List of town tramway systems in Russia


This is a list of town tramway systems in Russia by federal district. 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 two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard-gauge railway track are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

[Siberian Federal District]

Name of systemLocationTraction typeDate Date Notes
Trams in BarnaulBarnaul ElectricSep 1949-Gauge:
Express tramway opened 26 September 1985.
Trams in BiyskBiysk Electric13 Jun 1960-Gauge:
Trams in IrkutskIrkutsk Electric3 Aug 1947-Gauge:
Trams in Angarsk♦ Angarsk Electric27 Nov 1953-Gauge:
Trams in Usolye Sibirskoye♦ Usolye Sibirskoye
Electric16 Feb 1967-Gauge:
Trams in KemerovoKemerovo Electric1 May 1940-Gauge:
Trams in CheryomushkiCheryomushki
Electric18 May 1991-Gauge:
Connects railway station with hydropower dam and generating station.
Trams are double ended.
Trams in KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk Electric29 Apr 1958-Gauge:
Trams in KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk Horse1935?
Trams in AchinskAchinsk Electric15 Apr 1967-Gauge:
Trams in NovokuznetskNovokuznetsk Electric30 Nov 1933-Gauge:
Unconnected line on the right bank of the river Tom (Томь) opened 30 November 1969.
'Osinniki Electric1 Nov 1960-Gauge:
'Prokopyevsk Electric18 May 1936-Gauge:
Unconnected line in eastern extremity opened 5 November 1956, connected with main Prokopyevsk system 1964.
Trams in NovosibirskNovosibirsk Electric26 Nov 1934-Gauge:
Unconnected lines on the left bank of the river Ob (Обь) opened 4 May 1941. Tramway service across river Ob, 1955–1992.
Trams in OmskOmsk Electric8 Nov 1936-Gauge:
Trams in TomskTomsk Electric1 May 1949-Gauge: Running in started 25 April 1949.
Trams in Ulan-UdeUlan-Ude Electric16 Dec 1958-Gauge:
Ust-Ilimsk
Electric15 Sep 198830 Dec 2022Gauge:
High speed tramway, owned by the timber company that the line serves.
Malyshev Log ElectricNov 19571961Gauge:
From Kaltan to a mine

[Northwestern Federal District]

Name of systemLocationTraction typeDate Date Notes
Trams in ArkhangelskArkhangelsk Electric26 Jun 191621 Jul 2004Gauge:
From 1916 until its closure, it was the world's northernmost electric town tramway.
Trams in CherepovetsCherepovets Electric19 Oct 1956-Gauge:
Trams in KaliningradKaliningrad
Horse26 May 1881Jun 1901Gauge:
Trams in KaliningradKaliningrad
Electric31 May 1895-Gauge:
Operation suspended January 1945 – 7 November 1946 because of war.
Pskov Horse1 Nov 19091911Gauge:
Pskov Electric9 Jan 1912Jul 1941Gauge:
Cheryokha Horse1890c. 1918Served resort
Trams in Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg
Horse27 Aug 1863Sep 1917Gauge:
Trams in Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg
Steam18821922Gauge:
Trams in Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg
Electric29 Sep 1907-Gauge:
Operation suspended 8 December 1941 – 15 April 1942 because of war. Until 2002 ranked as world's largest operating town tramway.
♦Steam??Sankt-Peterburg / Санкт-Петербург - Ozerki / Озерки, Sestroretsk / Сестрорецк - Kurort / Курорт, branch to Lisi Nos.
♦ Popovka Horse??Connected Popovka / Поповка with Zakhozhye / Захожье, branch to Peschanka / Песчанка.
♦ Strelna Horse??
♦ Vyritsa Horse??
Sovetsk Electric26 Jul 1901Oct 1944Gauge:
Closed because of war damage.
The tram network only existed while under German control with the town named Tilsit.
Staraya Russa
Steam11 Jun 19221 Oct 1923Gauge:
Steam system did not operate from 1 Oct 1922 to 17 June 1923.
Staraya Russa
Electric6 Jul 1924Jul 1941Gauge:
Steam system did not operate from 1 Oct 1922 to 17 June 1923.
Trams in VyborgVyborg Electric28 Sep 191225 Apr 1957Gauge:
Until 1940 the city was a part of Finland. Operation suspended 23 December 1939 – 22 August 1940, August 1941 – 5 May 1943 and 25 April 1944 – 21 September 1946 because of war. See also: List of town tramway systems in Finland.
ZakhodskoyeGauge:

