List of town tramway systems in Switzerland
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This is a list of town tramway systems in Switzerland. 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.
Name of System & Operator |
Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strassenbahn Altdorf–Flüelen | Altdorf | Electric | 25 Aug 1906 | 26 Mar 1951 | [1] |
Trams in Basel Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe |
Basel | Electric | 6 May 1892 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |
Trams in Basel Baselland Transport |
Steam | 4 Oct 1887 | 2 Jun 1905 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?) | |
Electric | 6 Oct 1902 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
Trams in Bern Bernmobil (Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern) |
Bern | Compressed Air | 1 Oct 1890 | 15 Nov 1901 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?) |
Steam | 17 May 1894 | 6 Feb 1902 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?) | ||
Electric | 1 Jul 1902 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
Bex–Bévieux | Bex | Electric | 10 Sep 1898 | 14 Jun 2002 | [2] Once daily service on this section restored in 2007. |
Bex–Villars–Bretaye railway | Electric | [3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
Trams in Biel/Bienne | Biel/Bienne | Horse | 18 Aug 1877 | 30 Dec 1902 | [2] |
Electric | 31 Dec 1902 | 9 Dec 1948 | [2] | ||
Clarens–Chailly–Blonay | Clarens | Electric | 23 Nov 1911 | 31 Dec 1955 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
La Chaux de Fonds | Electric | 1 Jan 1897 | 15 Jun 1950 | [2] | |
Fribourg | Electric | 28 Jul 1897 | 31 Mar 1965 | [2] | |
Trams in Geneva Transports Publics Genevois |
Geneva | Horse | 19 Jun 1862 | 21 Feb 1902 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?) |
Steam | 20 Jul 1877 | 2 Jan 1902 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?) | ||
Electric | 22 Sep 1894 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
Trams in Lausanne | Lausanne | Electric | 1 Sep 1896 | 6 Jan 1964 | [2] |
Lausanne Modern Tram | Electric | 2 Jun 1991 | [2] Line M1 is light rail; Line M2 is rapid transit | ||
Locarno | Electric | 3 Jul 1908 | 30 Apr 1960 | [2] | |
Trams in Lugano Azienda comunale del traffico Lugano |
Lugano | Electric | 1 Jun 1896 | 17 Dec 1959 | [2] |
Trams in Lugano Lugano–Cadro–Dino railway (part) |
Electric | 27 Jun 1911 | 31 Dec 1964 | [2] | |
Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern | Luzern | Electric | 8 Dec 1899 | 11 Nov 1961 | [2] |
Martigny | Electric | 24 Oct 1906 | 31 Dec 1956 | [2] | |
Meiringen–Reichenbach–Aareschlucht tramway | Meiringen | Electric | 24 Aug 1912 | 16 Sep 1956 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
Tramway Bellavista | Mendrisio | Horse | 1891 | 1913 or 1938 | [4][5] Gauge: 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) |
Mendrisio electric tramway | Electric | 19 May 1910 | 31 Dec 1950 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |
Vevey–Montreux–Chillon–Villeneuve tramway | Montreux – Vevey | Electric | 6 Jun 1888 | 19 Jan 1958 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
Mürren | Horse | 10 Jul 1894 | 31 Dec 1945 | [2] | |
Trams in Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Steam | 16 Dec 1892 | 24 Dec 1902 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?) |
Horse | 22 Dec 1894 | 15 Jul 1897 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?) | ||
Electric | 16 May 1897 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
St. Gallen | Electric | 20 May 1897 | 1 Oct 1957 | [2] | |
St. Moritz | Electric | 5 Jul 1896 | 18 Sep 1932 | [2] | |
Schaffhausen | Electric | 11 May 1901 | 23 Sep 1966 | [2] | |
Schwyz | Electric | 6 Oct 1900 | 15 Dec 1963 | [2] | |
Spiez | Electric | 2 Aug 1905 | 25 Sep 1960 | [2] | |
Stans | Electric | 28 Aug 1893 | 30 Sep 1903 | [2] | |
Winterthur | Electric | 30 Jul 1898 | 2 Nov 1951 | [2] | |
Zug | Electric | 20 Mar 1907 | 11 May 1959 | [2] | |
Dolder Waldhaus–Dolder Grand Hotel | Zürich | Electric | 5 Jul 1899 | 31 Dec 1930 | [2] |
Trams in Zürich Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich |
Horse | 5 Sep 1882 | 4 Oct 1900 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?) | |
Electric | 8 Mar 1894 | [2] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
Stadtbahn Glattal | Electric | 10 Dec 2006 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
See also[]
- Riffelalptram
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
- List of trolleybus systems in Switzerland
References[]
- ^ "Vevey–Altdorf–Flüelen". Eingestellte Bahnen der Schweiz. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Buckley, pp. 23–24.
- ^ "Bex-Villars-Bretaye". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. 2012. pp. 58–59.
- ^ "Tramway Bellavista" (in German). Eingestellte Bahnen der Schweiz. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
Bibliography[]
- Bernet, Ralph (2000). Trams in der Schweiz: von Basel bis Zürich: Strassenbahn-Betriebe einst und jetzt [Trams in Switzerland: from Basel to Zurich: Tramway Operators Then and Now] (in German). München: GeraMond-Verlag. ISBN 393278507X.
- Buckley, Richard (2000). Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. UK: Light Rail Transit Association. ISBN 0-948106-27-1.
External links[]
Media related to Trams in Switzerland at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Tram transport in Switzerland
- Switzerland transport-related lists
- Tram transport-related lists