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A list of tram track gauges is given below.
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1. Narrow Gauge
| Narrow gauge | Country code |
Network | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 381 mm (15 in) | United Kingdom | Claude Lane at Rhyl | 1952 - 1956 |
| 610 mm (2 ft) | United Kingdom | Claude Lane at Eastbourne | 1956 - 1969 |
| 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) | Austria | Trams in Ybbs | 1907 - 1953 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Trams in Sarajevo | 1885 - 1960, converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) in 1960 | |
| Croatia | Trams in Dubrovnik | 1912 - 1970 | |
| Croatia | Trams in Zagreb | 1891 - 1911, converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) in 1910 | |
| 800 mm (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Switzerland | Riffelalp tram | |
| 2 ft 9 in (838 mm) | United Kingdom | Seaton Tramway | since 1970 |
| 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in) | Austria | Trams in Linz | |
| Poland | Trams in Mrozy | horse-drawn 1902-1967 and since 2012[1] | |
| Portugal | Trams in Lisbon | Converted from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) in 1888 | |
| 914 mm (3 ft) | Canada | Whitehorse trolley | Heritage streetcar |
| Isle of Man | Manx Electric Railway | Heritage streetcar | |
| Isle of Man | Douglas Bay Horse Tramway | Heritage Horse Tram Council attempted closure 2015. Emmissions Control measures, proposed by opponents of the tramway, involved the wearing of nappies (diapers) by the horses. Trams (and common sense) rescued by local enthusiasts group. See http://www.douglashorsetramway.net/ | |
| Panama | Tram in Panama City | 1893 - 1941 | |
| Spain | Trams in Sóller | Heritage streetcar | |
| 950 mm (3 ft 1 3⁄8 in) | Italy | Trams in Cagliari | since 2008 |
| Italy | Trams in Chieti | 1905 - 1950 | |
| Italy | Trams in Messina | 1917 - 1951, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2011 | |
| Italy | Trams in Pescara | 1934 - 1960 | |
| Italy | Trams in Sassari | ||
| 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | Austria | Trams in Gmunden | |
| Austria | Trams in Innsbruck | ||
| Belgium | Trams in Antwerp | ||
| Belgium | Trams in Ghent | since 1904, converted from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (1874 - 1904) | |
| Belgium | Coast Tram | ||
| Croatia | Trams in Opatija | 1908 - 1933 | |
| Croatia | Trams in Osijek | ||
| Croatia | Trams in Pula | 1904 - 1934 | |
| Croatia | Trams in Rijeka | 1899 - 1952 | |
| Croatia | Trams in Zagreb | since 1910, converted from 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) (1891 - 1911) | |
| Egypt | Trams in Greater Cairo | ||
| Finland | Trams in Helsinki | ||
| Finland | Trams in Turku | Originally 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (1890 - 1892), rebuilt to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) (1908–1972) | |
| France | Trams in Angers | 1896 - 1949, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2011 | |
| France | Trams in Besançon | 1897 - 1952, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2014 | |
| France | Trams in Blois | 1910 - 1933 | |
| France | Trams in Brest | 1898 - 1944, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2012 | |
| France | Trams in Colmar | 1902 - 1960 | |
| France | Trams in Dijon | 1895 - 1961, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2012 | |
| France | Trams in Grenoble | 1892 - 1952, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 1987 | |
| France | Trams in Le Mans | 1897 - 1947, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2007 | |
| France | Trams in Le Puy | 1896 - 1914 | |
| France | Trams in Lille | converted from 1435 mm, since 2007 | |
| France | Trams in Lourdes | 1899 - 1930 | |
| France | Trams in Montpellier | 1888 - 1949, converted indirectly to 1435 mm, since 2000 | |
| France | Trams in Mulhouse | 1882 - 1960, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2006 | |
| France | Trams in Pau | 1900 - 1932 | |
| France | Trams in Perpignan | 1900 - 1955 | |
| France | Trams in Poitiers | 1899 - 1947 | |
| France | Trams in Mulhouse | 1882 - 1960, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2006 | |