[Southern Federal District]

Name of systemLocationTraction typeDate Date Notes
Abinsk Horse19141919
Trams in AstrakhanAstrakhan Electric24 Jun 190025 Jul 2007Gauge:
Operation suspended April 1919 – April 1922 because of war.
Reintroduction of a light rail line is being proposed by the Draft Master Plan, with the system to be operational by 2025.
Trams in GroznyGrozny Electric7 Nov 1932Dec 1994Gauge:
Closed because of war damage. Virtually all tramway infrastructure was destroyed; no plans for reconstruction are known.
Ilskaya Horse19081930s
Trams in KrasnodarKrasnodar Electric10 Dec 1900-Gauge:
♦ Krasnodar – Pashkovskaya Petrol4 Apr 19121914
Electric14 Dec 1914 Connected to main Krasnodar system 1918.-
Krymsk Horse19211932
Trams in NovocherkasskNovocherkassk Electric22 January 1954-Gauge:
Novorossiysk Electric30 May 193426 Aug 1969Gauge:
Trams in PyatigorskPyatigorsk Electric14 Sep 1903-Gauge:
Trams in Rostov-on-DonRostov-on-Don
Horse11 Sep 1887Dec 1902-
Trams in Rostov-on-DonRostov-on-Don
Electric2 Jan 1902-Operation suspended October 1941 – 1 June 1943 because of war.
♦ Nakhichevan-na-Donu
Horse21 May 1890Dec 1902
♦ Nakhichevan-na-Donu
Electric4 Jan 1903 Nakhichevan amalgamated with Rostov in 1928.
Trams in ShakhtyShakhty Electric7 Nov 19327 Dec 2001Operation suspended 1942 – April 1944 because of war.
Trams in TaganrogTaganrog Electric7 Nov 1932-Gauge:
Trams in VladikavkazVladikavkaz Electric3 Aug 1904-Gauge:
Operation suspended 1920 – November 1924 because of war.
Yeysk Steam19151918

[Ural Federal District]

Name of systemLocationTraction typeDate Date Notes
Chelyabinsk Electric9 Jan 1932-Gauge:
♦ Kopeysk Electric5 Nov 1949Feb 1976
♦ Chelyabinsk – Kopeysk ElectricFeb 1961Feb 1976
Irbit Horse19261933
Kamensk-Uralsky
--Construction started 1949, not completed. There were three separate projects until 1955.
Trams in KrasnoturinskKrasnoturinsk Electric15 Jan 1954-Gauge:
Fully single track.
Trams in MagnitogorskMagnitogorsk Electric18 Jan 1935-Gauge:
Trams in Nizhni TagilNizhni Tagil
Electric28 Feb 1937-Gauge:
Trams in OrskOrsk Electric5 Dec 1948-Gauge:
Unconnected line in eastern extremity opened 12 December 1985. Orsk lies on both banks of the river Ural (Урал), the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia.
Ust-Katav Electric19731997Operation on the test track of Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant
Trams in VolchanskVolchansk Electric31 Dec 1951-Gauge:
Fully single track. Tramway serves a city of just about 10,000 people.
Trams in Karpinsk♦ Karpinsk Electric26 Jun 19461 Oct 1994Gauge:
♦ Volchansk – Karpinsk ElectricJun 195322 Apr 1965
Trams in YekaterinburgYekaterinburg Electric7 Nov 1929-Gauge:
Trams in ZlatoustZlatoust Electric25 Dec 1934-Gauge: