Dec 1910 31 Mar 1938 Gauge: Walldorf (in Baden) Horse 22 Feb 1902 21 Feb 1907 Gauge: Electric 22 Feb 1907 1 Aug 1954 Gauge: Separate undertaking to 3 September 1945. Wiesloch Horse 1 Sep 1886 4 Jul 1901 Gauge: Heidelberg – Wiesloch Electric 24 Jul 1901 16 Jun 1973 Heilbronn (am Neckar) Electric 29 May 1897 1 Apr 1955 Original tramway closed in 1955. Electric 2001 Heilbronn Stadtbahn: segment reopened as part of Karlsruhe Stadtbahn light rail regional system. Trams in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe Horse 21 Jan 1877 19 Mar 1900 Steam 16 Jul 1881 19 Mar 1900 Accumulator (storage battery) 10 Feb 1900 1903 Electric 10 Feb 1900 Karlsruhe Stadtbahn Electric 25 Sep 1992 Light rail Alb Valley Railway Karlsruhe – Ettlingen – Bad Herrenalb Steam 1 Dec 1897 1911 Electric 1 Dec 1898 Karlsruhe – Ettlingen 1 Dec 1897 Ettlingen – Bad Herrenalb 2 Jul 1898 Opened in stages, completed 2 July 1898. Branch Busenbach – Ittersbach 10 Apr 1899 Lörrach Electric 16 Nov 1919 31 Aug 1967 Worked by tramcars hired from Basel Switzerland tramway. Operation suspended 1 September 1939 – 11 May 1947 because of closure of border. Trams in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen Mannheim Horse 2 Jun 1878 22 May 1902 Steam 6 May 1884 23 Mar 1914 Electric 10 Dec 1900 Gauge: Operated jointly with Ludwigshafen system (q.v.). See also Heidelberg. Upper Rhine Railway Company (OGE) Mannheim – Heidelberg Steam 12 Dec 1887 31 Aug 1956 Electric 10 Dec 1900 Gauge: Mannheim – Heidelberg Opened 1892. Electrified 1928–1929. Mannheim – Weinheim Opened 1887; electrified 1915. Heidelberg – Weinheim Gauge: Opened 1890; electrified 1949–1956. Müllheim Steam 15 Feb 1896 1913 Gauge: Electric 7 Apr 1914 22 May 1955 Gauge: Müllheim – Badenweiler 22 May 1955 Pforzheim Electric 1 Dec 1911 10 Oct 1964 Gauge: Ravensburg – Weingarten – Baienfurt Steam 6 Jan 1888 12 Sep 1911 Gauge: Electric 1 Sep 1910 1 Jul 1959 Gauge: Reutlingen Steam 1 Nov 1899 24 Jul 1912 Gauge: Electric 24 Jul 1912 19 Oct 1974 Gauge: Stuttgart Horse 28 Jul 1868 28 Nov 1896 Electric 26 Sep 1895 Gauge: First tunnel segment opened 1966. Stuttgart Stadtbahn Electric 28 Sep 1985 Light rail. Stuttgart Stadtbahn operates on standard gauge, after the previous tram system was converted from metre gauge. Bad Cannstatt Electric 20 Jul 1899 Separate undertaking to 1 January 1919. Feuerbach Electric 30 Dec 1926 Separate undertaking to 1 January 1934. Rack tramway Steam 23 Aug 1884 1907 Electric 1 May 1904 Trams in Ulm Ulm (an der Donau) Electric 15 May 1897 Gauge:
Bavaria (Bayern)
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Augsburg Augsburg Horse 8 May 1881 31 Aug 1898 Steam 12 Sept 1886 15 June 1887 Electric 1 Sep 1898 Gauge: Bamberg Electric 1 Nov 1897 10 June 1922 Gauge: Hof (an der Saale) Electric 5 Aug 1901 14 Nov 1922 Gauge: Ingolstadt (an der Donau) Horse 10 Nov 1878 3 Mar 1921 (Electric) Gauge: Construction on tramway started, but not completed (c.1914). Landshut (in Bayern) Horse 1 July 1902 1913 Gauge: Electric 15 Jan 1913 18 Mar 1945 Gauge: Closed because of war damage. Trams in Munich(owned by MVG) Munich (München) Horse 21 Oct 1876 1 Nov 1900 Steam 9 Jun 1883 15 Jul 1900 Accumulator (storage battery) 1 Jul 1886 17 Jul 1895 Electric 23 Jun 1895 Trams in Nuremberg Nuremberg (Nürnberg) Horse 25 Aug 1881 20 Jul 1898 Electric 7 May 1896 Gauge: (formerly, since converted to standard gauge) Nuremberg – Fürth Steam 7 Dec 1835 31 Oct 1922 Bayerische Ludwigsbahn, Nürnberg – Fürth, first railway in Germany. Electric ? 21 Jun 1981 Express tramway, built on alignment of closed railway (Ludwigsbahn). Closed, together with remaining tramway lines in Fürth, because of U-Bahn (metro) construction. Regensburg Electric 21 Apr 1903 1 Aug 1964 Gauge: Schweinfurt Horse 5 May 1895 31 Jan 1921 Gauge: Trams in Würzburg Würzburg Horse 8 Apr 1892 4 Oct 1900 Gauge: Electric 30 Jun 190018 Sep 1924 20 Apr 1920 Gauge: Reopened as a new undertaking (in 1924); see also: Trams in Würzburg.
