List of town tramway systems in Greece
This is a list of town tramway systems in Greece. It includes all tram systems in Greece, 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.
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Athens and Piraeus | Trams in Athens | Horse | 1882 | 1908 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
Steam | 1887 | 1908 | Electrified and incorporated into Athens tramway network | ||
Electric | 1908 | 1960 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
Athens | Athens Tram | Electric | 19 Jul 2004 | Two modern tramlines. | |
Piraeus | Piraeus Harbour Tramway | Horse | 1883 | 1908 | |
Electric | 1910 | 1960 | |||
Piraeus – Perama | Piraeus-Perama light railway | Electric | 1936 | 1977 | |
Thessaloniki | Trams in Thessaloniki | Horse | 1893 | 1907 | [1] |
Electric | 1907 | 1957 | |||
Patras | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 1902 | 1917 | First electric tramway in Greece, Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
Herakleion Crete | Trams in Herakleion Crete | Horse | ? | ? | |
Steam | 1922 | 1937 | Industrial railway | ||
Electric | ? | ? | |||
Kalamata | Electric | 1910 | 1940 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |
Karlovasi, Samos | Horse | 1905 | 1939 | ||
Volos | Steam | ? | ? | Gauge: 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) |
See also
- List of town tramway systems – parent article
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
References
- Specific
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Urban public transport in Greece
- Athens
- Thessaloniki
- Heraklion Urban KTEL
- Athens Metro
- Proastiakos
- Thessaloniki Metro (under construction)
- Past
- SAP
- EIS
- IEM
- ISAP
- Past
- Trams in Athens
- Piraeus-Perama light railway
- Thessaloniki Tram
- Patras Tram
- List of town tramway systems in Greece