This is a list of trams in Poland. It includes all tram systems in Poland, past and present; cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background coloured rows. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column. Name of system Location Tractiontype Date (from) Date (to) Notes Trams in Białystok Białystok Horse Trams in Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała Electric Gauge: Trams in Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Horse Gauge: Electric Gauge: Trams in Teschen Cieszyn (Teschen) Electric Gauge: .Note: The Austrian-ruled town of Teschen (; ) became part of Poland in 1918, following the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The suburb of Sachsenberg (Polish: Saska Kępa), west of the river Olza (Polish: Olza; Czech: Olše) became part of Czechoslovakia as Český Těšín from 28 July 1920. The tramway connected the railway station (in Český Těšín) to the business centre (in Cieszyn). It suffered financial losses following division of the town and was therefore closed in 1921. Trams in Częstochowa Częstochowa Electric 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Trams in Elbląg Elbląg Electric Gauge: Trams in Gdańsk Gdańsk Horse Electric 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Trams in Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski Electric 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Trams in Grudziądz Grudziądz Horse Gauge: Electric Trams in Inowrocław Inowrocław Electric Gauge: Jelenia Góra Natural gas Electric Gauge: Silesian Interurbans Katowice and the Metropolis GZM Steam Gauge: Electric System serves neighboring towns including Bytom, Chorzów, Gliwice, Sosnowiec and the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie area. Trams in Koszalin Koszalin Electric Trams in Kraków Kraków Horse Electric Nowa Huta, founded as a separate industrial town in 1949, was amalgamated with Kraków in 1951 and has been served by the Kraków tramway system from 1952. Trams in Legnica Legnica Electric Gauge: Trams in Łódź Łódź Electric Gauge: .Also serves neighbouring towns of Konstantynów Łódzki (see article), Lutomiersk (see article), Ozorków (see article), Pabianice (see article) and Zgierz (see article) Trams in Olsztyn Olsztyn Electric Gauge: Electric Trams in Poznań Poznań Horse Electric Fast tram opened 1 March 1997 (see Poznański Szybki Tramwaj). Trams in Frankfurt (Oder) Słubice Electric Gauge: Słubice was part of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, until 1945 and was served by a tramway line that crossed the river Odra (German: Oder). Between 2004 and 2016 extension of the Frankfurt system into Słubice was considered but ultimately dropped. Słupsk Horse Gauge: Electric Gauge: Trams in Szczecin Szczecin Horse Electric 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Tarnów Electric Gauge: Trams in Toruń Toruń Horse Gauge: Electric Wałbrzych Electric Gauge: Trams in Warsaw Warsaw (Warszawa) Horse Also ran for 6 weeks in the spring 1917. Electric Gauge originally , whole network converted gradually to standard gauge in late 1940s Trams in Wrocław Wrocław Horse 1906 Electric 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
See also List of town tramway systems in Europe List of tram and light rail transit systems List of metro systems
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