This is an all-time list of streetcar (tram), interurban and light rail systems in the United States, by principal city (or cities) served, and separated by political division, with opening and closing dates. It includes all such systems, past and present; cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. It is one in a group of lists that collectively cover all countries of the world; the other lists are indexed at List of town tramway systems.
This is not a list of streetcar operating companies. It is a list of U.S. cities that were the focus or base of a streetcar system at one time, with starting and ending dates for each general type of streetcar service (e.g. horsecar, electric streetcar) in each city or metropolitan area. "System", as used in the article title, refers collectively to all streetcar infrastructure and rolling stock in a given metropolitan area, used by any of several different operating companies over many years, often passing from one operating company to the next. The "Name of system" column is intended to distinguish the few cases where two distinctly different systems were in operation in one city at the same time, but is also used to identify operators that have a Wikipedia article. In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of different private companies during the years in which the system existed.[1]
The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent streetcar (or light rail) systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Usually, this refers either to interurban lines connecting the area's principal city with other cities or to cases where separate cities within one metropolitan area were served by independently operated streetcar systems.
Unless otherwise noted in the "Type" column, all systems listed were/are conventional streetcar (tram) systems (although some past systems might have been termed light rail if that 1970s-introduced term had existed at the time they were in operation). Interurban and light rail systems are noted in that column for convenience.
For lists of existing systems only, see the following:
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Alabama Power Company | Anniston | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | Formerly Anniston Electric and Gas Company[2] | |||||||||||
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company | Birmingham | Horse | ||||||||||
Steam | ||||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
♦ Bessemer | Steam | |||||||||||
Electric | City streetcar service absorbed by interurban services. | |||||||||||
♦ Birmingham - Bessemer (two lines) | Steam | |||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
South Calera Street Railway | Calera | Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||
North Alabama Traction Company | Decatur | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
Eufaula | Steam | ? | ? | |||||||||
Peoples Railroad | Fairhope | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||||||||
Alabama Power Company | Gadsden | Mule[3] | ||||||||||
Steam | ? | |||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Gadsden, Bellevue and Lookout Mountain Railway | Gadsden | Electric | [4] | ? | ||||||||
Alabama Power Company | Huntsville | Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | Formerly Huntsville Railway, Light and Power Company | ||||||||||
Lannett | Steam | ? | ? | Connected Lanett with Bleecker, and West Point, Georgia. | ||||||||
Mobile Light and Railroad Company | Mobile | Horse | ||||||||||
Steam | ? | |||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Montgomery | Electric | |||||||||||
Opelika & Auburn Electric Railway | Opelika | Steam | ? | ? | Connected Opelika and Auburn. | |||||||
Selma Electric Railway | Selma | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1924 | ||||||||||
Sheffield Company | Sheffield | Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | May 1904 | |||||||||||
Tuscaloosa Railway and Utilities Company | Tuscaloosa | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Union Springs Street Car Company | Union Springs | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Douglas Traction and Light Company[5] | Douglas | Steam | [6] | ? | ||||||||
Electric | [7] | [8] [9] | ||||||||||
Phoenix Street Railway | Phoenix (first era) | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | See Phoenix Street Railway. Interurban line to Glendale opened 1911. Planned extensions to Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa were never built. | |||||||||||
Tempe Street Railway | Tempe (in Phoenix metropolitan area) | Horse | [10] | [11] | ||||||||
Valley Metro Rail | Phoenix (second era) | Electric | Light rail | Also serves the Phoenix suburbs of Tempe and Mesa | ||||||||
Prescott and Mount Union Railway | Prescott | Electric | [12] [13] | [14] | Temporary service to Chautauqua fair in June 1912.[15] Cars sold to Douglas in March 1915.[16] | |||||||
Tucson Rapid Transit Company | Tucson (first era) | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Old Pueblo Trolley | Electric | [17] | Volunteer-operated heritage streetcar using one mile of original track. | |||||||||
Sun Link | Tucson (second era) | Electric | [18] | Reintroduction | ||||||||
Warren–Bisbee Railway | Warren – Bisbee | Electric | Interurban | Connected Warren and Bisbee. | ||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Bentonville | Petrol (gasoline) | |||||||||||
Eureka Traction Company | Eureka Springs | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | by | |||||||||||
Fort Smith – Oklahoma Light and Traction Company[19] | Fort Smith | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | System included interstate line to Arkoma, Oklahoma. See also Fort Smith Trolley Museum, which operates non-transit heritage streetcar service along city streets. | |||||||||||
♦ Van Buren | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
West Helena Consolidated Company | Helena | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Central Arkansas Railway and Light Corporation | Hot Springs | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
Central Power and Light Company | Hoxie – Walnut Ridge | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Intercity Terminal Railway< | --Argenta--> | Little Rock (first era) | Horse | |||||||||
Steam | ||||||||||||
Electric | Also served North Little Rock, which before 1917 was named Argenta. | |||||||||||
Metro Streetcar | Little Rock (second era) | Electric | Heritage streetcar system. Originally called the River Rail Streetcar; renamed Metro Streetcar in 2015. Also serves North Little Rock. | |||||||||
Pine Bluff Company | Pine Bluff | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Searcy & West Point Railroad | Searcy | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Searcy with West Point. | |||||||
Stuttgart Improvement Company | Stuttgart | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Sulphur Rock | Horse | Believed to be the last town tramway operated by horse traction in the U.S. | ||||||||||
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company | Texarkana | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | Interstate streetcar system, also served Texarkana, Texas. | |||||||||||
Central Power and Light Company | Walnut Ridge | Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||
See also: List of California street railroads.
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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♦ Alameda | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
♦ Anaheim | Horse | |||||||||||
Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway | Bakersfield | Horse | Streetcar | |||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
♦ Berkeley | Horse | |||||||||||
Steam | ||||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Burlingame Electric Railway[20] | ♦ Burlingame | Accumulator (storage battery) | ||||||||||
Sacramento Northern Railroad | Oroville–Chico–Marysville–Sacramento | Electric | Interurban | |||||||||
♦ Coronado | Horse | |||||||||||
Steam | ||||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Humboldt Transit Company | Eureka | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Visalia Electric Railroad | Exeter | Electric | Interurban | |||||||||
Diesel | ||||||||||||
Fresno Traction Company | Fresno | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Glendale and Montrose Railway | ♦ Glendale | Electric | Interurban | |||||||||
♦ Hayward | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
♦ Imperial Beach | Petrol (gasoline) | |||||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ||||||||||||
Lake Elsinore | Electric (?) | ? | ? | Note for Lake Elsinore: Only one source (dated 1888) states that an electric tramway was in operation here. No other sources provide confirmation. | ||||||||
♦ Long Beach | Electric | See Streetcars in Long Beach. Reintroduced (LRT) 14 Jul 1990 as part of Metro Rail's Blue Line. | ||||||||||
Los Angeles | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Cable | ||||||||||||
Steam | ||||||||||||
Los Angeles Railway | Los Angeles | Electric | Name was changed to Los Angeles Transit Lines in 1945 | |||||||||
Pacific Electric | Los Angeles | Electric | Interurban and streetcar | |||||||||
Los Angeles MTA | Los Angeles | Electric | ||||||||||
Angels Flight | Los Angeles | Funicular | 1996 | Reopened in 1996 a few blocks away from the original site. | ||||||||
Metro Rail (A, E, L and C lines) | Los Angeles | Electric | Light rail | Part of Los Angeles' larger Metro Rail network, which also includes the rapid transit B and D lines. | ||||||||
Marysville – Yuba City | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | 1907 | |||||||||||
♦ Monrovia | Horse | ? | 1903 | |||||||||
Monterey and Pacific Grove Railway[21] | Monterey – Pacific Grove | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
♦ National City | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Nevada County Traction Company | Nevada City – Grass Valley | Electric | Interurban | [22] | ||||||||
