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 (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 railway track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.
Name of system | Location | Traction type | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes | |
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Trams in Ivanovo | Ivanovo (Иваново) | Electric | 8 Nov 1934 | 2 Jun 2008[1] | Gauge: | |
Trams in Kolomna | Kolomna (Коломна) | Electric | 5 Nov 1948[2] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Kursk | Kursk (Курск) | Electric | 18 Apr 1898[3] | - | Gauge: Operation suspended April 1918 – October 1924 and November 1941 – September 1943 because of war. | |
Trams in Lipetsk | Lipetsk (Липецк) | Electric | 7 Nov 1947[4] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Moscow | Moscow (Moskva / Москва) | Horse | 22 Jun 1872 | 1912 | ||
Steam | 29 Jul 1886 | 1922 | ||||
Electric | 25 Mar 1899[5] | style="background:#CFECEC" | - | Gauge: . Opened 6 Apr old style. | ||
♦ Novogireevo (Новогиреево) | Horse | 1907(?) | ? | Gauge: | ||
Trams in Noginsk | Noginsk (Ногинск) | Electric | 2 Mar 1924 | 1 Apr 2011[6] | Gauge: Operation suspended 1992–1994 and 1 April 2011 – 1 June 2012. Fully single track. | |
Trams in Oryol | Orel (Oryol / Орёл) | Electric | 4 Nov 1898[7] | - | Gauge: Operation suspended May 1919 – May 1922 and October 1941 – October 1943 because of war. | |
Rostov Velikiy (Ростов Великий) | Horse | 1902 | 1921[8] | Standard gauge | ||
Trams in Ryazan | Ryazan (Рязань) | Electric | 3 Jan 1963 | 15 Apr 2010[9] | Gauge: | |
Trams in Smolensk | Smolensk (Смоленск)[10] | Electric | 20 Oct 1901 | - | Gauge: Operation suspended August 1919 – May 1922 and 15 July 1941 – 6 November 1947 because of war. | |
Stary Oskol (Старый Оскол)[11] | Electric | 4 Jan 1981 | - | Gauge: High speed tramway.[12] | ||
Trams in Tula | Tula (Тула) | Horse | 15 Nov 1888 | 1919 | ||
Electric | 7 Nov 1927[13] | style="background:#CFECEC" | - | Gauge: | ||
Trams in Tver | Tver (Тверь) | Electric | 28 Aug 1901 | 14 Nov 2018[14] | Gauge: .[15] | |
Trams in Voronezh | Voronezh (Воронеж) | Horse | 23 Aug 1891 | 1919(?) | ||
Electric | 16 May 1926 | 15 Apr 2009[16] | Gauge: | |||
Trams in Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl (Ярославль) | Electric | 17 (30) Dec 1900[17] | - | Gauge: |
Name of system | Location | Traction type | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes | |
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Aniva (Анива) | Horse | ? | ? | |||
Trams in Khabarovsk | Khabarovsk (Хабаровск) | Electric | 11 Nov 1956 | - | Gauge: | |
Khavomai (Хавомай) | Horse | ? | ? | |||
Komsomolsk-na-Amure (Комсомольск-на-Амуре) | Electric | 6 Nov 1957 | - | Gauge: . Tram network suspended but not formally closed since 10 Jan 2018.[18] | ||
Trams in Vladivostok | Vladivostok (Владивосток) | Electric | 9 Oct 1912[19] | - | Gauge: [20] |
Name of system | Location | Traction type | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes | |
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Trams in Barnaul | Barnaul (Барнаул) | Electric | Sep 1949[21] | - | Gauge: Express tramway opened 26 September 1985. | |
Trams in Biysk | Biysk (Бийск) | Electric | 13 Jun 1960[22] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Irkutsk | Irkutsk (Иркутск) | Electric | 3 Aug 1947[23] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Angarsk | ♦ Angarsk (Ангарск) | Electric | 27 Nov 1953[24] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Usolye Sibirskoye | ♦ Usolye Sibirskoye (Усолье-Сибирское) | Electric | 16 Feb 1967[25] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Kemerovo | Kemerovo (Кемерово) | Electric | 1 May 1940[26] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Cheryomushki | Cheryomushki (Черёмушки) (Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam) | Electric | 18 May 1991[27] | - | Gauge: Connects railway station with hydropower dam and generating station.Trams are double ended.[28] | |
Trams in Krasnoyarsk | Krasnoyarsk (Красноярск) | Electric | 29 Apr 1958[29] | - | Gauge: | |
Horse | 1935 | ? | ||||
Trams in Achinsk | Achinsk (Ачинск) | Electric | 15 Apr 1967[30] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Novokuznetsk | Novokuznetsk (Новокузнецк) | Electric | 30 Nov 1933[31] | - | Gauge: Unconnected line on the right bank of the river Tom (Томь) opened 30 November 1969. | |
Osinniki (Осинники) | Electric | 1 Nov 1960[32] | - | Gauge: | ||
Prokopyevsk (Прокопьевск) | Electric | 18 May 1936[33] | - | Gauge: Unconnected line in eastern extremity opened 5 November 1956, connected with main Prokopyevsk system 1964. | ||
Trams in Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk (Новосибирск) | Electric | 26 Nov 1934[34] | - | 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 Omsk | Omsk (Омск) | Electric | 8 Nov 1936 | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Tomsk | Tomsk (Томск) | Electric | 1 May 1949[35] | - | Gauge: Running in started 25 April 1949. | |
Trams in Ulan-Ude | Ulan-Ude (Улан-Удэ) | Electric | 16 Dec 1958[36] | - | Gauge: | |
Ust-Ilimsk (Усть-Илимск) | Electric | 15 Sep 1988[37] | 30 Dec 2022 | Gauge: High speed tramway, owned by the timber company that the line serves. | ||
Malyshev Log (Малышев Лог)[38] | Electric | Nov 1957 | 1961 | Gauge: From Kaltan to a mine |
Name of system | Location | Traction type | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes | |
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Trams in Arkhangelsk | Arkhangelsk (Архангельск) | Electric | 26 Jun 1916 | 21 Jul 2004[39] | Gauge: From 1916 until its closure, it was the world's northernmost electric town tramway. | |
Trams in Cherepovets | Cherepovets (Череповец) | Electric | 19 Oct 1956[40] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Kaliningrad[41] | Kaliningrad (Калининград) (was: Königsberg) | Horse | 26 May 1881 | Jun 1901 | Gauge: | |
Electric | 31 May 1895 | - | Gauge: Operation suspended January 1945 – 7 November 1946 because of war. | |||
Pskov (Псков) | Horse | 1 (14) Nov 1909 | 1911 | Gauge: (?) | ||
Electric | 9 (22) Jan 1912 | Jul 1941[42] | Gauge: | |||
Cheryokha (Черёха) | Horse | 1890 | c. 1918[43] | Served resort | ||
Trams in Saint Petersburg[44] | Saint Petersburg (Sankt-Peterburg / Санкт-Петербург) | Horse | 27 Aug 1863[45] | Sep 1917 | Gauge: (?) | |
Steam | 1882 | 1922 | Gauge: (?) | |||
Electric | 29 Sep 1907 | - | Gauge: Operation suspended 8 December 1941 – 15 April 1942 because of war. Until 2002 ranked as world's largest operating town tramway (by system length). | |||
♦ | Steam | ? | ? | Sankt-Peterburg / Санкт-Петербург - Ozerki / Озерки, Sestroretsk / Сестрорецк - Kurort / Курорт, branch to Lisi Nos (Лисий Нос). | ||
♦ Popovka (Поповка)[46] | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Popovka / Поповка with Zakhozhye / Захожье, branch to Peschanka / Песчанка. | ||
♦ Strelna (Стрельна) | Horse | ? | ? | |||
♦ Vyritsa (Вырица)[47] | Horse | ? | ? | |||
