List of town tramway systems in Spain
This is a list of town tramway systems in Spain by autonomous community. 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. The use of the 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.
Andalucia
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cádiz | Mule | 18__ | ? | ||
| Electric | 190_ | 22 Aug 1964 | Reintroduction planned. | ||
| Granada | Electric | 7 Jul 1904 | 14 Feb 1974 | Heritage tramway planned. | |
| ♦ Granada – Sierra Nevada | Electric | 21 Feb 1925 | 20 Jan 1974 | ||
| Jaén Tram | Jaén | Electric | 2 May 2011 | May 2011 | Operation suspended only about two weeks after system opened, for financial reasons, and still suspended as of 2013.[1] |
| Málaga | Mule | 1881 | 1903 | ||
| Electric | 1903 | 31 Dec 1961 | Málaga Metro light metro/light rail system opened 30 July 2014. | ||
| Linares – Baeza | Electric | 1 Aug 1904 | 15 Jan 1966 | ||
| ♦ Linares – La Loma | Electric | 8 Dec 1907 | 15 Jan 1966 | ||
| Marmolejo | Mule | 1916 | Jul 1936 | Operated only during spa season. | |
| Motril | Mule | 1884 | 8 Oct 1922 | ||
| Sanlúcar de Barrameda | Horse | 188_ | 19__ | Operated only during summer season. | |
| Seville | Mule | 5 Sep 1887 | 1899 | ||
| Electric | 1899 | 8 May 1960 | |||
| MetroCentro | Electric | 28 Oct 2007 | |||
| Vélez-Málaga Tram | Vélez-Málaga | Electric | 16 Oct 2006 | 4 Jun 2012 | Service suspended in June 2012 because of financial crisis;[2] tram cars subsequently leased to Australia where they began operation in March 2014.[3] |
Aragon
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaragoza | Horse | 19 Oct 1885 | 1903 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Electric | 9 Oct 1902 | 22 Jan 1976 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in); 600 V DC Trolley pole. Single, double truck & articulated "boston style"; trailers and open cars used. | ||
| Zaragoza tram | Electric | 19 Apr 2011 | Standard gauge; one line in operation (Mago de Oz–Avenida Academia), and 2 planned lines. Trams model: CAF Urbos 3 |
Asturias
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arriondas – Covadonga | Horse | 1 Jan 1908 | 1930 | ||
| Gijón | Mule | 30 Mar 1890 | 1909 | ||
| Electric | 1909 | 10 May 1964 | |||
| Mieres | Mule | 18__ | 19__ | ||
| Oviedo | Horse | 18__ | 1922 | ||
| Electric traction | 1922 | 1957 | Three lines: 1. Ayuntamiento-Lugones; 2. Colloto-Buenavista; 3. La Argañosa-San Lázaro | ||
| Santullano | Mule | 18__ | 1917 | [4] | |
| Steam | 1917 | 28 Sep 1934 | |||
| Avilés | Horse | 1892 | 1924 | ||
| Electric | 1924 | 1955(?) |
Balearic Islands
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaró – Consell (Majorca) | Mule | 5 May 1881 | 1922 | ||
| Petrol | 1922 | 24 Feb 1935 | Sporadic operation during 1936–1939. | ||
| Trams in Palma | Palma (Majorca) | Mule | 9 Sep 1891 | ? | |
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Petrol | 14 Oct 1921 | 1940 | |||
| Electric | 9 Sep 1891 | Jan 1959 | Reintroduction planned | ||
| Tranvía de Sóller | Sóller (Majorca) | Electric | 4 Oct 1913 | Gauge: 914 mm (3 ft) This and Barcelona's Tramvia Blau are Spain's only surviving first-generation tramlines. |
Basque Country
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermeo - Pedernales | Horse | 189_ | after 1913 | ||
| Bilbao / Bilbo | Mule | 10 Sep 1876 | ? | ||
| Electric | 16 Feb 1896 | 30 Nov 1964 | |||
| Euskotren Tranbia | Electric | 18 Dec 2002 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Donostia / San Sebastián | Mule | 18 Jul 1887 | 1897 | ||
| Electric | 1897 | 11 Jul 1958 | Reintroduction planned. | ||
| Irun / Irún - Hondarribia / Fuenterrabía | Mule | 1 Nov 1893 | 1919 | ||
| Electric | 1919 | 18 Jun 1953 | |||
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | Electric | 23 Dec 2008 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in). See Euskotren Tranbia. |
Canary Islands
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Palmas (de Gran Canaria) |
Steam | 1891 | 1910 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Electric | 1910 | 1935 | Operation restored with steam traction, one steam locomotive pulling trains of tramcars, 1940–1941. Reintroduction planned. | ||
| (Santa Cruz de) Tenerife | Steam / Electric |
8 Apr 1901 | 1956 | Gauge: 1,200 mm (3 ft 11 1⁄4 in)(?) | |
| Tenerife Tram | Electric | 2 Jun 2007 |