Oakland | Horse | See List of California street railroads | ||||||||||
Steam | ? | |||||||||||
Cable | ||||||||||||
Electric | see also Key System, San Francisco. | |||||||||||
Key System | ♦ Oakland – Hayward | Electric | ||||||||||
Key System | ♦ Oakland – Richmond | Electric | ||||||||||
♦ Ontario – Upland | Horse | |||||||||||
Pacific Electric | Electric | Interurban | Formerly Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company | |||||||||
Oxnard | Petrol (gasoline) | |||||||||||
♦ Palo Alto | Electric | see also San Jose. | ||||||||||
♦ Pasadena | Horse | |||||||||||
Electric | Reintroduced (LRT) 26 Jul 2003 as part of Metro Rail's Gold Line. | |||||||||||
Paso Robles | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Petaluma | Horse | |||||||||||
Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad | Petaluma – Santa Rosa | Electric | Interurban | Ran from Petaluma to Santa Rosa via Sebastopol and Forestville | ||||||||
♦ Pomona | Horse | |||||||||||
Steam | ||||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
♦ Redlands | Mule | See Streetcars in Redlands | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
East Shore and Suburban Railway | ♦ Richmond | Electric | Streeetcar | Subsidiary of the Key System | ||||||||
Shipyard Railway | Electric | Interurban | Operated by the Key System transit company | |||||||||
♦ Riverside | Horse | |||||||||||
Steam | ||||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Sacramento (first era) | Horse | |||||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ||||||||||||
Sacramento Electric, Gas and Railway Company | Electric | |||||||||||
Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Electric | Reintroduced 12 Mar 1987 (see below). | ||||||||||
Sacramento RT Light Rail[23] | Sacramento (second era) | Electric | Light rail | |||||||||
♦ San Bernardino | Steam | |||||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
San Diego (first era) | Horse | |||||||||||
Coronado Beach Railroad Company[24] | Steam | |||||||||||
San Diego Cable Railway | Cable | |||||||||||
San Diego Electric Railway | Electric | September 21, 1892 | April 24, 1949 | See San Diego Electric Railway. Reintroduced as LRT, 19 July 1981 (see below). | ||||||||
San Diego Trolley | San Diego (second era) | Electric | Light rail | Operated by MTS, via SDTI.[25] Preceded by the San Diego Electric Railway. | ||||||||
♦ San Diego – National City | Electric | |||||||||||
San Francisco (first era) | Steam | ? | ? | |||||||||
Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Clay Street Hill Railroad | Cable | The world's first cable car line | ||||||||||
Sutter Street Railway | Cable | ? | ||||||||||
California Street Cable Railroad | Cable | Purchased by the city of San Francisco in 1952, with one line of the system reopened, and still in service. | ||||||||||
Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway | Cable | |||||||||||
San Francisco cable car system[26] | San Francisco | Cable | ||||||||||
Muni Metro | Electric | Light rail (after 1980s upgrades) | 1917(1980) | Renovated as partially "light rail" in 1980–1982. See: San Francisco Municipal Railway. See also: Key System, Oakland. | ||||||||
F Market & Wharves and E Embarcadero | Electric | Heritage streetcar | ||||||||||
Peninsular Railway | San Jose (first era) | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Steam | ||||||||||||
Electric | Reintroduced as LRT, 11 Dec 1987 (see below). | |||||||||||
San Jose (second era) | Electric | Light rail | December 11, 1987[27] [28] | LRT[29] (see VTA light rail). | ||||||||
San Luis Obispo | Horse | |||||||||||
♦ San Pedro | Electric | see Streetcars in San Pedro. Reopened as a Heritage streetcar (see below) | ||||||||||
Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line | Electric | Heritage streetcar[30] | ||||||||||
♦ Santa Ana – Orange | Steam | |||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Santa Barbara and Suburban Railway | Santa Barbara | Horse | See Streetcars in Santa Barbara, California | |||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Union Traction Company | Santa Cruz | Horse | October 1908 | July 1910 | ||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
Santa Maria | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
♦ Santa Monica | Horse | |||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Santa Rosa | Horse | |||||||||||
♦ South San Francisco | Electric | |||||||||||
Stockton Electric Railroad | Stockton | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Vallejo | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway | Vallejo – Calistoga | Electric | Interurban | Ran from Vallejo to Calistoga via Napa, Yountville, Oakville, Rutherford and St. Helena | ||||||||
Watsonville Railway and Navigation Company | Watsonville | Electric | Interurban | April 1911 | October 1913 | |||||||
Woodland | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Aspen City Railway[31] | Aspen | Horse | ||||||||||
Boulder Street Railway | Boulder | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Colorado Springs | Horse | |||||||||||
Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway | Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Colorado Springs ― ♦ Manitou Springs | Electric | Interurban | ||||||||||
Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway | Cripple Creek ― Victor | Electric | Interurban | |||||||||
Denver Tramway | ♦ Denver (first era) | Horse | ||||||||||
Cable | ||||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Denver & Interurban Railroad | ♦ Denver ― ♦ Boulder | Electric | Interurban | |||||||||
Denver & Northwestern Railway | ♦ Denver ― Arvada ― ♦ Golden | Electric | Interurban | |||||||||
Denver & South Platte Railway | ♦ Denver ― ♦ Englewood ― Littleton | Electric | Interurban | |||||||||
Denver & Inter-Mountain Railroad | ♦ Denver ― Lakewood ― ♦ Golden | Steam | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
RTD Light Rail | Denver (second era) | Electric | Light rail | Currently operates six light rail lines. | ||||||||
Durango Suburban Street Railway | Durango | Horse | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
♦ Englewood | Horse | Two horsecar companies operated in Englewood: the Cherrelyn Gravity & Bronco Railroad and the Loretto Heights Railway. | ||||||||||
Florence | Electric | N/A | N/A | Tramway line built and two cars purchased, but public service was not started. | ||||||||
Fort Collins Municipal Railway | Fort Collins | Electric | December 29, 1984 | Heritage streetcar service opened December 29, 1984,[32] using the same name as the former system. | ||||||||
Grand Junction Street Railway | Grand Junction | Horse | ||||||||||
Grand River Valley Railway | Electric | |||||||||||
Grand Junction ― Fruita | Electric | Interurban | ||||||||||
Greeley & Denver Railroad | Greeley | Electric | ||||||||||
Leadville Street Railroad | Leadville | Horse | ||||||||||
Pueblo Street Railroad | Pueblo | Horse | ||||||||||
Pueblo Electric Street Railway | Electric | |||||||||||
Manitou Electric Railway & Casino Co.[33] | ♦ Manitou Springs | Electric | ||||||||||
Trinidad Street Railway | Trinidad | Horse | ||||||||||
Trinidad Electric Railway | Electric | |||||||||||
Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 59) states that, despite various evidence, the following town did not have a tramway:
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Bridgeport | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1937 | ||||||||||
Bristol | Electric | August 1, 1935 | ||||||||||
Danbury | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1926 | ||||||||||
Derby | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1937 | ||||||||||
Greenwich | Electric | 1927 | ||||||||||
Groton | Electric | 1904 | 1928 | |||||||||
Groton and Stonington Street Railway | Groton - Westerly, Rhode Island | Electric | Interurban | 1904 | 1928 | |||||||
Connecticut Company | Hartford | Horse | May 3, 1863 | 1892 | ||||||||
Electric | 1888 | July 27, 1941 | ||||||||||
Meriden | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1931 | ||||||||||
Middletown | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1929 | ||||||||||
Milford | Electric | November 27, 1937 | ||||||||||
Mystic | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
New Britain | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1937 | ||||||||||
New Haven | Horse | May 6, 1861 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1892[34] | September 25, 1948 | ||||||||||
New London | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1934 | ||||||||||
Norwalk | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1935 | ||||||||||
Norwich | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | 1936 | |||||||||||
Norwich and Westerly Railway | Norwich - Westerly, Rhode Island | Electric | Interurban | August 18, 1906 | December 31, 1922 | Ran from Norwich to Westerly via Preston, Ledyard, North Stonington and Pawcatuck | ||||||
Stamford | Horse | 1887 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1894 | 1933 | ||||||||||
Stratford | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1934 | ||||||||||
Torrington | Electric | 1929 | ||||||||||
Wallingford | Electric | ? | 1937 | |||||||||
Waterbury | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1937 | ||||||||||
Willimantic | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | 1903 | 1936 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Middletown – Odessa | Steam | 1906 | 1909 | |||||||||
Wilmington | Horse | June 30, 1864 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1888 | 1940 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Washington (first era) | Horse | July 29, 1862 | 26 May 1900 | |||||||||
Cable | April 12, 1890 | July 23, 1899 | ||||||||||
Electric | October 17, 1888 | January 28, 1962 | See: Streetcars in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia trolleys.See also Notes below. | |||||||||
DC Streetcar | Washington (second era) | Electric | February 27, 2016[35] | Reintroduction; see DC Streetcar. |
See also: List of Florida street railroads.