Sovetsk (Советск) | Electric | 26 Jul 1901 | Oct 1944 | Gauge: Closed because of war damage.The tram network only existed while under German control with the town named Tilsit.[48] | ||
Staraya Russa (Старая Русса)[49] | Steam | 11 Jun 1922 | 1 Oct 1923 | Gauge: Steam system did not operate from 1 Oct 1922 to 17 June 1923. | ||
Electric | 6 Jul 1924 | Jul 1941 | ||||
Trams in Vyborg | Vyborg (Выборг)[50] | Electric | 28 Sep 1912 | 25 Apr 1957 | Gauge: 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. | |
Zakhodskoye | Gauge: |
Name of system | Location | Traction type | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes | |
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Abinsk (Абинск)[51] | Horse | 1914 | 1919 | |||
Trams in Astrakhan | Astrakhan (Астрахань) | Electric | 24 Jun 1900 | 25 Jul 2007[52] | Gauge: 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 Grozny | Grozny (Грозный)[53] | Electric | 7 Nov 1932 | Dec 1994 | Gauge: Closed because of war damage. Virtually all tramway infrastructure was destroyed; no plans for reconstruction are known. | |
Ilskaya (Ильский)[54] | Horse | 1908 | 1930s | |||
Trams in Krasnodar | Krasnodar (Краснодар) | Electric | 10 (23) Dec 1900[55] | - | Gauge: | |
Rowspan=2 | ♦ Krasnodar (Краснодар) – Pashkovskaya (Пашковская) | Petrol | 4 Apr 1912 | 1914 | ||
Electric | 14 Dec 1914 | Connected to main Krasnodar system 1918. | ||||
Krymsk (Крымск)[56] | Horse | 1921 | 1932 | |||
Trams in Novocherkassk | Novocherkassk (Новочеркасск)[57] | Electric | 22 January 1954[58] | - | Gauge: | |
Novorossiysk (Новороссийск)[59] | Electric | 30 May 1934 | 26 Aug 1969 | Gauge: | ||
Trams in Pyatigorsk | Pyatigorsk (Пятигорск)[60] | Electric | 14 Sep 1903[61] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Rostov-on-Don | Rostov-on-Don (Ростов-на-Дону)[62] | Horse | 11 Sep 1887 | Dec 1902 | - | |
Electric | 2 Jan 1902 | - | Operation suspended October 1941 – 1 June 1943 because of war. | |||
♦ Nakhichevan-na-Donu (Нахичевань-на-Дону) | Horse | 21 May 1890 | Dec 1902 | |||
Electric | 4 Jan 1903 | Nakhichevan amalgamated with Rostov in 1928. | ||||
Trams in Shakhty | Shakhty (Шахты)[63] | Electric | 7 Nov 1932 | 7 Dec 2001 | Operation suspended 1942 – April 1944 because of war. | |
Trams in Taganrog | Taganrog (Таганрог)[64] | Electric | 7 Nov 1932 | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Vladikavkaz | Vladikavkaz (Владикавказ) | Electric | 3 (16) Aug 1904[65] | - | Gauge: Operation suspended 1920 – November 1924 because of war. | |
Yeysk (Ейск) | Steam | 1915 | 1918 |
Name of system | Location | Traction type | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes | |
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Trams in Chelyabinsk | Chelyabinsk (Челябинск)[66] | Electric | 9 Jan 1932 | - | Gauge: | |
♦ Kopeysk (Копейск) | Electric | 5 Nov 1949 | Feb 1976[67] | |||
♦ Chelyabinsk (Челябинск) – Kopeysk (Копейск) | Electric | Feb 1961 | Feb 1976 | |||
Irbit (Ирбит) | Horse | 1926 | 1933[68] | |||
Kamensk-Uralsky (Каменск-Уральский) | (Electric) | - | - | Construction started 1949, not completed. There were three separate projects until 1955.[69] | ||
Trams in Krasnoturinsk | Krasnoturinsk (Краснотурьинск) | Electric | 15 Jan 1954[70] | - | Gauge: Fully single track. | |
Trams in Magnitogorsk | Magnitogorsk (Магнитогорск) | Electric | 18 Jan 1935[71] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Nizhni Tagil | Nizhni Tagil (Нижний Тагил)[72] | Electric | 28 Feb 1937[73] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Orsk | Orsk (Орск) | Electric | 5 Dec 1948[74] | - | 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 (Усть-Катав) | Electric | 1973 | 1997[75] | Operation on the test track of Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant | ||
