List of tram builders
Encyclopedia
This is a worldwide list of tram
builders. Trams may also be called streetcars or trolleys in certain countries.
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
builders. Trams may also be called streetcars or trolleys in certain countries.
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| Europe | Austria Belarus Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Poland Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom |
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Australia
- Newstead Tram Cars – Historic-tramcar replicas
- Bendigo Tramways Historic-tramcar replicas
- Duncan and Fraser, Adelaide
- Commonwealth EngineeringCommonwealth EngineeringThe Commonwealth Engineering Company Limited is the brand name of a former Australian Engineering Company that designed Locomotives, Electrical Multiple Units , Diesel Multiple Units and Trams.-History:...
Canada
- Bombardier TransportationBombardier TransportationBombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm, Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail-equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin, Germany....
- Thunder Bay, OntarioThunder Bay, OntarioThunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario, and the second most populous in Northern Ontario after Greater Sudbury...
- Urban Transportation Development CorporationUrban Transportation Development CorporationThe Urban Transportation Development Corporation, or UTDC as it was commonly known, was an Ontario, Canada, Crown corporation created in the 1970s as a way to enter what was then expected to be a burgeoning market in advanced light rail mass transit systems...
- Thunder Bay, OntarioThunder Bay, OntarioThunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario, and the second most populous in Northern Ontario after Greater Sudbury...
1973–1990s (used old CC&F plant) - Hawker Siddeley CanadaHawker Siddeley CanadaHawker Siddeley Canada was the Canadian unit of the Hawker Siddeley Group of the United Kingdom and manufactured railcars, subway cars, streetcars, aircraft engines and ships from the 1960s to 1980s.-History:...
- Thunder Bay, OntarioThunder Bay, OntarioThunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario, and the second most populous in Northern Ontario after Greater Sudbury...
1962–2001 (old CC&F plant) - Canadian Car and FoundryCanadian Car and FoundryCanadian Car and Foundry also variously known as "Canadian Car & Foundry," or more familiarly as "Can Car," manufactured buses, railroad rolling stock and later aircraft for the Canadian market...
- Thunder Bay, OntarioThunder Bay, OntarioThunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario, and the second most populous in Northern Ontario after Greater Sudbury...
1897-1913; 1940s
- Urban Transportation Development Corporation
- Ottawa Car CompanyOttawa Car CompanyOttawa Car Company was a builder of streetcars for the Canadian market and was founded in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1891. The plant was located at Kent and Slater Streets, a short distance from Parliament Hill...
- Ottawa, Ontario 1891-1947
- Preston Car CompanyPreston Car CompanyThe Preston Car Company was a Canadian manufacturer of streetcars and other railway equipment, founded in 1908. The company was located in the town of Preston, Ontario...
- Preston, OntarioPreston, OntarioPreston is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Prior to its amalgamation with the city of Galt, the town of Hespeler and the village of Blair to form the new city in 1973, it was an independent town. It is located near the confluence of the Grand River and Speed River...
(now Cambridge, OntarioCambridge, OntarioCambridge is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair.Galt covers the largest portion of...
) 1908-1920s, bought by Brill
- Toronto Railway Company - Toronto, Ontario 1891-1920, wooden cars for mostly in-house use only, but built some cars for Mexico and Western Canadian operators by subsidiary Convertible Car Company of Toronto
- James Crossen-Cobourg Car Works - Cobourg, OntarioCobourg, OntarioCobourg is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario 95 km east of Toronto. It is the largest town in Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is located along Highway 401 and the former Highway 2...
1890-1915
Croatia
- CrotramCROTRAMCrotram is a Croatian consortium of two companies, which produces the first Croatian low-floor tram . It consists of Končar Elektroindustrija d.d. and TŽV Gredelj d.o.o., both from Zagreb...
- Đuro Đaković (factory) (produced trams, 1957–1993)
- ZET Zagreb (produced trams, 1922–195x)
Czech Republic
- ČKD (1951–1999)
- Inekon TramsInekon TramsInekon Trams, a.s. is a manufacturer of trams, or streetcars, located in the Czech Republic, and has supplied new trams to several cities in the Czech Republic and the United States. The company also carries out modernisation and repair of trams, as well as track reconstruction...