width=15% | Name of system | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (from) | width=10% | Date (to) | Notes |
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Altamonte Springs | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Arcadia Street Railway and Improvement Company | Arcadia | Horse | ? | [36] [37] | ||||||||
Avon Park | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Avon Park and Pabor Lake. | ||||||||
Bartow Street Railway | Bartow | Horse | August 5, 1885 | ? | ||||||||
Manatee Light & Traction Company: | Bradenton | Electric | Interurban between Manatee and Bradenton | 1903 | 1905 | |||||||
Coral Gables Rapid Transit | ♦ Coral Gables | Electric High Speed Interurban | April 30, 1925 | November 3, 1935 | ||||||||
Central of Florida Railway Company | Daytona Beach | Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | 1918 | Daytona, Daytona Beach, and Seabreeze were separate cities at this time. The rail company built the original Broadway Bridge for its trolleys.[38] [39] | |||||||
Everglades | Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | 1929 | [40] | ||||||||
Fernandina and Amelia Beach Railway | Fernandina Beach | Electric | 1902 | 1915 | [41] | |||||||
Fernandina Beach Municipal Railway's | Fernandina Beach | Electric | 1916 Summer Season Only | 1916 Summer Season Only | ||||||||
Fort Meade Street Car Company | Fort Meade | Horse | January 1, 1887 | 1913 | [42] | |||||||
Gainesville Street Railway | Gainesville | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Green Cove Street Railway | Green Cove Springs | Horse | August 3, 1891 | ? | Connected Green Cove Springs and Magnolia Springs, bridging Governors Creek, served all railroad stations and steamboat docks.[43] | |||||||
Jacksonville Street Railway | ♦Jacksonville | Horse | 1880 | May 1895 | Various companies consolidated to create Florida's largest streetcar system. | |||||||
Electric | February 24, 1893 | December 12, 1936[44] | ||||||||||
Jacksonville and LaVilla Street Railway | Horse | January 24, 1885 | 1895 | |||||||||
Pine Street Railway | Horse | 1882 | Name Changed to Main Street Railway when the street name was changed by the city. | |||||||||
Main Street Railway | Horse | 1882 | 1902 | |||||||||
Electric | February 24, 1893 | December 12, 1936 | ||||||||||
North Jacksonville Street Railway, Town and Improvement Company | Electric | July 1, 1902 | March 31, 1911 Merged to for Jacksonville Traction Company. | |||||||||
Jacksonville and Suburban Railway | Horse | July 1, 1882 | 1887 | |||||||||
Jacksonville Electric Company | Electric | 1902 Formed in merger of the Main Street Ry and the Jacksonville Street Railway | March 31, 1911 Merged to for Jacksonville Traction Company. | |||||||||
South Jacksonville Municipal Railways | Electric | May 15, 1924 | Operated by the Jacksonville Traction Company until its demise December 12, 1936. | |||||||||
Ortega Traction Company | Electric | May 1905 | Folded into the Jacksonville Traction Company. | |||||||||
Duval Traction Company | Electric | 1918 for the Camp Johnston Extension | Operated by the Jacksonville Traction Company until its demise December 12, 1936. | |||||||||
Jacksonville Traction Company | ♦Jacksonville | Electric | Express Trolley to Camp Johnston and San Jose along former Interurban route | March 31, 1911 | 1932 | Sold to Motor Transit Corp a subsidiary of the National City Lines/General Motors Cabal, they phased out services until closure on 12 Dec 1936. | ||||||
Key West Electric Company | Key West | Horse | 1881 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | June 10, 1926 | ||||||||||
Leesburg Transfer Company | Leesburg | Horse | October 31, 1884 | ? | 2miles of gauge wooden strap rail track that connected depots with steamer arrival points via Main and Canal Streets. | |||||||
Miami Traction Company | Miami | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1915 | 1921 | ||||||||
Electric | 1st time: July 25, 1906[45] 2nd time: January 7, 1922 | 1st time: September 3, 19072nd time: November 14, 1940 | ||||||||||
Miami Beach Railway Co. | ♦ Miami Beach | Electric | December 1920 | October 17, 1939 | ||||||||
Mulberry | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
IMC Agrico Phosphates Co. | Mulberry | Electric | Trolley Freight only | ? | ? | [46] | ||||||
Ocala Street and Suburban Railroad | ♦ Ocala | Horse | 1888 | April 1900 | ||||||||
Silver Springs and Western | ♦ Ocala | Horse and Steam Dummy | Interurban services between Ocala and Silver Springs | ? | ? | Connected Ocala and Silver Springs. | ||||||
Orlando Street Railway | ♦ Orlando | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Orlando and Winter Park Railway | ♦ Orlando – Winter Park | Steam Dummy Line | Interurban service between Orlando, Winter Park and Oviedo | ? | ? | known as the Dinky Line, later part of East Florida and Atlantic Railroad, later part of Seaboard Air Line Railroad, later part of SCL | ||||||
Florida East Coast (The Ormond Hotel tram) | Ormond Beach | Horse | 1915 | ? | ||||||||
Palatka and Heights Street Railway | Palatka | Horse | ? | ? | [47] | |||||||
Florida East Coast (The Royal Poinciana-Breakers Hotel tram) | ♦ Palm Beach | Horse | ||||||||||
Panacea | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Panacea and Sopchoppy. | ||||||||
Pensacola Electric Terminal Company | Pensacola | Electric | City and Interurban to Warrington and Navy Yard | ? | Jun 1932 | |||||||
St Augustine and South Beach Railway | ♦St. Augustine | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | Early Interurban through Salt Marshes | ? | ? | [48] | ||||||||
St. Augustine Light and Power | ♦St. Augustine | Electric | Interurban with freight to Anastasia Island and Beaches | ? | 1930 | [49] | ||||||
St. Petersburg Municipal Railways | St. Petersburg | Electric | ? | 1949 | ||||||||
Sanford Traction Company | Sanford | Petrol (gasoline) | Interurban to Beck Hammock and Cameron City | 1908 | ? | Under the same ownership as the Sanford and Everglades Railroad[50] | ||||||
Tallahassee | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Tampa Street Railway | ♦ Tampa (First Streetcar Era) | Horse and Steam | 1885 | 1892 | [51] | |||||||
Tampa Street Railway and Power Company | ♦Tampa | Electric | 1893 | 1894 | ||||||||
The Consumers Electric Light and Street Railway Company | ♦Tampa | Electric | 1899 | |||||||||
Tampa Electric Company TECO | ♦ Tampa | Electric | 1899 | 1946 | ||||||||
- style="background:#CFECEC" | TECO Line Streetcar | ♦ Tampa (second era) | Electric | October 21, 2002 | Heritage streetcar system[52] operated by the Hillsborough Transit Authority. | |||||||
Winter Park Company | ♦ Winter Park | Mule | February 6, 1885 | 1903 |
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Albany | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Albany Transit Company[53] | Electric | 1912 | 1920 | |||||||||
Americus | Electric | 1891 | 1893 | |||||||||
Athens | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1930 | ||||||||||
Atlanta (first era) | Horse | September 8, 1871 | ? | See Streetcars in Atlanta. | ||||||||
Steam | 1887 | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | August 23, 1889 | April 17, 1949 | ||||||||||
Atlanta Streetcar | Atlanta (second era) | Electric | December 30, 2014[54] | Modern streetcar line – Downtown Loop: construction began early 2012,[55] with line opening December 30, 2014. | ||||||||
Augusta | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1937 | ||||||||||
Brunswick | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | 1909 | 1924 | ||||||||||
Cedartown | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Clarkesville | Horse | ? | 1918 | |||||||||
Columbus | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1935 | System included interstate line to Phenix City, Alabama. | |||||||||
Covington | Horse | ? | 1918 | |||||||||
Cumberland Island | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
♦ Fairburn | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1925 | |||||||||
Gainesville | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | April 4, 1925 | ||||||||||
Griffin | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Macon | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1935 | ||||||||||
Milledgeville | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | June 13, 1914 | ||||||||||
