List of town tramway systems in Romania
This is a list of urban tramway systems in standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.
Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
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Trams in Arad (CTP Arad) |
Arad | Horse | 24 Oct 1869 | 1916 | |
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Diesel | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 29 Nov 1946 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
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Trams in Botoșani (Eltrans) |
Botoșani | Electric | 16 Sep 1991 | 31 Jul 2020 | Plans were to repair the network and acquire new trams but in 2022 decision was to abandon the plan and dismantle network. |
Trams in Brăila (Braicar, S.A.) |
Brăila | Horse | 1886 | ? | |
Electric | 25 Jun 1900 | In reconstruction, some new trams to come. | |||
BHHÉV/CFPBT/CFLB/CFR | Brașov | Steam/Diesel/Petrol | 7 Mar 1892 | 1 Apr 1960 | |
IJTL/RAT Brașov | Electric | 23 Aug 1987 | 17 Nov 2006 | Replaced partially by trolleybus route 8. | |
Trams in Bucharest )
(STB |
Bucharest | Horse | 28 Dec 1872 | 1929 | |
Electric | 19 Dec 1894 | See also: Bucharest Light rail. New trams since December 2022. Also older trams are being modernized (partially low floor, A/C, etc). Tenders for repairing the older network sections. | |||
Trams in Cluj-Napoca )
(CTP |
Cluj-Napoca | Steam | 28 Aug 1893 | 15 May 1902 | |
Electric | 1 Oct 1987 | Only new rolling stock. | |||
RATC Constanța | Constanța | Steam | 1905 | ? | |
Electric | 18 Jul 1944 | Aug 1944 | Rolling stock requisitioned from Odessa .
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Electric | 23 Aug 1984 | 22 Nov 2008[1] | |||
Trams in Craiova (RAT Craiova) |
Craiova | Electric | - | - | Construction started 1942 (to be operated by rolling stock requisitioned from Odessa ), never completed.
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Electric | 26 Sep 1984 | Present | Under repair. New trams operate on reconstructed sections in city. | ||
Trams in Galați (Transurb, S.A.) |
Galați | Electric | 26 Jun 1900 | Until 1978 gauge 1000 mm. Since 1978 1435 mm. Reconstructed and 8 new trams since 2021. Tender for 10 more trams. | |
Trams in Iași )
(CTP Iași |
Iași | Electric | 1 Mar 1900 | Present | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). 32 new trams. Tender for another new 18-20 trams.
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Trams in Oradea )
(OTL R.A. |
Oradea | Electric | 25 Apr 1906 | ||
Trams in Ploiești (TCE Ploiești) |
Ploiești | Electric | 1 Dec 1987 | Fully repaired between 2014 and 2016. There are attempts to renew the fleet by buying new trams, searching financing. | |
S.C. Prescom S.A. Reșița | Reșița | Electric | 20 Aug 1988 | 30 Aug 2011 | Reintroduction of trams was announced in 2016 and the modernization and expansion of the tram line began in 2019. Reopening planned for December 2022.[2] In 2023, the system was under testing and construction. |
Satu Mare | Steam | 14 Jun 1900 | 1900 | ||
Electric | 8 Aug 1900 | 31 Dec 1906 | |||
Tursib (after 1998) | Sibiu | Electric | 8 Sep 1905 | 1970 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
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♦ Sibiu–Rășinari | Electric | 1917 | 28 Feb 2011 | Gauge: heritage tramway.[4]
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RATT )
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Timișoara | Horse | 1869 | ? | |
Electric | 27 Jul 1899 | New trams since 2021. |
See also
- Transport in Romania
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
- List of trolleybus systems
References
- ^ "Transira Constanta" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Two bidders for Reșița tramway reinstallation". Tramways & Urban Transit. 22 Jun 2021.
- ^ Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2011, p. 194. UK: LRTA Publishing.
- ^ ISSN 0173-0290.