- Pragoimex
- ŠkodaŠkoda WorksŠkoda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austro-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century...
- Tatra
Germany
- AdtranzAdtranzABB Daimler-Benz Transportation , commonly known under its brand Adtranz, was a multi-national rail transport equipment manufacturer with facilities concentrated in Europe and the USA....
(also in Sweden, bought out by Bombardier in 2001) - DUEWAGDUEWAGThe DUEWAG AG was one of Germany's major manufacturers for rail vehicles. The business was sold in 1999 to Siemens transportation.- History :The company was founded in 1898 as Waggonfabrik Uerdingen AG in Uerdingen...
(sold to Siemens in 1999) - Gothaer WaggonfabrikGothaer WaggonfabrikGothaer Waggonfabrik was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Gotha. During the two world wars, the company expanded into aircraft building.-World War I:...
- SiemensSiemens AGSiemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....
India
- Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.
- Jessop India Ltd.
- Premier Manufacturer
Japan
- ALNA Sharyo
- Kawasaki Heavy IndustriesKawasaki Heavy Industriesis an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....
- Kinki SharyoKinki Sharyois an Osaka, Japan-based manufacturer of railroad vehicles. It is an affiliate company of Kintetsu Corporation.In business since 1920 and renamed The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd in 1945...
- Niigata Transys CompanyNiigata Transys Companyis a Japanese railway vehicle and equipment manufacturer.-LRV:* KCT - Kumamoto City Transportation* MOMO - Okayama Electric Railway* Portam TLR0600 tramcar* Centram 9000 series tramcar-Diesel Multiple Units:* KiHa 32 series* KiHa 48 series* KiHa 85 series...
- Nippon SharyoNippon Sharyo, , formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until 2004. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange...
- Tokyu Car CorporationTokyu Car Corporationis a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan. The company is based in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama, Japan, and a member of Tokyu Group. Tokyu Car manufactures rail vehicles not only for Tokyu Corporation but for other Japanese operators, including various Japan Railways Group companies and...
Poland
- FPS "Cegielski"H. Cegielski - Poznan S.A.H. Cegielski - Poznań S.A. is a well-known Polish manufacturing company from the city of Poznań. The company is locally known as Ceglorz, and since 1923 has also used the HCP symbol.-History:...
- KonstalKonstalKonstal is a Polish tram builder.They made several types of trams, amongst others:* Konstal 105Na* Konstal 105N* Konstal 105NWr* Konstal 805Nm...
- PESA BydgoszczPESA SAPESA is a train manufacturing company based in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The company is the oldest producer of railway vehicles in Poland. It delivers vehicles to a number of customers in European countries, including Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Italy, and Poland...
- RMT Protram
- SolarisSolaris Bus & CoachSolaris Bus & Coach S.A. is a bus, coach and trolleybus manufacturer based in Bolechowo-Osiedle and Środa Wielkopolska, near Poznań, Poland.It is a family-owned business, with Krzysztof Olszewski as president and his wife Solange as chairman...
Romania
- Astra Arad
- Electro Putere Craiova
- Electrometal Timisoara 1972–1990
- U.R.A.C. Bucharest
Russia
- Saint Petersburg Tramway-Mechanical Plant
- Ust-Katav Vagon-Building Plant
- Uraltransmash
Switzerland
- Schweizerische Industrie GesellschaftSchweizerische Industrie GesellschaftSchweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft , or SIG, is the former name of SIG Holding AG, a Swiss company that has been active in various businesses during its more than 150 years of operation. Since the year 2000 the Society has undergone strategic refocus, concentrating on its core compentence in...
(SIG) - Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-ZürichSchweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-ZürichThe Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG , which was based at Schlieren in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, was a manufacturer of railway rolling stock....
(SWS) - StadlerStadler RailStadler Rail AG , based in Bussnang, Switzerland, is a Swiss manufacturer of rail passenger cars.In 1942 Ernst Stadler founded the Stadler Engineering Office which later became Stadler Rail.- Factories :...