Rome | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1931 | ||||||||||
St. Marys | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
St. Simons | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Savannah | Horse | 1869[56] | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | 1892 | ||||||||||
Electric | 1890 | 1946 | Heritage streetcar service (the River Street Streetcar) with limited days and hours of operation opened 11 February 2009. | |||||||||
Talapoosa | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Valdosta | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1934 | ||||||||||
Washington | Horse | ? | 1916 | |||||||||
Waycross | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1917 | ||||||||||
Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 44) states that, despite the assumption of another historian, there is no evidence for tramways in the following towns:
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Honolulu | Horse | December 28, 1888 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1900 | July 1, 1941 | Note: New light rail line under construction. | |||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Boise Valley Traction Company | Boise | Horse | 1887 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | Interurban | 1891 | 1928 | |||||||||
Caldwell Traction Company | Caldwell | Electric | Interurban | 1907 | 1928 | |||||||
Lewiston–Clarkston Transit Company | Lewiston | Electric | Interurban | May 3, 1915 | August 3, 1929 | Interstate tramway, extended between Lewiston and Clarkston, Washington. | ||||||
Sandpoint and Interurban Railway | Sandpoint | Electric | Interurban | April 1910 | 1917 | |||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Alton Granite & St. Louis | Alton | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | 1932 | ||||||||||
Anna – Jonesboro | Electric | 1907 | 1925 | |||||||||
Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric | Aurora | Horse | 1884 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | 1891 | November 17, 1934 | ||||||||||
♦ Belleville | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1932 | Reintroduced (St. Louis LRT) 2001. | |||||||||
Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company | Belvidere | Electric | 1895 | June 30, 1915 | ||||||||
Bloomington & Normal Railway & Light | Bloomington – Normal | Horse | 1867 | 1892 | ||||||||
Electric | 1892 | 1936 | ||||||||||
♦ Blue Island | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Cairo Railway & Light | Cairo | Horse | 1881 | 1892 | ||||||||
Electric | 1891 | 1933 | ||||||||||
Illinois Central Electric Railway | Canton | Gas | ? | ? | "Gas" refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline). | |||||||
Electric | 1907 | July 25, 1928 | ||||||||||
Centralia | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1892 | 1929 | ||||||||||
Champaign – Urbana | Horse | 1863 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1890 | 1936 | ||||||||||
Charleston | Electric | 1904 | 1925 | |||||||||
Chicago Transit Authority < | --assumed operation from the Chicago Surface Lines--> | Chicago | Horse | 1858 | 1906 | |||||||
Cable | January 28, 1882 | October 21, 1906 | ||||||||||
Electric | October 21, 1890 | June 21, 1958 | See Chicago Surface Lines. See also Hammond, Indiana | |||||||||
♦ Chicago Heights | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Chillicothe | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Chicago and West Towns Railway | ♦ Cicero – Berwyn | Horse | ? | ? | Also experimental operation with steam and gas (town gas) traction. | |||||||
Electric | ? | April 10, 1948 | ||||||||||
Danville | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1891 | 1936 | ||||||||||
Decatur | Horse | 1876 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1936 | ||||||||||
DeKalb | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
♦ Dixon | Electric | May 1904 | September 17, 1925 | |||||||||
Du Quoin | Horse | 1890 | 1898 | Connected Du Quoin and St. Johns. | ||||||||
East St. Louis & Suburban | East St. Louis | Electric | ? | 1935 | System operated interstate tramway services to St. Louis, Missouri. Reintroduced (St. Louis LRT) 1993. | |||||||
Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric | Elgin | Horse | 1884 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Evanston Railway Company | ♦ Evanston | Electric | ? | 1935 | ||||||||
Freeport Railway Light & Power | Freeport | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | 1891 | 1933 | ||||||||||
Galesburg Railway Company | ♦ Galesburg | Horse | 1885 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | 1931 | ||||||||||
♦ Granite City | Electric | ? | 1958 | Interstate suburban line from St. Louis, Missouri. | ||||||||
Harrisburg | Electric | 1913 | 1933 | |||||||||
♦ Harvey | Electric | 1892 | ||||||||||
Hillsboro | Electric | 1906 | ? | Interurban served Hillsboro & Litchfield | ||||||||
Jacksonville | Horse | 1867 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1930 | ||||||||||
Joliet | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1934 | ||||||||||
Kankakee Electric Railway | Kankakee | Electric | 1891 | 1931 | ||||||||
Kewanee | Electric | ? | February 1936 | |||||||||
LaSalle – Peru | Steam | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1891 | 1926 | ||||||||||
Lincoln | Electric | December 25, 1891 | 1929 | |||||||||
Mattoon Street Railway | Mattoon | Electric | 1904 | 1927 | ||||||||
Mechanicsburg – Buffalo | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Moline Central Street Railway | ♦ Moline | Horse | 1884 | 1901 | ||||||||
Union Street Railway | Steam | 1886 | 1892 | |||||||||
Electric | 1889 | 1906 | Multiple electric streetcars operated in Moline before consolidation into the Tri-City Railway & Light Co. in March 1906. | |||||||||
Rock Island Southern | Monmouth ― ♦ Galesburg | Electric | Interurban | 1906 | 1926 | |||||||
Monmouth ― ♦ Rock Island | Electric | Interurban | 1910 | 1926 | ||||||||
City Railway Company of Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | Electric | 1914 | 1916 | ||||||||
Murphysboro | Electric | 1903 | 1927 | |||||||||
Ottawa | Electric | 1889 | 1934 | |||||||||
Paris | Electric | ? | 1928 | |||||||||
Pekin Municipal Railway | Pekin | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | November 11, 1935 | ||||||||||
Illinois Power Company | Peoria | Horse | 1870 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | 1946 | ||||||||||
Pontiac | Electric | April 23, 1905 | November 24, 1925 | |||||||||
Princeton | Electric | 1906 | 1929 | |||||||||
Quincy | Horse | 1867 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1930 | ||||||||||
Rockford Public Service | Rockford | Horse | 1881 | 1889 | ||||||||
Electric | 1889 | September 3, 1936 | ||||||||||
♦ Rock Island | Horse | 1866 | 1895 | Multiple companies operated horsecar lines in the city. | ||||||||
Rock Island & Milan Street Railway | Steam | 1886 | 1895 | |||||||||
Electric | 1890 | March 1906 | Multiple electric streetcars operated in Rock Island before consolidation into the Tri-City Railway & Light Co. in March 1906. | |||||||||
Tri-City Railway & Light Co. | ♦ Rock Island ― ♦ Moline ― Silvis ― Milan ― ♦ Davenport (Iow.) | Electric | Interurban | 1895 | April 15, 1940 | |||||||
Illinois Power Company | Springfield | Horse | 1865 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | 1893 | December 27, 1937 | ||||||||||
Sterling | Electric | May 1904 | September 17, 1925 | |||||||||
Streator | Electric | 18911898 | 18961912 | |||||||||
Taylorville Railway Light Heat & Power | Taylorville | Electric | 1909 | 1925 | ||||||||
Keokuk Electric Car & Power Co. | Warsaw ― Hamilton ― Keokuk (Ill.) | Electric | Interurban | October 4, 1903 | May 15, 1928 | |||||||
Bluff City Electric Railway[57] | Waukegan | Electric | 1891 | 1947 | See the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad in which the Bluff City Electric Railway was a subsidiare.[58] | |||||||
Chicago, Elgin, and Aurora | Wheaton, Il | Electric |
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Anderson | Horse | ? | August 14, 1892 | |||||||||
Electric[59] | ? | November 13, 1937 | ||||||||||
Angola | Electric | 1904 | 1918 | |||||||||
Brazil | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Brownstown | Horse | 1892 | 1916 | |||||||||
Columbus | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1892 | July 28, 1929 | ||||||||||