| France | Trams in Reims | 1900 - 1939, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2011 | |
| France | Trams in Saint-Étienne | ||
| France | Trams in Sète | 1901 - 1933 | |
| France | Trams in Strasbourg | 1878 - 1960, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 1994 | |
| France | Trams in Tours | 1900 - 1949, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2013 | |
| France | Trams in Valenciennes | 1881 - 1966, rebuilt to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), since 2006 | |
| Germany | Trams in Aachen | ||
| Germany | Trams in Altenburg | 1895 - 1920 | |
| Germany | Trams in Augsburg | ||
| Germany | Trams in Bamberg | 1897 - 1922 | |
| Germany | Trams in Bielefeld | ||
| Germany | Trams in Bochum/Gelsenkirchen | ||
| Germany | Trams in Brandenburg | ||
| Germany | Trams in Cottbus | ||
| Germany | Trams in Darmstadt | ||
| Germany | Trams in Detmold | 1900 - 1954 | |
| Germany | Trams in Erfurt | ||
| Germany | Trams in Essen | ||
| Germany | Trams in Frankfurt (Oder) | ||
| Germany | Trams in Freiburg im Breisgau | ||
| Germany | Trams in Gera | ||
| Germany | Trams in Görlitz | ||
| Germany | Trams in Gotha | ||
| Germany | Trams in Guben | 1904 - 1938[1] | |
| Germany | Trams in Halberstadt | ||
| Germany | Trams in Halle (Saale) | ||
| Germany | Trams in Hamm | 1898 - 1961 | |
| Germany | Trams in Heidelberg | ||
| Germany | Trams in Hof | 1901 - 1922 | |
| Germany | Trams in Jena | ||
| Germany | Trams in Jüterbog | 1897 - 1928 | |
| Germany | Kirnitzschtal Tramway | ||
| Germany | Trams in Koblenz | 1887 - 1967 | |
| Germany | Trams in Krefeld | ||
| Germany | Trams in Landshut | 1902 - 1945 | |
| Germany | Lockwitztal Tramway | 1906 - 1977 | |
| Germany | Trams in Mainz | ||
| Germany | Trams in Marburg | 1903 - 1951 | |
| Germany | Trams in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen | ||
| Germany | Trams in Mühlhausen | 1898 - 1969 | |
| Germany | Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen | ||
| Germany | Trams in Münster | 1901 - 1954 | |
| Germany | Trams in Naumburg (Saale) | ||
| Germany | Trams in Nordhausen | ||
| Germany | Trams in Osnabrück | 1906 - 1960 | |
| Germany | Trams in Paderborn | 1900 - 1963 | |
| Germany | Trams in Pforzheim | 1911 - 1964 | |
| Germany | Trams in Pirmasens | 1905 - 1943 | |
| Germany | Trams in Plauen | ||
| Germany | Trams in Regensburg | 1903 - 1964 | |
| Germany | Trams in Riesa | 1889 - 1924 | |
| Germany | Trams in Schöneiche | ||
| Germany | Trams in Schweinfurt | 1895 - 1921 | |
| Germany | Trams in Solingen | 1896 - 1959 | |
| Germany | Trams in Stendal | 1892 - 1926 | |
| Germany | Trams in Stralsund | 1900 - 1966 | |
| Germany | Trams in Sylt | 1888 - 1970 | |
| Germany | Trams in Ulm | ||
| Germany | Trams in Warnemünde | 1910 - 1945 | |
| Germany | Trams in Weimar | 1899 - 1937 | |
| Germany | Trams in Werder | 1895 - 1926 | |
| Germany | Trams in Wittenberg | 1888 - 1921 | |
| Germany | Trams in Worms | 1906 - 1956 | |
| Germany | Trams in Würzburg | ||
| Germany | Trams in Zerbst | 1891 - 1928 | |
| Germany | Trams in Zwickau | ||
| Hungary | Trams in Budapest | 1887 - 1889 only, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) before and after | |
| Italy | Trieste-Opicina tramway | 1902 - | |
| Italy | Trams in Bari | 1909 - 1948 | |
| Italy | Trams in Bergamo | 1887 - 1958 | |
| Italy | Trams in Bolzano | 1909 - 1948 | |
| Italy | Trams in Catania | 1905 - 1951 | |
| Italy | Trams in Civitanova Marche | 1911 - 1955 | |
| Italy | Trams in Como | 1899 and 1906 - 1952 | |
| Italy | Trams in Ferrara | 1910 - 1938 | |
| Italy | Trams in Genoa | 1893 - 1966 | |
| Italy | Trams in Gorizia | 1909 - 1935 | |
| Italy | Trams in Merano | ||
| Italy | Trams in Modena | 1881 - 1950 | |
| Italy | Trams in Padova | 1907 - 1954 | |
| Italy | Trams in Palermo | 1874 - 1947, converted indirectly to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), under construction | |
| Italy | Trams in Perugia | 1899 - 1946 | |
| Italy | Trams in Pisa | 1912 - 1952 | |
| Italy | Trams in Reggio Calabria | 1912 - 1928 | |
| Italy | Trams in Savona | 1912 - 1948 | |
| Italy | Trams in Sulmona | 1908 - 1943 | |
| Italy | Trams in Taranto | 1922 - 1950 | |