Trams in Volchansk | Volchansk (Волчанск)[76] | Electric | 31 Dec 1951 | - | Gauge: Fully single track. Tramway serves a city of just about 10,000 people. | |
Trams in Karpinsk | ♦ Karpinsk (Карпинск) | Electric | 26 Jun 1946 | 1 Oct 1994[77] | Gauge: | |
♦ Volchansk (Волчанск) – Karpinsk (Карпинск) | Electric | Jun 1953 | 22 Apr 1965[78] | |||
Trams in Yekaterinburg | Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбург)[79] | Electric | 7 Nov 1929 | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Zlatoust | Zlatoust (Златоуст) | Electric | 25 Dec 1934[80] | - | Gauge: |
Name of system | Location | Traction type | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes | |
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Trams in Izhevsk | Izhevsk (Ижевск) | Electric | 18 Nov 1935[81] | - | Gauge:, high speed tram | |
Trams in Kazan[82] | Kazan (Казань) | Horse | 2 Oct 1875 | 13 Dec 1899 | Gauge: (?) | |
Electric | 2 Dec 1899 | - | Gauge: | |||
Kirov, Kirov Oblast (Киров)[83] | (Electric) | - | - | Construction started 1942, not completed. | ||
Trams in Naberezhnye Chelny | Naberezhnye Chelny (Набережные Челны)[84] | Electric | 8 Oct 1973 | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Nizhnekamsk | ♦ Nizhnekamsk (Нижнекамск)[85] | Electric | 15 Feb 1967 | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky) | Nizhny Novgorod (Нижний Новгород)[86] | Horse | 1908 | 1918 | Gauge: (?) | |
Electric | 20 May 1896 | - | Gauge: Operation suspended 1 May 1919 – 2 August 1923 because of war. | |||
Trams in Dzerzhinsk | ♦ Dzerzhinsk (Дзержинск) | Electric | 7 Nov 1933 | 18 Dec 2015[87] | Gauge: | |
♦ Bor (Бор) | Horse | ? | ? | |||
Trams in Novotroitsk | Novotroitsk (Новотроицк) | Electric | 5 Nov 1956[88] | - | Gauge: See also: Orsk (above). | |
Penza (Пенза) | Diesel | 1935 | 1937[89] | |||
Trams in Perm | Perm (Пермь) | Electric | 7 Nov 1929[90] | - | Gauge: Unconnected line to southwest (Osentsy / Oсенцы) opened 25 October 1957. Connected with main Perm system December 1958. | |
Trams in Salavat | Salavat (Салават) | Electric | 29 Jul 1957[91] | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Samara | Samara (Самара) | Horse | 22 Jul 1895 | 1917 | Gauge: | |
Electric | 25 Feb 1915 | - | Gauge: Operation suspended 1 March 1919 – 20 July 1920 because of war. | |||
Trams in Saratov | Saratov (Саратов) | Horse | 13 May 1887 | 1909 | Gauge: | |
Electric | 22 Oct 1908[92] | - | Gauge: Express tramway opened 1974. | |||
Trams in Ufa | Ufa (Уфа) | Electric | 1 Feb 1937[93] | - | Gauge: | |
♦ Chernikovsk (Черниковск) | Electric | 16 Aug 1956 | Gauge: Chernikovsk amalgamated with Ufa in 1956, tramway lines connected in 1958. | |||
Trams in Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk (Ульяновск)[94] | Electric | 5 Jan 1954 | - | Gauge: | |
Trams in Volgograd[95] | Volgograd (Волгоград) | Electric | 22 Apr 1913 | - | Gauge: Operation suspended 1920 – 1922 and 23 August 1942 – 26 December 1943 because of war. High speed tramway, initial surface segment opened 1 May 1972. Underground segment opened 5 November 1984. | |
♦ (Красноармейский) | Electric | 6 Nov 1958 | - | Gauge: Unconnected line in southern Volgograd. Depot combined with trolleybus | ||
Trams in Volzhsky | ♦ Volzhsky (Волжский) | Electric | 30 Dec 1963 | - | Gauge: |