List of town tramway systems in Ukraine
This is a list of town tramway systems in Ukraine by oblast . It includes all tram systems, past and present; cities with currently operating systems are indicated in bold. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Nizhyn
Nizhyn
Horse
1915
1920s?
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Trams in Yevpatoria
Yevpatoria
Electric
23 May 1914
-
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ).Note for Yevpatoria: Operation suspended 1919–1923 because of war. Operated only during summer season, 1923–1941. Operation suspended 1941–1944 because of war. Operation resumed 1944, then suspended 1944–1947.
Kerch
Electric
7 Nov 1935
Nov 1941
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
Molochne
Electric
18 Aug 1989
Aug 2014
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ).Note for Molochne: Built by the Pension Bérégovoy resort to provide transportation between the guest-house complex and the beach (on the Black Sea). Operates only during summer season.
Simferopol
Electric
13 Aug 1914
1 Dec 1970
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Operation suspended 1941 (or 1942) – 1944 because of war.
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Trams in Avdiivka
Avdiivka
Electric
23 Aug 1965
Jan 2017
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) From Jan 2017 on, operation is suspended due to the War in Donbas .
Trams in Donetsk
Donetsk
Electric
15 Jun 1928
-
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft )
Trams in Druzhkivka [uk ]
Druzhkivka
Electric
5 Dec 1945
-
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft )
Trams in Horlivka [uk ]
Horlivka
Electric
7 Nov 1932
-
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 10 May 1945 because of war.
Trams in Kostiantynivka [uk ]
Kostiantynivka
Electric
23 Aug 1931
26 Dec 2016
Operation suspended Oct 1941 – 1 May 1944 and Jun 2004 – 2008. Unconnected line opened 1933, connected to original system 1965. Reopening in 2008.
Trams in Kramatorsk [uk ]
Kramatorsk
Electric
12 May 1937
1 Aug 2017
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft )
Trams in Makiivka [uk ]
Makiivka
Electric
21 Aug 1927
3 Jul 2006
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft )
♦ Shchyhlivka
Electric
23 Nov 1924 1956
1941
Reopened and connected with the main Makiivka system, 1956.
Trams in Mariupol
Mariupol
Electric
1 May 1933 2 May 2023
2 March 2022
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) Destroyed by Russians during the Siege of Mariupol in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ; Reopened in 2023.
Trams in Sviatohirsk [uk ]
Sviatohirsk
Petrol (gasoline) traction
1930(?)
1941
Sloviansk [citation needed ]
Steam
1894
1941(?)
Trams in Vuhlehirsk [uk ]
Vuhlehirsk
Electric
10 Nov 1958
28 Jun 1980
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft )
Trams in Yenakiieve
Yenakiieve
Electric
24 May 1932
-
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 8 Sep 1944 because of war.
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Trams in Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Horse
24 Sep 1882
?
Electric
16 Jul 1906
-
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) Operation suspended 1 Jan 1920 – Jun 1921 because of war.
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Kirovohrad [uk ]
Kropyvnytskyi (then Kirovohrad)
Electric
25 Jul 1897
Aug 1941(?)
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Trams in Kyiv
Kyiv
Horse
11 Aug 1891
1896
Steam
19 Feb 1892
1904
Electric
13 Jun 1892
-
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) First electric tramway in Russian Empire (and thus in Ukraine ). Express tramway opened 1979.
♦ Darnytsia
Petrol (gasoline)
May 1912
1934
Operation suspended 1920–1925.
Electric
1926
Connected to main Kyiv system 1925. (Darnytsya is on the left bank of the Dnieper River . Tramway segment on Paton Bridge closed 9 Jun 2004, dividing the Kyiv system into two portions.)
♦ Demiivka
Electric
1909 1926
1919 ?
Connected with main Kyiv system 1926.
♦ Sviatoshyn
Horse
1898
1901
Electric
1901
?
Connected with main Kyiv system 1923.
♦ Darnytsia - Brovary
Petrol (gasoline)
1912
1934
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Luhansk [uk ]
Luhansk
Electric
3 May 1934
15 Jul 2014
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war. Temporary suspension of operation because of Russian invasion 2014 changed to perpetual.
♦ Kamianyi Brid
Electric
May 1935
18 February 2008
Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war. Connected with main Luhansk system 1965, disconnected and closed down in 2008.
Kadiivka
Electric
15 Dec 1937
Dec 2007
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft )
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Trams in Lviv
Lviv
Horse
5 May 1880
1908(?)
Electric
31 May 1894
-
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Construction of tramway tunnel started ca. 1989, stopped 1992.
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Trams in Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
Horse
8 Aug 1897 1918
1915 1921
Electric
3 Jan 1915 May 1922
1918 -
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) Electric tramway operation suspended because of war.
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Poltava [uk ]
Poltava
(Electric)
1923
2002
Construction started 1962, not completed.
Kremenchuk
(Electric)
11 December 1899
1921
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Sevastopol [uk ]
Sevastopol
Electric
24 Sep 1898
1942
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
♦ Sevastopol - Balaklava
Electric
1925
1942
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Trams in Konotop [uk ]
Konotop
Electric
25 Dec 1949
-
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft )
Sumy
Horse
1958
1999
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) Zinoviev "Parovoz" . Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. includes Sumy in a list of Ukrainian towns which have or had tramways, but provides no details.
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Trams in Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia
Electric
28 Oct 1913
-
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Operation suspended Feb 1920 – 27 Nov 1921, and Mar 1944 – Jun 1945, because of war.
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Zaporizhzhia Tram
Zaporizhzhia
Electric
17 Jul 1932
-
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft ) Operation suspended 1943 – 12 Oct 1944 because of war.
Name of system
Location
Traction type
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Berdychiv
Horse
4 Aug 1892
1921
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft )
Trams in Zhytomyr [uk ]
Zhytomyr
Electric
3 Sep 1899
-
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Operation suspended 1918 – 10 Aug 1920 because of war.
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