| Italy | Trams in Trapani | 1919 - 1952 | |
| Italy | Trams in Treviso | 1906 - 1938 | |
| Italy | Trams in Udine | 1887 - 1952 | |
| Italy | Trams in Venice | Rubber-tyred (no gauge) electric tram since 2010; former, classic system 1907 - 1941 | |
| Latvia | Trams in Kemeri | 1912 - 1935 | |
| Latvia | Trams in Liepāja | ||
| Lithuania | Trams in Klaipeda | 1904 - 1929 and 1950 - 1967 | |
| Lithuania | Trams in Vilnius | horse-drawn 1893-1916, diesel-powered 1924-1926[1] | |
| Luxembourg | Trams in Esch-sur-Alzette | 1927 - 1956 | |
| Luxembourg | Trams in Luxemburg | converted from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) in 1908, 1874 - 1964, in use | |
| Moldova | Trams in Chișinău | 1888 - 1961 | |
| Monaco | Trams in Monte Carlo | 1898 - 1932 | |
| Netherlands | Trams in Groningen | 1880 - 1949 | |
| Netherlands | Trams in Haarlem | 1899 - 1957 | |
| Norway | Trams in Trondheim | ||
| Poland | Trams in Białystok | horse-drawn 1895-1915[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Bielsko-Biała | 1895 - 1971[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Bydgoszcz | horse-drawn 1888-1896, electric since 1896[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Cieszyn | 1911 - 1921[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Elbląg | since 1895[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Grudziądz | horse-drawn 1896-1899, electric since 1899[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Inowrocław | 1912 - 1962[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Jelenia Góra | Gas-powered (1,435 mm gauge) 1897-1899, electric (1,000 mm gauge) 1900-1969[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Kostrzyn nad Odrą | horse-drawn 1903-1923, electric 1925-1945[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Legnica | 1898 - 1969[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Łódź | Electric since 1898, steam-powered 1916-1927.[1] Extensive suburban service. | |
| Poland | Trams in Słubice | 1898 - 1945 (until 1945 as part of trams in Frankfurt (Oder) network)[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Słupsk | 1910 - 1959[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Sulejówek | horse-drawn 1898-1914[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Tarnów | 1911 - 1942[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Toruń | horse-drawn 1891-1902, electric since 1899[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Wałbrzych | 1898 - 1966[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Zgorzelec | horse-drawn (1,435 mm gauge) 1882-1897, electric (1,000 mm gauge) 1897-1945[1] | |
| Portugal | Trams in Coimbra | 1874 - 1980 | |
| Portugal | Trams in Sintra | 1874 - 1980 | |
| Romania | Trams in Arad | ||
| Romania | Trams in Iași | ||
| Romania | Trams in Sibiu | 1905 - 2011 | |
| Russia | Trams in Kaliningrad | ||
| Russia | Trams in Pyatigorsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Pskov | 1909 - 1944 | |
| Russia | Trams in Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast | 1900 - 1944 | |
| Serbia | Trams in Belgrade | ||
| Slovakia | Trams in Bratislava | ||
| Spain | Euskotren Tranbia | ||
| Spain | Trams in Zaragoza | 1885 - 1976, rebuiltto 1435 mm, since 2011 | |
| Switzerland | Trams in Basel | ||
| Switzerland | Trams in Bern | ||
| Switzerland | Trams in Biel/Bienne | 1902 - 1948, converted from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (1877 - 1902) | |
| Switzerland | Trams in Geneva | ||
| Switzerland | Trams in Zürich | converted from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), 1890 ? | |
| Turkey | Trams in Eskişehir | ||
| Turkey | Istanbul nostalgic tram Public transport in Istanbul |
Heritage streetcar system | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Lviv | horse-drawn 1880-1908, electric since 1894[1] | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Simferopol | 1914 - 1970 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Vinnytsia | since 1913 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Yevpatoria | since 1914 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Zhytomyr | horse-drawn freight service since 1897, electric passenger service since 1899 | |
| 1,009 mm (3 ft 3 23⁄32 in) | Bulgaria | Trams in Sofia | New lines 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | Australia | Trams in Fremantle | 1905-1952 |
| Australia | Trams in Hobart | 1893-1961 | |
| Australia | Trams in Kalgoorlie | 1902-1952 | |
| Australia | Trams in Perth | 1899-1958 | |
| Estonia | Tallinn Tram | Article does not mention the track gauge. | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Tramways | ||
| Japan | Sapporo Streetcar | ||
| New Zealand | Dunedin cable tramway[2] | 1881-1957 | |
| New Zealand | Maori Hill tramway (Dunedin) | 1901-1936. Other electric tramlines in Dunedin were 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm). | |
| New Zealand | Trams in Napier | 1913-1931 | |
| USA | Trams in Denver[3] | ? - ? , converted to 1435 mm, since 1989 ? ?, See Denver Light Rail. |
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| USA | Los Angeles Railway | 1901 - 1963 | |
| USA | San Diego Electric Railway | 1892 - 1898, converted to 1435 mm 1898 – 1949 | |
| USA | San Francisco cable car system | Part of San Francisco Municipal Railway | |
| USA | Trams in Tacoma | 1900 ? - 1938, resurrected as 1435 mm, in 2003 | |
| Wales | Great Orme Tramway | Only remaining cable-operated street tramway in UK, and one of only a few surviving in the world | |
| 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 5⁄16 in) | Brasil | Santa Teresa Tramway | |
| Germany | Trams in Braunschweig | ||
| Germany | Trams in Kiel | 1881 - 1985 | |
| Germany | Trams in Lübeck | 1881 - 1959 | |
| 4 ft (1,219 mm)[4] | New Zealand | Wellington tramway system | 1904 - 1964 |
| United Kingdom | Accrington Steam Tramways Company, Accrington Corporation Tramways, Haslingden Corporation Tramways, Rossendale Valley Tramways and Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways | 1886 - 1932 | |
| United Kingdom | Barrow-in-Furness Tramways Company | 1885 - 1932 | |
| United Kingdom | Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company, Blackburn Corporation Tramways and Darwen Corporation Tramways | 1887 - 1949 | |
| United Kingdom | Bradford Tramways Company, Bradford and Shelf Tramway Company and Bradford Corporation Tramways | 1882 - 1950 Note: Tapering Gauge at Stanningley Town Street to connect to Leeds 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, using splined axles. | |
| United Kingdom | Burnley Corporation Tramways, Nelson Corporation Tramways and Colne and Trawden Light Railway Company | 1881 - 1935 | |
| United Kingdom | Keighley Tramways Company | horse-drawn 1889-1904 | |
| 1,350 mm (4 ft 5 5⁄32 in)[5] | Brasil | Santos tramways[6] | Closed 1971, heritage streetcar opened 2000[7] |
| 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) | Japan | Toden Arakawa Line | |
| Japan | Tōkyū Setagaya Line | ||
| Japan | Hakodate City Tram | ||
| 4 ft 7 3⁄4 in (1,416 mm) | United Kingdom | Glasgow Corporation Tramways | 1872 - 1962 |
| United Kingdom | Huddersfield Corporation Tramways | 1882 - 1940 | |
| 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) | New Zealand | Dundedin electric trams | 1903 1956. All lines except Maori Hill which was 1067mm. |
2. Standard Gauge
| Standard gauge | Country code |
Network | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | Argentina | Tranvía del Este | 2007 - 2012 |
| Australia | Trams in Adelaide | Defunct, but one remaining, one line | |
| Australia | Glenelg Tram in Adelaide | Current, originally built as 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | |
| Australia | Trams in Ballarat | Heritage tramway | |
| Australia | Trams in Bendigo | Heritage tramway | |
| Australia | Trams in Brisbane | 1885 - 1969 | |
| Australia | G:link | ||
| Australia | Trams in Geelong | 1912 - 1956 | |
| Australia | Trams in Melbourne | ||
| Australia | Trams in Sydney | ||
| Austria | Trams in Graz | ||
| Austria | Trams in Vienna | ||
| Belgium | Trams in Brussels | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Trams in Sarajevo | Converted from 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) in 1960 | |
| Canada | Calgary C-Train | Street running in Downtown Calgary | |
| Canada | Edmonton Radial Railway | 1908 - 1951 | |
| Canada | Edmonton High Level Bridge Streetcar | Heritage streetcar | |
| Canada | Streetcars in Montreal | 18__ - 1959 | |