Crawfordsville | Electric | ? | October 31, 1922 | |||||||||
Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Railway | ♦ East Chicago | Electric | May 15, 1893 | 1940 | Also served Whiting. | |||||||
Northern Indiana Railway | Elkhart | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | 1891May 15, 1894 | 1891Jun 2, 1934 | ||||||||||
Elwood | Electric | September 6, 1893 | August 1, 1924 | |||||||||
Evansville | Horse | 1886 | 1894 | |||||||||
Electric | September 15, 1892 | 1939 | ||||||||||
Fort Wayne | Horse | January 6, 1872 | August 9, 1894 | |||||||||
Electric | August 7, 1892 | June 27, 1947 | ||||||||||
French Lick – West Baden Springs | Electric | November 9, 1903 | July 18, 1919 | |||||||||
Gary Railways | Gary | Electric | May 20, 1908 | 1947 | Also served Hobart | |||||||
Goshen | Electric | July 4, 1896 | 1920 | |||||||||
Greencastle | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Railway | Hammond | Electric | May 15, 1893 | 1946 | Operated interstate service to Chicago, Illinois. | |||||||
Huntington | Electric | 1902 | 1910 | |||||||||
Citizens' Street Railway Company[60] | Indianapolis | Horse | October 3, 1864 | 1894 | see Streetcars in Indianapolis | |||||||
Indianapolis Street Railway Company | Electric | June 18, 1890 | January 11, 1953 | |||||||||
♦ Jeffersonville | Electric | 1888 | 1934 | |||||||||
Kokomo | Electric | December 15, 1891 | April 17, 1932 | |||||||||
La Porte | Electric | July 1, 1902 | 1918 | |||||||||
Lafayette | Horse | 18681884 | 1889 | |||||||||
Electric | October 30, 1888 | March 14, 1940 | ||||||||||
Logansport | Horse | 1882 | 1896 | |||||||||
Electric | October 1, 1891 | April 29, 1932 | ||||||||||
Madison | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | June 20, 1898 | June 30, 1918 | ||||||||||
Marion | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | August 1, 1893 | June 26, 1947 | ||||||||||
Northern Indiana Railway | Michigan City | Electric | 1932 | |||||||||
Mount Vernon | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Muncie | Steam | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | September 1, 1892 | 1932 | ||||||||||
New Albany | Electric | 1891 | January 21, 1946 | See also Louisville, Kentucky. | ||||||||
New Castle | Electric | ? | October 31, 1922 | |||||||||
Peru | Electric | August 3, 1901 | September 30, 1934 | |||||||||
Richmond | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | September 6, 1889 | 1938 | ||||||||||
Northern Indiana Railway | ♦ South Bend | Horse | May 27, 1885 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | January 15, 18851889 | ?June 15, 1940 | Experimental operation in 1882. System also served Mishawaka. | |||||||||
Terre Haute | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | January 6, 1940 | ||||||||||
Vincennes | Horse | 1881 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | September 8, 1891 | July 1, 1938 | ||||||||||
Wabash | Electric | August 3, 1901 | August 1, 1931 | |||||||||
Warsaw | Electric | ? | 1938 | |||||||||
Washington | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1894 | October 31, 1935 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Albia Interurban Railway[61] [62] | ♦ Albia | Electric | December 18, 1907 | 1922 | ||||||||
♦ Albia ― Hiteman | Electric | Interurban | 1908 | June 1924 | ||||||||
♦ Albia ― Hocking | Electric | Interurban | 1907 | 1925 | ||||||||
Ames & College Railway[63] | Ames | Steam | July 4, 1891 | May 1, 1906 | ||||||||
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad[64] | Ames ― Kelley | Electric | Interurban | June 29, 1907 | July 1929 | |||||||
Boone & Boonesboro Street Railway | ♦ Boone | Horse | 1883 | |||||||||
Boone Suburban Electric Railway | Electric | November 14, 1899 | May 19, 1925 | |||||||||
Burlington | Horse | January 1, 1874 | Multiple companies operated horsecar lines in the city. | |||||||||
Union Street Railway | Electric | May 30, 1891 | 1929 | |||||||||
Cedar Falls & Normal Railway | ♦ Cedar Falls | Electric | December 14, 1897 | May 18, 1941 | ||||||||
Cedar Rapids & Marion Railway | ♦ Cedar Rapids | Horse | 1880 | 1892 | ||||||||
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railways | ♦ Cedar Rapids ― ♦ Iowa City | Electric | Interurban | June 6, 1904 | May 30, 1953 | |||||||
♦ Cedar Rapids ― Lisbon | Electric | Interurban | March 14, 1914 | July 27, 1928 | ||||||||
Cedar Rapids & Marion Railway | ♦ Cedar Rapids ― Marion | Steam | Interurban | May 3, 1880 | 1892 | |||||||
Electric | Interurban | December 13, 1891 | November 13, 1937 | |||||||||
Peoples' Street Railway Co. | Centerville | Horse | 1887 | 1902 | ||||||||
Iowa Southern Utilities Co. | Electric | 1902 | April 25, 1925 | |||||||||
Centerville ― Mystic | Electric | Interurban | April 22, 1910 | Mar 1933 | ||||||||
Centerville ― ♦ Albia | Electric | Interurban | August 1914 | March 1933 | Operated on the Albia Interurban Railway's tracks in Albia city limits. | |||||||
Charles City Western Railway | Charles City ― Marble Rock | Petrol (gasoline) | Interurban | January 1, 1911 | 1915 | |||||||
Charles City ― Marble Rock ― Colwell | Electric | Interurban | July 30, 1915 | July 19, 1952 | ||||||||
Charles City | Electric | 1915 | 1921 | |||||||||
Clinton & Lyons Horse Railway | ♦ Clinton | Horse | December 6, 1869 | 1891 | ||||||||
Clinton Street Railway | Electric | 1890 | May 25, 1937 | |||||||||
Colfax Springs Railway | Colfax | Electric | 1909 | 1920 | ||||||||
Broadway Street Railway | Council Bluffs | Horse | 1869 | ? | ||||||||
Steam | July 1888 | 1899 | ||||||||||
Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway | Council Bluffs ― Omaha (Neb.) | Electric | Interurban | December 1887 | September 15, 1948 | |||||||
♦ Davenport | Horse | March 2, 1869 | Multiple companies operated horsecar lines in the city. | |||||||||
Davenport Central Railway | Steam | 1878 | 1888 | |||||||||
Tri-City Railway & Light Co. | Electric | August 6, 1888 | October 1936 | |||||||||
Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine Railway | ♦ Davenport ― Clinton | Electric | Interurban | November 20, 1904 | March 31, 1940 | Chartered as the Iowa & Illinois Railway and acquired by the CD&MR in 1916. | ||||||
♦ Davenport ― Muscatine | Electric | Interurban | August 1, 1912 | November 8, 1938 | Chartered as the Davenport & Muscatine Railway and acquired by the CD&MR in 1916. | |||||||
Tri-City Railway & Light Co. | ♦ Davenport ― Rock Island (Ill.) ― Milan (Ill.) ― Moline (Ill.) ― Silvis (Ill.) | Electric | Interurban | 1895 | April 15, 1940 | |||||||
♦ Des Moines | Horse | January 11, 1868 | 1889 | Multiple companies operated horsecar lines in the city. | ||||||||
Belt Line Railway | Steam | 1888 | 1889 | |||||||||
Des Moines City Railway | Electric | December 19, 1888 | March 6, 1951 | |||||||||
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad | ♦ Des Moines ― ♦ Boone | Electric | Interurban | 1906 | August 31, 1955 | |||||||
Des Moines & Central Iowa Railway | ♦ Des Moines ― Colfax | Electric | Interurban | February 1903 | August 2, 1941 | |||||||
♦ Des Moines ― Perry | Electric | Interurban | November 1906 | September 28, 1949 | ||||||||
Dubuque Street Railway | Dubuque | Horse | May 23, 1868 | 1889 | ||||||||
Hill Street & West Dubuque Steam Railway | Steam | July 12, 1877 | 1884 | |||||||||
Dubuque Electric Co. | Electric | December 25, 1889 | July 4, 1932 | |||||||||
Fenlon Place Elevator | Funicular | 1893 | ||||||||||
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad | Fort Dodge | Electric | 1896 | November 14, 1925 | ||||||||
Fort Dodge ― ♦ Boone | Electric | Interurban | 1907 | August 31, 1955 | ||||||||
Fort Dodge ― Lehigh ― Webster City | Electric | Interurban | 1917 | 1925 | ||||||||
Fort Dodge ― Rockwell City | Electric | Interurban | 1916 | August 25, 1926 | ||||||||
Fort Madison Street Railway | Fort Madison | Horse | July 1888 | 1895 | ||||||||
Electric | 1895 | 1929 | ||||||||||
Independence & Rush Park Street Railway | Independence | Electric | August 22, 1892 | August 14, 1907 | ||||||||
Iowa City Electric Railway | ♦ Iowa City | Electric | November 1, 1910 | August 16, 1930 | ||||||||
Keokuk Electric Car & Power Co. | Keokuk | Horse | 1883 | 1890 | ||||||||
Electric | August 30, 1890 | May 15, 1928 | ||||||||||
Keokuk ― Warsaw (Ill.) | Electric | Interurban | October 4, 1903 | May 15, 1928 | ||||||||