Berlin
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Berlin(owned by BVG) Berlin Horse 22 Jun 1865 8 Dec 1907 Steam 5 May 1886 1919 Accumulator (storage battery) 8 Feb 1895 1902 Electric 16 May 1881 Note: Berlin tramway divided into East Berlin and West Berlin systems from 16 January 1953. West Berlin tramway lines replaced by motorbus starting from 1954, with final West Berlin tram closure on 2 October 1967. (See Trams in Berlin.) Following German reunification, some tramlines have returned to the western part of the city. Adlershof – Altglienicke Electric 5 Jun 1909 31 Dec 1992 Separate tram undertaking to 16 April 1921. Buchholz Horse 9 Jul 1904 8 Dec 1907 Electric 8 Dec 1907 Separate tram undertaking to 22 July 1907. Heiligensee an der Havel Electric 29 May 1913 1 Jun 1958 Separate tram undertaking to 3 December 1920. Köpenick (Cöpenick) Horse 18 Oct 1882 11 Aug 1903 Electric 11 Aug 1903 Separate tram undertaking to 1 October 1920. Schmöckwitz – Grünau Petrol 9 Mar 1912 27 July 1912 The planned overhead line was not set up due to public protests regarding a ruined view of the waterfront. Higher than expected passenger numbers caused the management to change quickly its mind and to commission AEG with the installation of the overhead line. Electric 27 Jul 1912 Separate tram undertaking to 30 September 1924. Spandau Horse 5 Jun 1892 17 Mar 1896 Gauge: Electric 18 Mar 1896 27 Oct 1907 Gauge: Converted to standard gauge. Electric 28 Oct 1907 2 Oct 1967 Converted from metre gauge. Electric 18 Mar 1896 2 Oct 1967 Separate undertaking by AEG to 1 August 1920. Spandau – Nonnendamm Electric 30 Sep 1908 2 Oct 1967 Spandau West – Hennigsdorf Petrol 1 Aug 1923 11 Nov 1929 Electric 11 Nov 1929 _ Apr 1945 Grunewaldbahn Steglitz Electric 3 Dec 1905 2 May 1963 Berlin-Lichterfelde – Steglitz – Südende station – Mariendorf line Electric 16 May 1881 14 Feb 1930 Incorporated Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway opened 1881 by Siemens & Halske, as world's first electric tramway. Berlin-Lichterfelde – Teltow – Stahnsdorf – Kleinmachnow (Canal lock) Steam 1 Jul 1888 30 Mar 1907 Electric 30 Mar 1907 2 May 1966
Brandenburg
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg (an der Havel) Horse 1 Oct 1897 20 Apr 1911 Gauge: Electric 1 Apr 1911 Gauge: Plaue (an der Havel) Electric 24 Dec 1912 28 Sep 2002 Gauge: Separate tram undertaking to 1 October 1952. Trams in Cottbus Cottbus (Chóśebuz) Electric 8 Jul 1903 Gauge: Eberswalde Electric 1 Sep 1910 3 Nov 1940 Trams in Frankfurt (Oder) Frankfurt an der Oder Electric 23 Jan 1898 Gauge: See also: Słubice, List of town tramway systems in Poland. Guben Electric 24 Feb 1904 8 Jun 1938 Gauge: See also: Gubin, List of town tramway systems in Poland. Jüterbog Horse 21 Mar 1897 29 Jul 1928 Gauge: Küstrin Electric 16 May 1927 30 Jan 1945 Gauge: See also: Kostrzyn nad Odrą;, List of town tramway systems in Poland. Trams in Potsdam(owned by ViP) Potsdam Horse 11 May 1880 1 Sep 1907 Electric 2 Sep 1907 Schöneiche (bei Berlin) Petrol 28 Aug 1910 30 May 1914 Gauge: Electric 30 May 1914 Gauge: Strausberg Railway Strausberg Steam 17 Aug 1893 15 Mar 1921 Electric 18 Mar 1921 Werder (an der Havel) Horse 27 Jul 1895 7 Aug 1926 Gauge: Woltersdorf Tramway Woltersdorf (bei Berlin) Electric 17 May 1913
Bremen