| Canada | Nelson Electric Tramway | Heritage streetcar | |
| Canada | Ottawa Electric Railway | 1891 - 1959 | |
| Canada | Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway | Heritage streetcar | |
| Canada | Cornwall Street Railway[8] | Defunct. Used for both trams and for freight cars from the CN mainline. Used for freight only under catenary until 9 October 1971[8] | |
| Canada | BC Electric Railway | Defunct, a part is used by the Southern Railway of British Columbia for freight. |
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| Czech Republic | Trams in Brno | ||
| Czech Republic | Trams in Ostrava | ||
| Czech Republic | Trams in Prague | ||
| Denmark | Trams in Aarhus | ||
| Denmark | Trams in Copenhagen | ||
| Egypt | Trams in Alexandria | ||
| Finland | Trams in Turku | 1890 - 1892, converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) (1908–1972) | |
| France | Trams in Angers | Originally 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) (1896 - 1949), restarted in 2011 as 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |
| France | Trams in Avignon | ||
| France | Trams in Besançon | ||
| France | Trams in Bordeaux | ||
| France | Trams in Brest | ||
| France | Trams in Dijon | ||
| France | Trams in Grenoble | ||
| France | Trams in Le Havre | Restarted in 2012 | |
| France | Trams in Le Mans | ||
| France | Trams in Lyon | ||
| France | Trams in Marseille | ||
| France | Trams in Montpellier | ||
| France | Trams in Mulhouse | ||
| France | Trams in Nantes | ||
| France | Trams in Nice | ||
| France | Trams in Orléans | ||
| France | Trams in Paris | ||
| France | Trams in Reims | ||
| France | Trams in Rouen | ||
| France | Trams in Strasbourg | ||
| France | Trams in Toulouse | ||
| France | Trams in Tours | ||
| France | Trams in Valenciennes | ||
| Germany | Trams in Berlin | ||
| Germany | Trams in Bingen | 1906 - 1955 | |
| Germany | Trams in Bonn | ||
| Germany | Trams in Bremen | ||
| Germany | Trams in Bremerhaven | ||
| Germany | Trams in Chemnitz | Converted from 914 mm (3 ft) (1893–ca 1914) and 925 mm (3 ft 13⁄32 in) (ca 1914–1950s / 1988) | |
| Germany | Trams in Cologne | ||
| Germany | Trams in Cuxhaven | 1914 - 1914 | |
| Germany | Trams in Dortmund | ||
| Germany | Trams in Duisburg | ||
| Germany | Trams in Düsseldorf | ||
| Germany | Trams in Eberswalde | 1910 - 1940 | |
| Germany | Trams in Frankfurt am Main | ||
| Germany | Trams in Gießen | 1909 - 1953 | |
| Germany | Trams in Hamburg | 1866 - 1978 | |
| Germany | Trams in Hanover | ||
| Germany | Trams in Hildesheim | 1905 - 1945 | |
| Germany | Trams in Ingolstadt | 1878 - 1921 | |
| Germany | Trams in Kaiserslautern | 1916 - 1935 | |
| Germany | Trams in Karlsruhe | ||
| Germany | Trams in Kassel | ||
| Germany | Trams in Munich | ||
| Germany | Trams in Nuremberg | ||
| Germany | Trams in Oldenburg | 1884-1884 | |
| Germany | Trams in Potsdam | ||
| Germany | Trams in Rostock | ||
| Germany | Trams in Saarbrücken | ||
| Germany | Trams in Schwerin | ||
| Germany | Trams in Stadthagen | 1897 - 1930 | |
| Germany | Trams in Strausberg | ||
| Germany | Trams in Stuttgart | ||
| Germany | Trams in Trier | 1890 - 1951 | |
| Germany | Trams in Wilhelmshaven | 1913 - 1945 | |
| Germany | Trams in Woltersdorf | ||
| Greece | Trams in Athens | ||
| Hungary | Trams in Budapest | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in), 1887 - 1889 | |
| Hungary | Trams in Debrecen | ||
| Hungary | Trams in Miskolc | ||
| Hungary | Trams in Szeged | ||
| India | Trams in Kolkata | ||
| Ireland | Trams in Dublin | closed 1949, new system (Luas) opened 2004 | |
| Israel | Trams in Jerusalem | ||
| Italy | Trams in Messina | 950 mm (3 ft 1 3⁄8 in) from 1917 to 1951, restarted as 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge in 2003 | |
| Italy | Trams in Palermo | ||
| Japan | Hankai Tramway | ||
| Mexico | Streetcars in Mexico City | Last streetcar line converted to Xochimilco Light Rail | |
| Netherlands | Trams in Amsterdam | Originally 1422mm | |
| Netherlands | Trams in The Hague | Connects with the trams in Rotterdam through Delft | |
| Netherlands | Trams in Rotterdam | Some parts originally 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| New Zealand | Trams in Auckland | Currently a heritage streetcar. Original system 1902 - 1956 also used standard gauge. | |