Marshalltown Street Railway | Marshalltown | Horse | 1883 | 1892 | ||||||||
Marshalltown Light, Power & Railway Co. | Electric | December 31, 1892 | August 31, 1928 | |||||||||
Mason City & Clear Lake Railway | Mason City ― Clear Lake | Electric | Interurban | July 4, 1897 | August 30, 1936 | |||||||
Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine Railway | ♦ Muscatine | Horse | September 11, 1883 | 1893 | Operated under multiple names throughout its service life. | |||||||
Electric | May 30, 1893 | March 17, 1929 | ||||||||||
Oskaloosa Traction & Light Co. | Oskaloosa | Horse | 1880 | 1898 | ||||||||
Electric | 1898 | May 1926 | ||||||||||
Oskaloosa ― Beacon | Electric | Interurban | November 24, 1906 | May 1926 | ||||||||
Ottumwa | Horse | 1881 | 1892 | Three horsecar companies operated in the city until the 1890s. | ||||||||
Ottumwa Railway & Electric Co. | Electric | November 28, 1889 | August 12, 1930 | Operated under multiple names throughout its service life. | ||||||||
Red Oak Street Railway | Red Oak | Horse | April 1882 | 1901 | ||||||||
Sioux City Street Railway | ♦ Sioux City | Horse | July 4, 1881 | April 5, 1890 | ||||||||
Sioux City & Highland Park Railway | Steam | 1889 | 1891 | |||||||||
Sioux City Cable Railway | Cable | June 1, 1889 | May 15, 1894 | |||||||||
Sioux City Traction Co. | Electric | April 6, 1890 | 1948 | |||||||||
♦ Sioux City ― South Sioux City (Neb.) | Electric | Interurban | 1890s | April 15, 1937 | ||||||||
Tama & Toledo Railway | Tama ― Toledo | Electric | Interurban | July 4, 1894 | June 25, 1925 | |||||||
Waterloo Street Railway | Waterloo | Horse | 1885 | May 1896 | ||||||||
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Rapid Transit Co. | Electric | 1896 | August 1939 | |||||||||
♦ Waterloo ― ♦ Cedar Falls | Electric | Interurban | June 9, 1897 | July 31, 1958 | ||||||||
♦ Waterloo ― ♦ Cedar Rapids | Electric | Interurban | September 14, 1914 | February 20, 1956 | ||||||||
♦ Waterloo ― Waverly | Electric | Interurban | December 29, 1910 | August 11, 1955 |
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Abilene | Horse | 1887 | 1890 | |||||||||
Arkansas City | Horse | 1887 | 1909 | |||||||||
Atchison | Horse | 1880 | 1885 | |||||||||
Atchison Railway Light & Power Co. | Electric | 1895 | April 1928 | |||||||||
Baxter Springs | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Chetopa | Horse | 1887 | 1890 | |||||||||
Clay Center | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Union Electric Railway | Coffeyville | Electric | 1907 | 1947 | ||||||||
Electric | Interurban | 1915 | July 17, 1947 | |||||||||
Coffeyville ― Independence ― Cherryvale ― Parsons | Electric | Interurban | July 14, 1907 | July 17, 1947 | ||||||||
Cottonwood Falls – Strong City | Horse | August 22, 1887 | January 29, 1918 | |||||||||
Petrol (gasoline) | January 29, 1918 | June 27, 1919 | ||||||||||
Council Grove | Horse | 1887 | 1894 | |||||||||
Dighton (?) | Horse (?) | ? | ? | See note. | ||||||||
Emporia | Horse | ? | 1897 | |||||||||
Electric | 1911 | 1928 | ||||||||||
Fort Scott[65] | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1918 | |||||||||||
Garden City | Horse | 1887 | 1891 | |||||||||
Girard Coal Belt Electric Railway[66] | Girard | Electric | 1907 | 1909 | Acquired by the Joplin & Pittsburg Railway in 1909 and consolidated into its interurban network. | |||||||
Great Bend | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Hutchinson | Horse | 1886 | 1906 | |||||||||
Electric | 1906 | 1925 | ||||||||||
Union Electric Railway | Independence | Electric | 1907 | 1947 | ||||||||
Iola ― LaHarpe | Electric | Interurban | December 23, 1901[67] | 1919 | ||||||||
Junction City | Electric | August 12, 1901 | February 28, 1934 | |||||||||
♦ Kansas City | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Cable | June 15, 1885 | October 13, 1913 | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1957 | Streetcar system served Kansas City, North Kansas City and Independence, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. | |||||||||
Kingman | Horse | 1887 | 1890 | |||||||||
Larned | Horse | 1887 | 1893 | |||||||||
Lawrence | Horse | 1871 | 1899 | |||||||||
Electric | 1909 | 1933 | ||||||||||
♦ Leavenworth | Horse | 1887 | 1896 | |||||||||
Steam | 1887 | 1894 | ||||||||||
Electric | 1894 | 1925 | ||||||||||
Manhattan City and Interurban Railway Co. | Manhattan | Electric | 1909 | 1934 | ||||||||
Manhattan ― Fort Riley ― Junction City | Electric | Interurban | 1914 | 1922 | ||||||||
McPherson | Horse | 1887 | 1894 | |||||||||
Newton | Horse | 18861910 | 1890? | |||||||||
Electric | October 25, 1913 | November 1, 1925 | ||||||||||
Ottawa | Horse | 1887 | 1892 | |||||||||
Parsons | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Pittsburg | Electric | October 20, 1890 | 1932 | See also: Joplin, Missouri. | ||||||||
Pratt | Horse | 1886 | 1892 | |||||||||
Salina[68] | Horse | 1887 | 1894 | |||||||||
Petrol (gasoline) | 1906 | 1908 | ||||||||||
Electric | 1909 | 1933 | ||||||||||
♦ Topeka | Horse | June 7, 1881[69] | 1896 | Various transit companies and horsecar lines operated before being completely phased out by 1896. | ||||||||
Topeka Rapid Transit Railway Co.[70] | Steam | October 1, 1887 | December 1888 | |||||||||
Topeka Railway Co. | Electric | April 9, 1889 | July 17, 1937[71] | |||||||||
Wellington | Horse | May 1886[72] | December 1890[73] | |||||||||
Wichita Street Railway | Wichita | Horse | 1887 | 1890 | ||||||||
Wichita Railroad & Light Co. | Electric | 1890 | 1933 | |||||||||
Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway | Wichita ― Newton ― Hutchinson | Electric | Interurban | December 22, 1915 | July 31, 1938 | |||||||
Winfield | Horse | 1886 | May 17, 1909 | |||||||||
Southwestern Interurban Railway | Winfield ― Arkansas City | Electric | Interurban | June 1909 | May 24, 1926 | Known as Arkansas City, Winfield and Northern Railway beginning 16 January 1923[74] | ||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Ohio Valley Electric Railway | Ashland | Electric | Interurban and streetcar | 1899 | 1936 | Besides operating local streetcar service in Ashland the Ohio Valley Electric Railway operated an interurban route between Ashland and Huntington, West Virginia. | ||||||
Bowling Green | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
Covington | Horse | 1867 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1890 | July 3, 1950 | Also served Newport and other communities. Operated service across Ohio River to Cincinnati, Ohio. | |||||||||
Frankfort | Electric | March 30, 1894[75] | January 6, 1934 | |||||||||
Georgetown | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
Henderson | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | February 2, 1895[76] | July 17, 1923 | ||||||||||
Lexington | Horse | August 26, 1882 | September 4, 1890 | |||||||||
Electric | August 24, 1890 | April 20, 1938 | ||||||||||
Louisville | Steam | 1838 | 1844 | |||||||||
Horse | 1844 | 1901 | ||||||||||
Electric | 1889 | April 30, 1948 | See also New Albany and Jeffersonville, Indiana. | |||||||||
Maysville | Horse | 1884 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | January 16, 1891[77] | ? | ||||||||||
Middlesboro | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Owensboro | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | April 14, 1934[78] | ||||||||||
Paducah | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1932 | ||||||||||
Somerset | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Winchester | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Abita Springs | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Alexandria | Horse | June 19, 1891 | June 19 1899 | |||||||||
Electric | April 12, 1906 | December 18, 1926 | ||||||||||
♦ Algiers | Horse | 1884 | September 1, 1907 | |||||||||
Electric | September 1, 1907 | January 22, 1931 | ||||||||||
Baton Rouge | Mule | October 16, 1890 | April 5, 1893 | Two mule car lines, later connected as a belt line. | ||||||||
Electric | April 6, 1893 | April 23, 1936 | Three lines at peak in 1924-1932[79] | |||||||||
Burnside | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Grand Isle | Horse | 1866 | 1893 | |||||||||
Lake Charles | Horse | 1891 | ? | |||||||||
Steam | 1893 | 1906 | ||||||||||
Electric | February 1, 1906 | June 29, 1927 | ||||||||||
Monroe | Electric | June 15, 1906 | August 21, 1938 | |||||||||
