This is a list of town tramway systems in Ukraine by oblast. It includes all tram systems, past and present; cities with currently operating systems are indicated in bold. A diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the Notes column.
Chernihiv Oblast
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Nizhyn Nizhyn Horse 1915 1920s?
Chernivtsi Oblast
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Chernivtsi Electric 18 Jul 1897 20 Mar 1967 Gauge:
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Trams in Yevpatoria Yevpatoria Electric 23 May 1914 - Gauge: .Note for Yevpatoria: Operation suspended 1919–1923 because of war. Operated only during summer season, 1923–1941. Operation suspended 1941–1944 because of war. Operation resumed 1944, then suspended 1944–1947. Kerch Electric 7 Nov 1935 Nov 1941 Gauge: Operation suspended because of war, not restored. Molochne Electric 18 Aug 1989 Aug 2014 Gauge: .Note for Molochne: Built by the Pension Bérégovoy resort to provide transportation between the guest-house complex and the beach (on the Black Sea). Operates only during summer season. Simferopol Electric 13 Aug 1914 1 Dec 1970 Gauge: Operation suspended 1941 (or 1942) – 1944 because of war.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Kamianske Electric 27 Nov 1935 - Gauge: Trams in Dnipro Dnipro Electric 26 Jun 1897 - Gauge: Operation suspended Oct 1919 – Sep 1921 because of war. Trams in Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih Electric 2 Jan 1935 - Gauge: Operation suspended Aug 1941 – 6 Nov 1946 because of war. Express tramway opened 26 Dec 1986 (see Kryvyi Rih Metrotram).
Donetsk Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Trams in Avdiivka Avdiivka Electric 23 Aug 1965 Jan 2017 Gauge: From Jan 2017 on, operation is suspended due to the War in Donbas. Trams in Donetsk Donetsk Electric 15 Jun 1928 - Gauge: Druzhkivka Electric 5 Dec 1945 - Gauge: Horlivka Electric 7 Nov 1932 - Gauge: Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 10 May 1945 because of war. Kostiantynivka Electric 23 Aug 1931 26 Dec 2016 Operation suspended Oct 1941 – 1 May 1944 and Jun 2004 – 2008. Unconnected line opened 1933, connected to original system 1965. Reopening in 2008. Kramatorsk Electric 12 May 1937 1 Aug 2017 Gauge: Makiivka Electric 21 Aug 1927 3 Jul 2006 Gauge: ♦ Shchyhlivka Electric 23 Nov 19241956 1941 Reopened and connected with the main Makiivka system, 1956. Trams in Mariupol Mariupol Electric 1 May 19332 May 2023 2 March 2022 Gauge: Destroyed by Russians during the Siege of Mariupol in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; Reopened in 2023. Sviatohirsk Petrol (gasoline) traction 1930(?) 1941 Sloviansk Steam 1894 1941(?) Vuhlehirsk Electric 10 Nov 1958 28 Jun 1980 Gauge: Trams in Yenakiieve Yenakiieve Electric 24 May 1932 - Gauge: Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 8 Sep 1944 because of war.
Kharkiv Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Trams in Kharkiv Kharkiv Horse 24 Sep 1882 ? Electric 16 Jul 1906 - Gauge: Operation suspended 1 Jan 1920 – Jun 1921 because of war.
Kirovohrad Oblast
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Kropyvnytskyi (then Kirovohrad) Electric 25 Jul 1897 Aug 1941(?) Gauge: Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
Kyiv Municipality
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Trams in Kyiv Kyiv Horse 11 Aug 1891 1896 Steam 19 Feb 1892 1904 Electric 13 Jun 1892 - Gauge: First electric tramway in Russian Empire (and thus in Ukraine). Express tramway opened 1979. ♦ Darnytsia Petrol (gasoline) May 1912 1934 Operation suspended 1920–1925. Electric 1926 Connected to main Kyiv system 1925. (Darnytsya is on the left bank of the Dnieper River. Tramway segment on Paton Bridge closed 9 Jun 2004, dividing the Kyiv system into two portions.) ♦ Demiivka Electric 19091926 1919? Connected with main Kyiv system 1926. ♦ Sviatoshyn Horse 1898 1901 Electric 1901 ? Connected with main Kyiv system 1923. ♦ Darnytsia - Brovary Petrol (gasoline) 1912 1934
Luhansk Oblast
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Luhansk Electric 3 May 1934 15 Jul 2014 Gauge: Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war.Temporary suspension of operation because of Russian invasion 2014 changed to perpetual. ♦ Kamianyi Brid Electric May 1935 18 February 2008 Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war. Connected with main Luhansk system 1965, disconnected and closed down in 2008. Kadiivka Electric 15 Dec 1937 Dec 2007 Gauge:
Lviv Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Trams in Lviv Lviv Horse 5 May 1880 1908(?) Electric 31 May 1894 - Gauge: Construction of tramway tunnel started ca. 1989, stopped 1992.
Mykolaiv Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Trams in Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Horse 8 Aug 18971918 19151921 Electric 3 Jan 1915May 1922 1918- Gauge: Electric tramway operation suspended because of war.
Odesa Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Horse 1904 ? Steam 1907 1930 Trams in Odesa Odesa Horse 20 Jul 18801919 1915Jun 1921 Electric 24 Sep 1910 - Gauge: First electric tramway within Odessa opened 24 Sep 1910. Operation suspended Jan 1919 – Jun 1921 because of war. ♦ Khadzhybeiskyi Lyman Horse 23 May 1899 1917 ♦ Kuialnytskyi Lyman Horse 4 Jun 1888 1915 ♦ Odessa - Velykoho Fontanu Steam 23 Jul 18811920 Oct 1912 (electrified)5 Sep 1922 ♦ Odessa - Khadzhybeiskyi Lyman Steam 18931920 Oct 1913 (electrified)5 Sep 1922 ♦ Lustdorf (Chornomorka) Electric 22 Aug 1907
Poltava Oblast
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Poltava (Electric)19232002 Construction started 1962, not completed. Kremenchuk (Electric) 11 December 1899 1921 Gauge:
Sevastopol
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Sevastopol Electric 24 Sep 1898 1942 Gauge: Operation suspended because of war, not restored. ♦ Sevastopol - Balaklava Electric 1925 1942 Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
Sumy Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Konotop Electric 25 Dec 1949 - Gauge: Sumy Horse 1958 1999 Gauge: Zinoviev includes Sumy in a list of Ukrainian towns which have or had tramways, but provides no details.
Vinnytsia Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Trams in Vinnytsia Vinnytsia Electric 28 Oct 1913 - Gauge: Operation suspended Feb 1920 – 27 Nov 1921, and Mar 1944 – Jun 1945, because of war.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Zaporizhzhia Tram Zaporizhzhia Electric 17 Jul 1932 - Gauge: Operation suspended 1943 – 12 Oct 1944 because of war.
Zhytomyr Oblast
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes Berdychiv Horse 4 Aug 1892 1921 Gauge: Zhytomyr Electric 3 Sep 1899 - Gauge: Operation suspended 1918 – 10 Aug 1920 because of war.
See also List of trolleybus systems in Ukraine List of town tramway systems in Europe List of tram and light rail transit systems List of metro systems
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