| New Zealand | Trams in Christchurch | Currently a heritage streetcar | |
| North Korea | Trams in Pyongyang | ||
| Norway | Trams in Bergen | 1897 - 1964 | |
| Norway | Trams in Oslo | ||
| Poland | Trams in Częstochowa | since 1959[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Gdańsk | horse-drawn 1873 - 1896, electric since 1896[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Gorzów Wielkopolski | since 1899 (break 1922-1924)[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Koszalin | 1911 - 1945[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Kraków | horse-drawn 1882-1901, electric (900 mm gauge) 1901-1953, electric (1,435 mm gauge) since 1913[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Olsztyn | since 2015 (1907-1965 - 1,000 mm)[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Poznań | horse-drawn 1880-1898, electric since 1898[1] | |
| Poland | Silesian Interurbans | Steam-powered 1894-1901, horse-drawn 1895-1899, electric (785 mm gauge) 1898-1951, electric (1,435 mm gauge) since 1912[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Szczecin | horse-drawn 1879-1898, electric since 1897[1] | |
| Poland | Trams in Warsaw | horse-drawn 1866-1916,[1] electric since 1908, diesel-powered (one route) in 1924. Converted from 1,524 mm (Russian gauge) in 1946-1950.[9] | |
| Poland | Trams in Wrocław | horse-drawn 1877-1906, electric since 1893[1] | |
| Portugal | Trams in Porto | Heritage streetcar | |
| Romania | Trams in Botoșani | ||
| Romania | Trams in Brăila | ||
| Romania | Trams in Bucharest | ||
| Romania | Trams in Cluj-Napoca | ||
| Romania | Trams in Craiova | ||
| Romania | Trams in Galați | ||
| Romania | Trams in Oradea | ||
| Romania | Trams in Ploiești | ||
| Romania | Trams in Reșița | ||
| Romania | Trams in Timișoara | ||
| Russia | Trams in Rostov-on-Don | ||
| Slovakia | Trams in Košice | ||
| Spain | Parla Tram | ||
| Spain | Trams in Zaragoza | Originally 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) (1885 - 1976), restarted in 2011 as 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |
| Sweden | Trams in Gothenburg | ||
| Sweden | Trams in Norrköping | ||
| Sweden | Trams in Stockholm | ||
| Turkey | Istanbul modern tram | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Kolomyia | Steam-powered 1886-ca.1944[1] | |
| United Arab Emirates | Trams in Dubai | ||
| United Kingdom | Trams in Blackpool | ||
| United Kingdom | Cambridge Street Tramways | Horse-drawn tramway service operating two routes, 1880 - 1914 | |
| United Kingdom | Croydon Tramlink | Some street running in Croydon | |
| United Kingdom | Trams in Edinburgh | ||
| United Kingdom | Manchester Metrolink | ||
| United Kingdom | Leeds Tramway | 1891 - November 1959 | |
| United Kingdom | Nottingham Express Transit | ||
| United Kingdom | Sheffield Supertram | ||
| USA | Baltimore Light Rail | Some street running | |
| USA | Streetcars in Boston | Only the Green Line "E" Branch is left | |
| USA | Charlotte, CityLynx Gold Line | Heritage streetcar | |
| USA | Chicago Surface Lines | 1913 – 1947 | |
| USA | Cincinnati Streetcar | Originally 1,588 mm (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) (1859 - 1951), restarted in 2016 (1,435 mm) | |
| USA | Dallas, McKinney Avenue Transit Authority | Heritage streetcar | |
| USA | Denver Light Rail | Originally 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (?), restarted in 1994 as 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), some street running | |
| USA | Little Rock, Metro Streetcar | Heritage streetcar | |
| USA | Greater Los Angeles Area, Pacific Electric | 1901–1961 | |
| USA | Historic Downtown Los Angeles Streetcar | Planned | |
| USA | Memphis, MATA Trolley | Heritage streetcar | |
| USA | San Diego Electric Railway | Converted from 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) in 1898, 1892 – 1949 | |
| USA | San Diego Trolley | ||
| USA | San Francisco Municipal Railway | ||
| USA | San Francisco , E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves | Heritage streetcar, part of San Francisco Municipal Railway |
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| USA | Trams in Seattle | ||
| USA | Tacoma Link | Originally 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (?), restarted in 2003 as 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |
| USA | Tampa, TECO Line Streetcar System | Heritage streetcar | |
| USA | Streetcars in Washington, D.C. | ||
| Wales | Swansea and Mumbles Railway | Originally a mineral line, regauged and relaid a number of times, operated latterly as a Tramway using the largest doubledeck trams ever made for UK use, often in pairs, closed by local bus company in 1960 |
3. Broad Gauge
| Broad gauge | Country code |
Network | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7⁄8 in) Italian gauge |
Italy | Trams in Milan | |
| Italy | Trams in Rome | ||
| Italy | Trams in Turin | ||
| 1,448 mm (4 ft 9 in) | United Kingdom | Belfast Corporation Tramways | 1905-1954 |
| 1,450 mm (4 ft 9 3⁄32 in) | Germany | Trams in Dresden | 1,440 mm (4 ft 8 11⁄16 in) until 1903 |
| Germany | Trams in Zittau | 1902 only, converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in), 1904 - 1919 | |
| Germany | Lößnitz tramway | ||
| 1,458 mm (4 ft 9 13⁄32 in) | Germany | Trams in Leipzig | |
| 1,495 mm (4 ft 10 7⁄8 in) | Canada | Toronto streetcar system | Transit City light rail lines will use standard gauge |
| 1,524 mm (5 ft) | Armenia | Trams in Yerevan | Originally 914 mm (3 ft) (1906 - 1918), 1933 - 2004 |
| Azerbaijan | Trams in Baku | 1889 - 2004 | |
| Azerbaijan | Trams in Ganja, Azerbaijan | 1933 - 1976 | |
| Azerbaijan | Trams in Sumqayit | 1959 - 2003 | |
| Belarus | Trams in Mazyr | ||
| Belarus | Trams in Minsk | converted from 1000 mm in 1929 | |
| Belarus | Trams in Navapolatsk | ||
| Belarus | Trams in Vitebsk | ||
| Georgia | Trams in Tbilisi | Converted from 914 mm (3 ft) (1883 - 1910) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) (1904 - 1934), 1,524 mm (5 ft): 1934 - 2006 | |
| Kazakhstan | Trams in Almaty | ||
| Kazakhstan | Trams in Oskemen | ||
| Kazakhstan | Trams in Pavlodar | ||
| Kazakhstan | Trams in Karaganda | ||
| Kazakhstan | Trams in Temirtau | ||
| Latvia | Trams in Daugavpils | ||
| Latvia | Trams in Riga | ||
| Russia | Trams in Angarsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Astrakhan | 1953 - 2007 | |
| Russia | Trams in Achinsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Biysk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Khabarovsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Dzerzhinsk, Russia | ||
| Russia | Trams in Grozny | 1932 - 1994/95 | |
| Russia | Trams in Irkutsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Izhevsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Ivanovo | 1953 - 2008 | |
| Russia | Trams in Yaroslavl | ||
| Russia | Trams in Yekaterinburg | ||
| Russia | Trams in Kaltan | 1957 - 1961 | |
| Russia | Trams in Karpinsk | 1946 - 1994 | |
| Russia | Trams in Kazan | ||
| Russia | Trams in Kemerovo | ||
| Russia | Trams in Kolomna | ||
| Russia | Trams in Komsomolsk-on-Amur | ||
| Russia | Trams in Krasnodar | ||
| Russia | Trams in Krasnoyarsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Krasnoturyinsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Kursk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Lipetsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Magnitogorsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Moscow | ||
| Russia | Trams in Naberezhnye Chelny | ||
| Russia | Trams in Nizhny Novgorod | ||
| Russia | Trams in Nizhny Tagil | ||
| Russia | Trams in Noginsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Novokuznetsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Novorossiysk | 1934 - 1969 | |
| Russia | Trams in Novosibirsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Novotroitsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Novocherkassk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Omsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Oryol | ||
| Russia | Trams in Orsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Osinniki | ||
| Russia | Trams in Perm | ||
| Russia | Trams in Prokopyevsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Ryazan | 1963 - 2010 | |
| Russia | Trams in Salavat, Russia | ||
| Russia | Trams in Samara | ||
| Russia | Trams in Saint Petersburg | ||
| Russia | Trams in Saratov | ||