United Kingdom
- Dick, Kerr & Co.Dick, Kerr & Co.Dick, Kerr and Company was a locomotive and tramcar manufacturer based in Kilmarnock, Scotland and Preston, England.-Early history:Having previously been known as W.B.Dick and Company the company had built all kinds of tramway equipment and rolling stock. From 1883 the company joined with John Kerr...
- English Electric Company
- TRAM Power Ltd—CitytramCitytramThe Tram Power City Class Light Rail Vehicle is a prototype two car articulated electric tram previously tested on the Blackpool Tramway It operates off a power supply between 550V and 800V DC...
United States
- American Car CompanyAmerican Car CompanyAmerican Car Company was a streetcar manufacturing company based in St. Louis, USA. It was founded in 1891 by William Sutton and Emil Alexander, who had previously founded the Laclede Car Company in 1883 also in St. Louis, and had both got their start working in the streetcar business at St...
- J. G. Brill and Company
- Brookville Equipment Corporation – Historic-streetcar replicas
- Cincinnati Car CompanyCincinnati Car CompanyCincinnati Car Company or Cincinnati Car Corporation was a subsidiary of Ohio Traction Company. It designed and constructed interurban cars, streetcars and buses. It was founded in 1902 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1928 it bought the Versare Car Company.The company was among the first to make...
1902-1938 - Edwards Rail Car Company (1997-2008) – Historic-streetcar replicas
- Gomaco Trolley CompanyGomaco Trolley CompanyThe Gomaco Trolley Company is a manufacturer of vintage-style streetcars , located in Ida Grove, Iowa, United States...
– Historic-streetcar replicas - W. L. Holman Car CompanyW. L. Holman Car CompanyW. L. Holman Car Company was a streetcar and cable car manufacturer based in San Francisco, California. It mainly built equipment for rail operation, including San Francisco Municipal Railway's first publicly-owned streetcar and some of the Cable Cars you see today still operating on San...
1894-1912 - Jewett Car CompanyJewett Car CompanyThe Jewett Car Company was an early 20th century American industrial company that manufactured street cars.The company was founded in 1893 in Jewett, Ohio, where its first factory was located. In 1904, the company relocated from Jewett to a site along South Williams Street in Newark, Ohio, but...
1893-1919 - Miner Railcar (now Kasgro Rail Equipment) – Diesel-electric-powered historic-streetcar replicas
- Niles Car and Manufacturing CompanyNiles Car and Manufacturing CompanyThe Niles Car and Manufacturing Company was a United States manufacturer of railroad equipment, including many streetcar and interurban cars. It was founded in 1901 in Niles, Ohio, and ceased producing railroad cars in 1917; the plant and equipment were purchased by the Engel Aircraft Company to...
- Pullman CompanyPullman CompanyThe Pullman Palace Car Company, founded by George Pullman, manufactured railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. Pullman developed the sleeping car which carried his name into the 1980s...
/Pullman Standard 1891-1952 for streetcars - Russell Car Company
- St. Louis Car CompanySt. Louis Car CompanyThe St. Louis Car Company was a major United States manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, streetcars, trolleybuses and locomotives that existed from 1887–1973, based in St. Louis, Missouri.-History:...
1887–1973 - John Stephenson Company 1832-1917
- Perley A. Thomas Car WorksPerley A. Thomas Car WorksPerley A. Thomas Car Works, Inc. was a 20th century builder of wooden and steel streetcars, based in High Point, North Carolina in the United States.It was named for its founder, Perley A. Thomas...
1917-1936; bus manufacturer from 1936 on - Transportation Innovations Group – Historic-streetcar replicas
- Tran Systems – Restores historic streetcars
- United Streetcar, LLCUnited StreetcarUnited Streetcar, LLC, is a manufacturer of streetcars, located in the Clackamas area in the southeastern suburbs of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is the only U.S. company building modern streetcars, as distinct from light rail cars or new replicas of historic streetcars. United Streetcar is...
– Low-floor modern streetcars