List of local streetcar systems in the United States
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This is a list of local streetcar systems (i.e. not interurban
Interurban
An interurban, also called a radial railway in parts of Canada, is a type of electric passenger railroad; in short a hybrid between tram and train. Interurbans enjoyed widespread popularity in the first three decades of the twentieth century in North America. Until the early 1920s, most roads were...

s) in the United States by political division
Political divisions of the United States
The political units and divisions of the United States include:*The 50 states are subdivided into counties . The counties may be further subdivided into townships, or towns in New York and New England...

 and operating company. It includes all such systems that existed prior to the modern light rail
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...

 era. Not all predecessors are listed.

Alabama

Anniston
  • Alabama Power Company
    Alabama Power Company
    Alabama Power Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a company in the southern United States that provides electricity service to 1.3 million homes, businesses, and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. It is one of four U.S...

    , formerly Anniston Electric and Gas Company: abandoned April 20, 1932


Birmingham
  • Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company: abandoned April 19, 1953


Calera
  • South Calera Street Railway


Decatur
  • North Alabama Traction Company


Fairhope
  • Peoples Railroad


Gadsden
  • Alabama Power Company
    Alabama Power Company
    Alabama Power Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a company in the southern United States that provides electricity service to 1.3 million homes, businesses, and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. It is one of four U.S...

    , formerly Alabama City, Gadsden and Attalla Railway: abandoned January 1934
  • Gadsden, Bellevue and Lookout Mountain Railway


Huntsville
  • Alabama Power Company
    Alabama Power Company
    Alabama Power Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a company in the southern United States that provides electricity service to 1.3 million homes, businesses, and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. It is one of four U.S...

    , formerly Huntsville Railway, Light and Power Company: abandoned February 15, 1931


Mobile
  • Mobile Light and Railroad Company: abandoned 1941


Montgomery
  • Montgomery Light and Traction Company: abandoned April 8, 1936]


Selma
  • Selma Electric Railway: abandoned 1924


Sheffield
  • Sheffield Company: abandoned February 1933


Tuscaloosa
  • Tuscaloosa Railway and Utilities Company: abandoned November 1941


Union Springs
  • Union Springs Street Car Company

Arizona

Douglas
  • Douglas Traction and Light Company: abandoned 1924


Phoenix
  • Phoenix Railway: abandoned February 16, 1948


Prescott
  • Prescott and Mount Union Railway: abandoned 1911


Tucson
  • Tucson Rapid Transit Company: abandoned December 31, 1930

Arkansas

Eureka Springs
  • Eureka Traction Company


Fort Smith
  • Fort Smith Light and Traction Company
  • Fort Smith – Oklahoma Light and Traction Company


Helena
  • West Helena Consolidated Company


Hot Springs
  • Central Arkansas Railway and Light Corporation


Little Rock
  • Intercity Terminal Railway
  • Little Rock Railway and Electric Company


Pine Bluff
  • Pine Bluff Company


Texarkana
  • Southwestern Gas and Electric Company


Walnut Ridge
  • Central Power and Light Company

California

Bakersfield
  • Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway
    Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway
    The Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway was a streetcar company which operated between Bakersfield and Sumner , in California. Later, after Kern City was annexed by Bakersfield, the streetcar company operated completely in Bakersfield. The company was originally formed in 1887, under the name...



Burlingame
  • Burlingame Electric Railway


Chico
  • Sacramento Northern Railroad


Eureka
  • Humboldt Transit Company


Exeter
  • Visalia Electric Railroad
    Visalia Electric Railroad
    The Visalia Electric Railroad, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad, began as an electric interurban railroad in Tulare County, in the U.S. State of California. The railroad was incorporated on April 22, 1904....



Fresno
  • Fresno Traction Company


Glendale
  • Glendale and Montrose Railway
    Glendale and Montrose Railway
    The Glendale and Montrose Railway Company was an interurban electrified railway in Southern California, in the United States of America.It was built from Glendale through Montrose to Eagle Rock in 1909 and to La Crescenta in 1913. Its trains traversed Union Pacific tracks to reach Los...



Grass Valley
  • Nevada County Traction Company
    Nevada County Traction Company
    The Nevada County Traction Company was an interurban electrified railway in Nevada County, part of the U.S. State of California in the United States of America. It connected Grass Valley and Nevada City, a total of about six miles of track, using streetcar technology...



Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles Railway
    Los Angeles Railway
    The Los Angeles Railway was a system of streetcars that operated in central Los Angeles, California and the immediate surrounding neighborhoods between from 1901 and 1963. Except for two short funicular railways it operated on tracks...

  • Pacific Electric Railway
    Pacific Electric Railway
    The Pacific Electric Railway , also known as the Red Car system, was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars, light rail, and buses...



Monterey
  • Monterey and Pacific Grove Railway


Napa
  • San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway
    San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway
    The San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway, later briefly reorganized as the San Francisco and Napa Valley Railroad, was an electric interurban railroad in the U.S. State of California....



Oakland
  • San Francisco – Oakland Terminal Railways


Ontario
  • Pacific Electric Railway
    Pacific Electric Railway
    The Pacific Electric Railway , also known as the Red Car system, was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars, light rail, and buses...

    , formerly Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad


Petaluma
  • Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad
    Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad
    The Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad was an electric interurban railway in Sonoma County, California, United States. It operated between the cities of Petaluma, Sebastopol, Forestville, and Santa Rosa...



Sacramento
  • Pacific Gas and Electric Company
    Pacific Gas and Electric Company
    The Pacific Gas and Electric Company , commonly known as PG&E, is the utility that provides natural gas and electricity to most of the northern two-thirds of California, from Bakersfield almost to the Oregon border...

    , formerly Sacramento Electric, Gas and Railway Company


San Diego
  • Bay Shore Railroad
  • Los Angeles and San Diego Beach Railway
  • San Diego Electric Railway
    San Diego Electric Railway
    The San Diego Electric Railway was a mass transit system in Southern California, USA, using streetcars and buses.The SDERy was established by "sugar heir," developer, and entrepreneur John D. Spreckels in 1892...



San Francisco
  • California Street Cable Railroad
    California Street Cable Railroad
    The California Street Cable Railroad was a long-serving cable car operator in San Francisco, founded by Leland Stanford. The company's first line opened on California Street in 1878 and is still in operation, being the oldest cable car line still in operation.The company remained independent until...

  • Municipal Railway of San Francisco
  • Ocean Shore Railroad
    Ocean Shore Railroad
    The Ocean Shore Railroad was intended to be built from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, California, via a route along the Pacific coastline.-History:...

  • United Railroads of San Francisco


San Jose
  • Peninsular Railway
  • San Jose Railroads


Santa Barbara
  • Santa Barbara and Suburban Railway


Santa Cruz
  • Union Traction Company
    Union Traction Company
    The Union Traction Company was a trolley line that ran from Hackensack through Carlstadt to Rutherford, New Jersey. The line was conceived by Delos E. Culver. Originally the line was to run from Hackensack to Kearny, New Jersey but the company became insolvent and was merged into other trolley...



Stockton
  • Stockton Electric Railroad


Watsonville
  • Watsonville Railway and Navigation Company
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