| Russia | Trams in Ulyanovsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Zlatoust | ||
| Russia | Trams in Smolensk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Taganrog | ||
| Russia | Trams in Tomsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Chelyabinsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Cheryomushki | ||
| Russia | Trams in Cherepovets | ||
| Russia | Trams in Tula | ||
| Russia | Trams in Tver | ||
| Russia | Trams in Ufa | ||
| Russia | Trams in Ulan-Ude | ||
| Russia | Trams in Usolye-Sibirskoye | ||
| Russia | Trams in Ust-Ilimsk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Vladikavkaz | ||
| Russia | Trams in Vladivostok | ||
| Russia | Trams in Volgograd | ||
| Russia | Trams in Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast | ||
| Russia | Trams in Volchansk | ||
| Russia | Trams in Voronezh | 1926 - 2009 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Avdiivka | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Berdychiv | 1892 - 1921 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi | 1904 - 1930 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Brovary | 1934 - 1941 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Kharkiv | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Kamianske | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Dnipro | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Donetsk | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Druzhkivka | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Horlivka | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Yenakiieve | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Kerch | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Kiev | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Konotop | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Kramatorsk | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Kryvyi Rih | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Luhansk | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Makiivka | 1924 - 2006 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Mariupol | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Mykolaiv | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Odessa | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Zaporizhia | ||
| Ukraine | Trams in Stakhanov, Ukraine | 1937 - 2008 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Sviatohirsk | 1930 - 1941 | |
| Ukraine | Trams in Vuhlehirsk | 1958 - 1980 | |
| USA | Trams in Camden | 1871 - 1935 | |
| USA | Trams in Louisville | ? - 1948 | |
| Uzbekistan | Trams in Samarkand | 1942 - 1973 | |
| Uzbekistan | Trams in Tashkent | ||
| 1,575 mm (5 ft 2 in) | USA | Trams in Columbus | 1863 - 1948 |
| 1,581 mm (5 ft 2 1⁄4 in) | USA | Philadelphia, SEPTA | |
| 1,588 mm (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | USA | Streetcars in Cincinnati | 1859 - 1951, former system operated by Cincinnati Street Railway. The modern system that opened in 2016 uses standard gauge. |
| USA | New Orleans streetcar system | ||
| USA | Pittsburgh Railways | 1902 - 1964, parts of it are replaced by the Pittsburgh Light Rail system which continues to use the same track gauge. | |
| 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | Australia | Adelaide horse tram network | 1879 - ?, Port Adelaide to Albert Park only |
| Australia | St Kilda to Brighton Beach Street Railway (Melbourne) | 1906 - 1959. Operated by Victorian Railways. | |
| Australia | Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram | Heritage system reinstated in 1986. | |
| Ireland | Hill of Howth Tramway | 1901 - 1959 | |
| USA | Trams in Altoona[3] | 188_ - 1954 | |
| 1,638 mm (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)[5] | USA | Baltimore Streetcar System | This track gauge is not used by the Baltimore Light Rail system, but is confined to the Baltimore Streetcar Museum. |
The content is sourced from: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:List_of_tram_track_gauges
References
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- "The Cable Car Home Page - Cable Tramways in Australia and New Zealand". http://cable-car-guy.com/html/ccoznz.html#dun.
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