List of town tramway systems in Finland explained

This is a list of town tramway systems in Finland. It includes all tram systems in Finland, past and present; cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. 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.

, the Tampere light rail^[1] is in service and two systems are under construction: Jokeri light rail^{[2] [3]} and the Crown Bridges.^[4]

In addition, further research is being conducted on Turku light rail.^[5]

There are also early-stage plans of a new tramway in the city of Vantaa.^[6]

Location	Name of system	width=12%	Traction type	width=12%	Date (from)	width=12%	Date (to)	Notes
Helsinki	Trams in Helsinki	Horse	21 Jun 1891	21 Oct 1901	Gauge: ^[7]
		Electric	4 Sep 1900	-	Gauge: ^[8]
♦ Kulosaari	Kulosaari tramway	Electric	25 Sep 1910	14 Feb 1951	Unconnected to main system as built, connection to Helsinki (Sörnäinen) by tramcar ferry. Connection (bridge) opened 1919.^[9]
♦ Lauttasaari	Lauttasaari tramway	Horse	1913	31 Oct 1917	Unconnected to main system.
♦ Munkkiniemi & Haaga	Munkkiniemi and Haaga tramways	Electric	1914	1938	Rails owned by Aktiebolaget M.G. Stenius, operated by Helsinki tram. Merged 1938.
Helsinki & Espoo	Jokeri light rail	Electric	21 Oct 2023	-	Gauge: ^[10]
Tampere	Tampere light rail	Electric	9 Aug 2021	-	Gauge: ^[11]
Turku	Trams in Turku	Horse	4 May 1890	31 Oct 1892	Gauge:
		Electric	2 Dec 1908	1 Oct 1972	Gauge: ^[12] Reintroduction approved in 2009.
Vyborg	Trams in Vyborg	Electric	28 Sep 1912	25 Apr 1957	Gauge: ^[13] *The city was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940 and 1944.

Note: The city of Tampere formerly operated a trolleybus system (1948–1976).^[14] The city of Helsinki also had a one-line trolleybus system (1949-74 and 1979-85) in addition to trams.^[15]

See also

• Trams in Finland
• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

Bibliography

• Books, Periodicals and External Links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to the tramway era! . . tampereenratikka.fi . Tampere Tramway Ltd. . 2022-06-23 .
2. Web site: In English . . raidejokeri.info . 2018-11-28 .
3. Web site: Helsinki, Espoo approve 459-million-euro inter-city express tramway . . 2016-06-07 . yle.fi . Yle . 2018-11-28 .
4. Web site: Construction . . 2022-05-12 . hel.fi . City of Helsinki . 2022-06-23 .
5. Web site: Tramway . . turku.fi . City of Turku . 2018-11-28 .
6. Web site: Tramlines . . vantaa.fi . City of Vantaa . 2018-11-28 .
7. Web site: Atlas Finland (fi) . Svenska Spårvägssällskapet [Swedish Tramway Society] . 2014-12-29.
8. Web site: Tramways of Helsinki . . Finnish Tramway Society . 2017-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170917150830/http://raitio.org/ratikat/helsinki/hki1.htm . 17 September 2017 . dead .
9. Web site: Tramways of Helsinki: Other companies . . Finnish Tramway Society. 2018-11-28.
10. Web site: Construction of Jokeri Light Rail will start at the beginning of June. . 2019-04-30. hel.fi. City of Helsinki. 2019-04-30.
11. Web site: Tampereen raitiotie . . Suomen Raitiotieseura [Finnish Tramway Society] . 2017-09-18 . fi.
12. Web site: Tramways of Turku . . Finnish Tramway Society . 2017-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724080639/http://www.raitio.org/ratikat/turku/tku1.htm . 24 July 2008 . dead .
13. Web site: Tramways of Vyborg . . Finnish Tramway Society . 2017-09-18 .
14. Web site: Trolleybus city of Tampere . . Finnish Tramway Society . 2017-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080605024517/http://raitio.org/trolley/tampere/tpelinja.htm . 5 June 2008 . dead .
15. Web site: Trolleybuses in Helsinki . . raitio.org . Finnish Tramway Society. 2018-11-28 .