Cantabria
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santander | Steam | 1873 | 1875 | ||
| Horse | 1875 | 1908 | |||
| Electric | 1908 | 11 Jul 1951 |
Castile and León
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Valladolid | Valladolid | Mule | 22 Dec 1881 | 18 Apr 1911 | |
| Electric | 7 Sep 1910 | 6 Nov 1933 |
Catalonia
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Barcelona | Barcelona | Mule | 26 Jun 1872 | 1907 | |
| Steam | 1877 | 1907 | |||
| Electric | 26 Jan 1899 | 19 Mar 1971 | Note: Closure date does not include the Tramvia Blau line. | ||
| Tramvia Blau | Electric | 29 Oct 1901 | |||
| Trambaix | Electric | 5 April 2004 | |||
| Trambesòs | Electric | 8 May 2004 | |||
| ♦ Arrabassada | Electric | 19 Jul 1911 | 1938 | ||
| ♦ Mataró – Argentona | Electric | 27 May 1928 | 9 Oct 1965 | ||
| ♦ Montgat – Tiana | Electric | 1 Nov 1916 | 30 Sep 1955 | ||
| Tarragona | Mule | 9 Apr 1883 | 13 Jan 1896 | ||
| Tortosa – Roquetes | Mule | 20 Sep 1885 | 1928 |
Extremadura
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badajoz | Horse | 23 Mar 1889 | 1912 (?) |
Galicia
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Coruña (La Coruña) | Mule | 1 Jan 1903 | 1913 | ||
| Electric | 1913 | Jul 1962 | |||
| A Coruña tourist tram | Electric | Dec 1997[5] | Heritage tramway opened 10 May 1997. Light rail system in planning. | ||
| Ferrol | Electric | ? | 1962 | ||
| Pontevedra | Steam | 12 Jun 1889 | 1924 | ||
| Electric | 1924 | 1943 | |||
| Verín | Mule | 1909 | 192_ | ||
| Vigo | Electric | 10 Aug 1914 | 30 Dec 1968 | Reintroduction planned. |
Madrid
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Escorial | (Electric) | - | - | Construction started 1929, not completed. | |
| Parla Tram | Parla | Electric | 6 May 2007 | - | |
| Trams in Madrid | Madrid | Mule | 31 May 1871 | ? | |
| Steam | 1878 | ? | |||
| Electric | 1898 | 1 Jun 1972 | |||
| Metro Ligero | Electric | 24 May 2007 | Light rail |
Murcia
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | Mule | Sep 1892 | 1907 | ||
| Electric | 1907 | 1959 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Murcia | Mule | Oct 1896 | 1902 | ||
| Steam | 1902 | 1906 | |||
| Electric | 1906 | 29 Apr 1929 | |||
| Murcia Tram | Electric | 29 Apr 2007 |
Navarre
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamplona | Electric | 23 Sep 1911 | ? |
Valencian Community
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoi | (Electric) | - | - | Construction started 1895, not completed. | |
| Trams in Alicante | Alicante | Mule | 13 Jul 1893 | 1902 | |
| Steam | 1902 | 1924 | |||
| Electric | 1924 | 14 Nov 1969 | |||
| Alicante Tram | Electric | 15 Aug 2003 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Tram trial service began 17 March 1999; full service inaugurated 15 August 2003. | ||
| Carcaixent - Dénia | Mule | 8 Feb 1864 | 28 Nov 1881 | Line upgraded from tramway to railway. | |
| Novelda | (Electric) | Construction started, not completed. | |||
| Trams in Valencia | Valencia | Mule | 23 Jun 1876 | 1925 | |
| Steam | 1892 | ? | |||
| Electric | 1900 | 20 Jun 1970 | |||
| Metrovalencia | Electric | 21 May 1994 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Line 4 (tramway) opened in May 1994. Metrovalencia is a metre gauge system of tram, light rail, and even commuter rail, all be it with underground metro-like (subway) sections. | ||
| ♦ Burriana / Borriana - Grao / Grau | Mule | ? | 19__ | ||
| ♦Villanueva de Castellón - La Pobla Llarga | Mule | 1 Mar 1896 | ? | ||
| Steam | 1919 1926 |
1926 1931 |
Line upgraded from tramway to railway. |
See also
References
- "Sad future for Jaén's 'tram to nowhere'". Tramways & Urban Transit. LRTA Publishing: 125. April 2013.
- "Eurozone crisis: The ghost tramway haunting Spain". BBC News. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- Cabezas, Eugenio (9 July 2013). "El tranvía de Vélez inicia su viaje a Sidney". SUR.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- "Tranvía a Vapor de Santullano a Cabañaquinta (Sociedad Industrial Asturiana – SIA)". spanishrailway.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- "Tourist tram". Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña S.A. 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Bibliography
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