New Orleans | Horse | January 1835 | ? | |||||||||
Steam | January 26, 1835 | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | February 1, 1893 | See Streetcars in New Orleans. Operation suspended 28 Aug 2005 – 18 Dec 2005 because of storm damage (Hurricane Katrina). | ||||||||||
Shreveport | Horse | December 31, 1870 | October 16, 1893 | |||||||||
Electric | October 4, 1890 | December 10, 1939 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Augusta | Electric | July 26, 1889 | July 31, 1932 | |||||||||
Bangor | Electric | April 29, 1889 | December 31, 1945 | |||||||||
Bath | Electric | 1932 | ||||||||||
Biddeford | Horse | July 4, 1888 | May 5, 1892 | Connected Biddeford and Saco. | ||||||||
Electric | ? | July 5, 1939 | ||||||||||
Brunswick | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Calais | Electric | July 4, 1894 | October 31, 1929 | International tramway, connected Calais and St. Stephen (New Brunswick), Canada (q.v.). | ||||||||
Fairfield[80] [81] | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Fryeburg Horse Railroad [82] | Fryeburg | Horse | May 18, 1888 | October 1, 1913 | ||||||||
Lewiston | Horse | September 3, 1881 | 1896 | Connected Lewiston and Auburn. | ||||||||
Electric | ? | September 6, 1941 | ||||||||||
Electric | Portland-Lewiston Interurban[83] | July 7, 1914 | June 29, 1933 | Connected to Portland | ||||||||
The Norway – Paris Street Railway[84] | Norway | Electric | 1895 | 1918 | Connected Norway and South Paris. | |||||||
Portland | Horse | October 10, 1863 | December 17, 1895 | |||||||||
Electric | June 20, 1891 | May 4, 1941 | ||||||||||
Rockland | Electric | August 1, 1892 | April 1, 1931 | |||||||||
Sanford | Electric | April 27, 1947 | ||||||||||
Waterville | Horse | June 23, 1888 | 1892 | |||||||||
Electric | July 20, 1892 | October 11, 1937 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Annapolis | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Baltimore (first era) | Horse | 1859 | ? | |||||||||
Cable | May 23, 1891 | March 23, 1899 | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | November 3, 1963 | ||||||||||
Baltimore Light Rail | Baltimore (second era) | Electric | Light rail | April 1992 | ||||||||
Buena Vista – Buena Vista Springs | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Chesapeake Beach | Steam | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | |||||||||||
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway | Cumberland | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | 1932 | |||||||||||
Hagerstown & Frederick Railway | Frederick | Electric | 1937 | |||||||||
Hagerstown | Electric | 1939 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attleboro | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1932 | ||||||||||
MBTA Green Line Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line | Boston | Horse | 1856 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | Portion (MBTA Green Line) upgraded to light rail in the 1970s | January 1, 1889[85] | See Boston-area streetcar lines. The surviving portions are the Mattapan Line and the MBTA Green Line. See also: . | |||||||||
Brockton | Horse | July 26, 1881 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | September 5, 1890 | July 11, 1937 | ||||||||||
Conway | Horse | April 1, 1895 | 1921 | |||||||||
Fall River | Horse | 1880 | 1891 | |||||||||
Electric | 1892 | September 20, 1936 | ||||||||||
Fitchburg | Horse | July 3, 1886 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1932 | Connected Fitchburg and Leominster. | |||||||||
Framingham | Electric | 1925 | ||||||||||
Gardner | Electric | 1924 | ||||||||||
Gloucester | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1919 | ||||||||||
Greenfield | Electric | ? | ||||||||||
Haverhill | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | August 29, 1936 | ||||||||||
Holyoke Street Railway | Holyoke | Horse | 1884 | 1891 | ||||||||
Electric | Interurban; 1 funicular line | 1891 | 1937 | Included Amherst & Sunderland, Mount Tom, and Hampshire Street Railways; bus service began 1921, became exclusively buses in 1937; served as operator for PVTA from 1977 until 1987 when service ceased, company dissolved 1991.[86] | ||||||||
Lawrence | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | March 1936 | ||||||||||
Lowell & Suburban Street Railway Company | Lowell (first era) | Horse | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | March 1936 | ||||||||||
Lowell National Historical Park Trolley | Lowell (second era) | Electric | 1984 | Resurrected as a 1-mile heritage streetcar line, operational; expansion into commuter interurban proposed and discussed 1999–2016.[87] [88] [89] | ||||||||
Lynn | Horse | 1854 | ? | Lynn and Boston Railroad | ||||||||
Electric | November 19, 1888[90] [91] | 1937 | The first electric trolley / streetcar in Massachusetts[92] [93] | |||||||||
New Bedford | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1947 | ||||||||||
Newburyport | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | August 27, 1930 | ||||||||||
Newton | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
Northampton | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1933 | ||||||||||
Oak Bluffs Street Railway | Oak Bluffs | Horse | 1873[94] | |||||||||
Electric | 1895 | 1918 | ||||||||||
Pittsfield | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1932 | ||||||||||
Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway | Plymouth | Horse | 1888 | ? | Has operated since 1928 as a bus carrier. | |||||||
Electric | ? | 1928 | Has operated since 1928 as a bus carrier. | |||||||||
Quincy | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1948 | ||||||||||
Salem | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Springfield | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | June 6, 1890 | 1940 | ||||||||||
Stoneham | Electric | ? | July 27, 1946 | |||||||||
Taunton | Horse | September 23, 1871 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | Sep 3, 1893 | July 1932 | ||||||||||
Waltham | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
Worcester | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | December 31, 1945 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Adrian | Electric | 1889 | 1924 | |||||||||
Ann Arbor | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | September 28, 1890 | January 31, 1925 | ||||||||||
Battle Creek | Horse | 1865 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1887 | 1887September 30, 1932 | ||||||||||
Bay City | Electric | ? | August 1921 | |||||||||
Benton Harbor | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1892 | September 1935 | System also served St. Joseph. | |||||||||
Cheboygan | Horse | 1893 | 1898 | |||||||||
1896 | 1898 | |||||||||||
Department of Street Railways (The DSR) 1922-1956[95] | Detroit (first era) | Horse | August 3, 1863 | November 9, 1895 | ||||||||
Electric | September 1, 1886 | April 8, 1956[96] | See also: Detroit United Railway (1900-1922). Detroit had a heritage streetcar line, 1976–2003; see Detroit Downtown Trolley. | |||||||||
QLine | Detroit (second era) | Electric | May 12, 2017 | Reintroduction; see QLine. | ||||||||
Escanaba | Electric | 1892 | 1932 | |||||||||
Fenton | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Flint | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1900 | April 4, 1936 | ||||||||||
Grand Haven | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Grand Rapids | Horse | 1864 | ? | |||||||||
Cable | April 18, 1888 | November 12, 1891 | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1935 | ||||||||||
Holland | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Iron River | Horse | 1913 | 1921 | |||||||||
Ishpeming | Electric | 1893 | August 20, 1927 | |||||||||
Jackson | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | September 19, 1891 | June 27, 1936 | ||||||||||
Kalamazoo | Horse | 1885 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1893 | November 2, 1932 | ||||||||||
Lansing | Horse | 1886 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | August 26, 1890 | April 15, 1933 | ||||||||||
Manistee | Electric | 1892 | August 26, 1921 | |||||||||
Marquette | Electric | 1891 | April 19, 1935 | |||||||||
Menominee | Electric | ? | 1928 | System also served Marinette, Wisconsin. | ||||||||
Monroe | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Mount Clemens | Horse | 1890 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1900 | January 1930 | ||||||||||