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Bremen Bremen Horse 4 Jun 1875 31 Oct 1911 Electric 22 Jun 1890 Bremerhaven Horse 26 Jun 1881 28 Aug 1908 Accumulator (storage battery) 21 Aug 1898 31 Jul 1908 Electric 4 Jun 1908 30 Jul 1982
Hamburg
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Hamburg Hamburg Horse 16 Aug 1866 18 Dec 1922 Steam 13 May 1878 22 Jun 1897 Electric 5 Mar 1894 1 Oct 1978 Hamburg is the only major German city with only an U-Bahn (Hamburg U-Bahn), but no extant tram or light rail system. The Hamburg tram network was one of oldest and largest in Germany and largest closed system. Hamburg-Harburg Electric 30 Sep 1899 24 Sep 1975 Alt-Rahlstedt – Volksdorf Electric 30 Oct 1906 15 Apr 1923 Town tramway service on local railway (kleinbahn). Altona – Blankenese Electric 26 Aug 1899 9 Nov 1921
Hessen
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Bad Homburg (vor der Höhe) Electric 26 Jul 1899 31 Jul 1935 Served by line of Frankfurt am Main system to 1971 (this line was upgraded to the Frankfurt U-Bahn line that serves Bad Homburg). Trams in Darmstadt Darmstadt Horse 25 Aug 1886 31 Mar 1922 Gauge: Electric 24 Nov 1897 Gauge: Eltville – Schlangenbad Steam 20 Jun 1895 17 Mar 1933 Gauge: Trams in Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main Horse 19 May 1872 17 Jun 1904 Steam 1 Sep 1888 13 Jul 1929 Accumulator (storage battery) 1 Jan 1897 9 Sep 1900 Electric 18 Feb 1884 Offenbach am Main Horse 10 Apr 1884 28 Oct 1906 Electric 27 Oct 1906 3 Nov 1963. Operated as part of Trams in Frankfurt, 31 March 1907 – 3 November 1963. Offenbach am Main served by line of Trams in Frankfurt to 1 June 1996. Gießen Electric 20 Nov 1909 31 Mar 1953 Hanau Electric 15 Jun 1908 18 Mar 1945 Closed because of war damage. Trams in Kassel Kassel Steam 9 Jul 1877 10 May 1899 Horse 27 Apr 1884 28 Feb 1899 Electric 14 Dec 1898 See also: Kassel RegioTram. Kassel – Wolfsanger Horse 24 Sep 1897 20 Oct 1911 Electric 20 Oct 1911 Herkulesbahn Kassel – Palmenbad, Brasselsberg, Herkules, Hohes Gras Electric 27 Apr 1903 12 Apr 1966 Gauge: Marburg (an der Lahn) Horse 1 Oct 1903 10 Oct 1911 Gauge: Electric 28 Nov 1911 17 May 1951 Gauge: Wiesbaden Horse 16 Aug 1875 14 Aug 1900 Steam 18 May 1889 27 Aug 1900 Gauge: Electric 16 May 1896 30 Apr 1955 Gauge: See also: Mainz in List of town tramway systems in Germany#Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz).
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Bad Pyrmont Horse 1 Jun 1879 12 Mar 1925 Gauge: Bückeburg – Bad Eilsen Electric 1918 21 May 1966 Trams in Braunschweig Braunschweig Horse 11 Oct 1879 24 Sep 1904 Gauge: Electric 28 Oct 1897 Gauge: Celle Electric 1 Nov 1907 2 June 1956 Gauge: Cuxhaven Petrol-electric (Benzolelektrisch) 6 Jul 1914 2 Aug 1914 Emden Electric 23 Feb 1902 30 Apr 1953 Gauge: Göttingen (Electric) Construction on tramway started, but not completed (1914). Hanover Horse 16 Sep 1872 1897 Accumulator (storage battery) 10 Sep 1895 20 Nov 1903 Electric 19 May 1893 Converted to light rail – see: Hanover Stadtbahn Hanover – Hildesheim Electric 22 Mar 1899 16 Aug 1959 Hildesheim Electric 7 Aug 1905 22 Mar 1945 Closed because of war damage. Osnabrück Electric 31 Jan 1906 29 May 1960 Gauge: Wilhelmshaven Electric 17 Mar 1913 30 Mar 1945 Closed because of war damage.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)