List of town tramway systems in Spain
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This is a list of town tramway systems in Spain by the
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.[citation needed] | ||
Granada | Electric | 7 Jul 1904 | 14 Feb 1974 | Heritage tramway planned.[citation needed] | |
♦ 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[update].[1] |
Málaga | Mule | 1881 | 1903 | ||
Electric | 1903 | 31 Dec 1961 | 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 | Transitioned to electric tram. The power plant for the electric trams was built over the old stables. | |
Electric | 1899 | 8 May 1960 | Replaced by a fleet of Leyland Worldmaster buses from 1959. | ||
MetroCentro | Electric | 28 Oct 2007 | New line built initially to preserve World Heritage places from direct traffic pollution. | ||
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: . 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Majorca )
|
Mule | 5 May 1881 | 1922 | ||
Petrol | 1922 | 24 Feb 1935 | Sporadic operation during 1936–1939. | ||
Trams in Palma | Majorca )
|
Mule | 9 Sep 1891 | ? | |
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Petrol | 14 Oct 1921 | 1940 | |||
Electric | 9 Sep 1891 | Jan 1959 | Reintroduction planned[citation needed] | ||
Tranvía de 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–Sukarrieta[5] | Horse | 1896 | 1918 | Gauge: 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |
Bilbao | Mule | 9 Sep 1876 | 4 Sep 1909 | The interurban Bilbao–Getxo tram opened in 1876, the line from Bilbao to Santurtzi opened in 1882. They were built to a gauge of 1,365 mm (53+3⁄4 in). These two lines were electrified in 1896. The first urban line in Bilbao opened in 1888 with a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge. The urban lines were electrified and regauged to 1,365 mm (53+3⁄4 in) between 1907 and 1909. The last urban line closed in 1955, the Bilbao–Santurtzi line closed in 1959.[6] | |
Electric | 1 Feb 1896 | 7 Oct 1959 | |||
Bilbao tram | Electric | 18 Dec 2002 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
| ||
Bilbao–Durango–Arratia tram | Bilbao, Basauri, Amorebieta-Etxano, Lemoa, Durango, Igorre, Zeanuri | Electric | 2 Sep 1899[7] | 30 Nov 1964[8] | Gauge: 1,365 mm (53+3⁄4 in) |
Donostia / San Sebastián | Mule | 18 Jul 1887 | 1897 | ||
Electric | 1897 | 11 Jul 1958 | Reintroduction planned.[citation needed] | ||
Irun / Irún - Hondarribia / Fuenterrabía | Mule | 1 Nov 1893 | 1919 | ||
Electric | 1919 | 18 Jun 1953 | |||
Vitoria-Gasteiz tram | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Electric | 23 Dec 2008 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
|
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.[citation needed] | ||
(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 | ||
♦ 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[9] | Heritage tramway opened 10 May 1997.[citation needed] Light rail system in planning.[citation needed] | ||
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.[citation needed] |
Madrid
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
El Escorial | (Electric) | - | - | Construction started 1929, not completed.[10] | |
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 |
Region of 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 |
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, albeit 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
- Trams in Spain
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
- List of trolleybus systems in Spain
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.
- ISBN 8492062975.
- ISBN 84-920629-8-3.
- ^ Peris Torner, Juan (25 May 2012). "Tranvía eléctrico de Bilbao á Durango y Arratia (TBDA)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Cárcamo, Alba (5 May 2015). "El tranvía de Arratia vuelve a Lemoa medio siglo después". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Tourist tram". Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña S.A. 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Tranvías y funiculares de El Escorial". vialibre-ffe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2023.