List of town tramway systems in the Czech Republic
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This is a list of town tramway systems in the Czech Republic. It includes all tram systems, past and present.
Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Bohumín Bohumín Bohumín is a town in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic on the border with Poland. The confluence of the Oder and Olza Rivers is situated just north of the town. The town lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.... |
Horse | 22 Dec 1902 | 13 Oct 1903 | |
Steam | 13 Oct 1903 2 Jan 1918 |
23 Sep 1916 23 Jul 1918 |
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Electric | 23 Sep 1916 23 Jul 1918 |
2 Jan 1918 1 Aug 1973 |
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Brno Brno Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District... |
Horse | 17 Aug 1869 4 Jun 1876 |
1874 3 Oct 1880 |
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Steam | 31 May 1884 | 21 Jun 1900 | ||
Electric | 21 Jun 1900 | |||
České Budějovice Ceské Budejovice České Budějovice is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice and of the University of South Bohemia and the Academy of Sciences... |
Electric | 15 Jun 1909 | 2 Mar 1950 | |
Český Těšín Ceský Tešín Český Těšín is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is commonly known in the region as just Těšín . It lies on the west bank of the Olza River, in the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia... /Cieszyn Cieszyn Cieszyn is a border-town and the seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has 36,109 inhabitants . Cieszyn lies on the Olza River, a tributary of the Oder river, opposite Český Těšín.... |
Electric | 12 February 1911 | 2 April 1921 | After city was divided in 1920, line became international with Border control Border control Border controls are measures used by a country to monitor or regulate its borders.The control of the flow of many people, animals and goods across a border may be controlled by government Customs services. Security is enforced by various kinds of Border Guards and Coast Guards... s, that led to closure |
Liberec Liberec Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic.... |
Electric | 25 Aug 1897 | ||
Jablonec nad Nisou Jablonec nad Nisou Jablonec nad Nisou is a town in northern Bohemia, the second largest town of the Liberec Region. It is known as a mountain resort in the Jizera Mountains, an education centre, and a centre of world-production of glass and jewellery... |
Electric | 7 Feb 1900 | 31 Mar 1965 | |
Liberec - Jablonec Tramway line between Liberec and Jablonec The 12 km long tramway line between cities Liberec and Jablonec nad Nisou in the Czech Republic is an intercity transportation system connecting these cities.-Overview:... |
Electric | 16 Nov 1953 | Part of line opened 16 Nov 1953, completed 1955. Partial closures for reconstruction during 1972 - 1975. | |
Jihlava Jihlava Jihlava is a city in the Czech Republic. Jihlava is a centre of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava river on the ancient frontier between Moravia and Bohemia, and is the oldest mining town in the Czech Republic, ca. 50 years older than Kutná Hora.Among the principal buildings are the... |
Electric | 26 Aug 1909 | 4 Dec 1948 | |
Mariánské Lázně Mariánské Lázne Mariánské Lázně is a spa town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. The town, surrounded by green mountains, is a mosaic of parks and noble houses... |
Electric | 12 May 1902 | 26 Apr 1952 | |
Most Most Most is the capital city of the Most District, situated between the Czech Central Mountains and the Ore Mountains, approximately northwest of Prague along the Bílina River and southwest of Ústí nad Labem.-Etymology:... - Litvínov Litvínov Litvínov is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. The largest oil refinery in the Czech Republic is located there. Models Eva Herzigová and Iva Frühlingová come from Litvínov. The HC Litvínov ice hockey club is based in the town.... |
Electric | 7 Aug 1901 | New alignment opened 30 Dec 1957, original alignment closed 24 Mar 1961. | |
Olomouc Olomouc Olomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. Nowadays, it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic... |
Electric | 1 Apr 1899 | ||
Opava Opava Opava is a city in the northern Czech Republic on the river Opava, located to the north-west of Ostrava. The historical capital of Czech Silesia, Opava is now in the Moravian-Silesian Region and has a population of 59,843 as of January 1, 2005.... |
Electric | 4 Dec 1905 | 23 Apr 1956 | |
Ostrava Ostrava Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava was candidate for the... |
Steam | 18 Aug 1894 | 1 May 1901 | |
Electric | 1 May 1901 | |||
Plzeň | Electric | 29 Jun 1899 | ||
Praha Prague Tram System The Prague tram system is the largest tram system in the Czech Republic, consisting of 140 kilometres of track, over 900 tram cars, and 33 lines with a total route length of 540 km. It is operated by Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy a.s., a company owned by the City of Prague. The system... |
Horse | 23 Sep 1875 | 12 May 1905 | |
Electric | 18 Jul 1891 | |||
Teplice Teplice Teplice , Teplice-Šanov until 1948 is a town in the Czech Republic, the capital of the Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is the state's second largest spa town .... |
Electric | 26 Jul 1895 | 28 Feb 1959 | |
Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction... |
Electric | 1 Jul 1899 | 1 Jun 1970 | |
Vítkovice Vítkovice (Ostrava) Vítkovice is an administrative district of the city of Ostrava, capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. Situated on the left bank of the Ostravice River in the Moravian part of the city, Vítkovice was a town in its own right until its incorporation in 1924.-History:The... |
Steam | 3 Jul 1913 | 29 Mar 1934 | |
Electric | 29 Mar 1934 | Vítkovice, now part of Ostrava and served by the Ostrava town tramway system, had a separate tramway to 1953 | ||