Muskegon | Horse | November 25, 1882 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | April 1890 | October 10, 1929 | ||||||||||
Owosso | Electric | 1911 | 1929 | Connected Owosso and Corunna. | ||||||||
Pontiac | Electric | 1900 | 1932 | |||||||||
Port Huron | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | 1886 | January 28, 1930 | See also Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. | |||||||||
Saginaw | Horse | 1863 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1899 | October 9, 1931 | Operation suspended Aug 1921 – 1 Nov 1923 because of dispute between street railway company and local authority. | |||||||||
Sault Ste. Marie | Electric | 1888 | July 8, 1931 | See also Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. |
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Anoka | Horse | 18841908 | 18971908 | |||||||||
Brainerd | Horse | 1887 | 1889 | |||||||||
Electric | 1893 | June 2, 1898 | ||||||||||
Breckenridge | Electric | August 30, 1910 | March 31, 1925 | Interstate streetcar line, connecting Breckenridge with Wahpeton, North Dakota. Ranked as the smallest interstate streetcar system (and one of the smallest urban streetcar systems) in the U.S. | ||||||||
Duluth Street Railway | Duluth | Horse | 1882 | 1890 | ||||||||
Electric | 1890 | September 9, 1939 | System served Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin. Two funiculars operated in Duluth. The 7th Avenue West Incline which operated as part of the streetcar system, and the independent Duluth Belt Line Railway | |||||||||
Mesaba Railway Company[97] | Hibbing | Electric | Interurban | December 11, 1921 | April 16, 1927 | |||||||
American Traction Company | International Falls | Electric | 1891 | October 1895 | ||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1913 | 1919 | Occasional reports, described by Wyatt[98] as "unproven," state that accumulator (storage battery) tramcars operated on the railway bridge to Fort Francis, Ontario, Canada. | |||||||||
Mankato Street Railway Company | Mankato | Horse | July 23, 1886 | 1895 | ||||||||
Electric | May 10, 1908 | March 8, 1930 | ||||||||||
Twin City Rapid Transit Company | Minneapolis (first era) | Horse | September 2, 1875 | December 23, 1889 | ||||||||
Electric | December 23, 1889 | October 31, 1953 | See also Como-Harriet Streetcar Line (Heritage streetcar). | |||||||||
METRO | Minneapolis (second era) | Electric | Light rail | June 26, 2004 | Blue (2004) & Green (2014) lines. | |||||||
Moorhead | Electric | December 9, 1912 | June 30, 1937 | Operated as part of Fargo, North Dakota, streetcar system. | ||||||||
Granite City Railway | St. Cloud | Horse | October 3, 1887 | 1892 | ||||||||
Electric | June 30, 1892 | April 29, 1936 | ||||||||||
♦ St. Paul | Horse | July 15, 1872 | ? | |||||||||
Cable | January 21, 1888 | June 3, 1898 | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | July 18, 1954 | ||||||||||
Stillwater St. Ry. | Stillwater | Electric | June 27, 1899 | 1897 | ||||||||
Minneapolis & St. Paul Suburban Ry. | Electric | November 6, 1899 | September 10, 1932 | The Minneapolis & St. Paul Suburban Ry. was a wholly owned subsidiary of TCRT created for their new line to Stillwater and its local lines, as they were their first lines to extend beyond the boundaries of Minneapolis and St. Paul. | ||||||||
Winona | Horse | December 25, 1883 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | January 22, 1892 | July 21, 1938 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Biloxi | Electric | 1932 | ||||||||||
Columbus | Electric | ? | 1920 | |||||||||
Enterprise | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Greenville | Electric | 1929 | ||||||||||
♦ Gulfport | Electric | 1932 | ||||||||||
Hattiesburg | Electric | ? | ||||||||||
Jackson | Mule | 1871 | 1899 | |||||||||
Electric | 1899 | 1935 | ||||||||||
Laurel | Electric | ? | 1934 | |||||||||
Meridian | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Natchez | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1928 | ||||||||||
Pascagoula | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Vicksburg | Electric | 1935 | ||||||||||
Yazoo City | Electric | 1911 | 1918 | |||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Ava – Mansfield | Steam | ? | ? | |||||||||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Cape Girardeau & Jackson Interurban Railway | Cape Girardeau | Horse | 1893 | 1905 | ||||||||
Electric | 1905 | 1934 | ||||||||||
Carrollton | Steam | 1893 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | August 30, 1897 | ? | ||||||||||
Carthage | Horse | October 17, 1883 | January 24, 1885 | |||||||||
Electric | August 24, 1895 | July 21, 1935 | ||||||||||
♦ Carthage – Carterville | Electric | ? | ? | See also: Joplin (below). | ||||||||
Clinton | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Farmington – Delassus | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
♦ Farmington – St. Francois | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Hannibal | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
♦ Independence | Horse | 1886 | ? | |||||||||
Steam | 1886 | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1935 | ||||||||||
Jefferson City | Electric | 1911 | 1934 | |||||||||
Joplin | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1935 | ||||||||||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||||||||||
♦ Joplin – Duenweg – Carterville | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
♦ Joplin – Galena, Kansas – Baxter Springs, Kansas – Picher, Oklahoma | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
♦ Joplin – Pittsburg, Kansas | Electric | ? | ? | See also: Pittsburg, Kansas. | ||||||||
♦ Joplin – Webb City | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Kansas City (first era) | Horse | April 1869 | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Cable | June 15, 1885 | October 13, 1913 | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | June 23, 1957 | See Streetcars in Kansas City. | |||||||||
KC Streetcar | Kansas City (second era) | Electric | May 6, 2016[99] | Reintroduction; see KC Streetcar. | ||||||||
Lebanon | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Nevada | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
♦ North Kansas City | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
St. Joseph | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1939 | ||||||||||
St. Louis (first era) | Horse | 1859 | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Cable | April 15, 1886 | March 14, 1901 | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | June 20, 1966 | See Streetcars in St. Louis. | |||||||||
St. Louis MetroLink | St. Louis (second era) | Electric | Light rail | July 31, 1993 | Reintroduction, as St. Louis MetroLink light rail. | |||||||
Loop Trolley | November 16, 2018 | New heritage tramway | ||||||||||
Sedalia | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1931 | |||||||||||
Springfield Traction Company | Springfield | Horse | ? | 1929 | ||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | 1929 | ? | August 17, 1937[100] | |||||||||
Trenton | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
♦ Webb City | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
♦Webb City – Carterville | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | ? |
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Anaconda | Electric | September 1, 1890 | December 31, 1951 | |||||||||
Billings | Horse | 1882 | 1883 | |||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | April 4, 1912 | 1917 | ||||||||||
Bozeman | Electric | July 21, 1892 | December 15, 1921 | |||||||||
Butte | Horse | 1886 | ? | |||||||||
Cable | March 4, 1889 | September 19, 1897 | ||||||||||
Electric | August 26, 1890 | August 22, 1937 | ||||||||||
Great Falls | Electric | August 18, 1891 | November 30, 1931 | |||||||||
Horse | 1892 | 1893 | ||||||||||
Helena | Horse | September 25, 1886 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | May 25, 1890 | January 1, 1928 | ||||||||||
Missoula | Horse | 1897 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1892May 11, 1910 | 1897Jan 24, 1932 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Beatrice | Electric | ? | 1897 | |||||||||
Fremont | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Grand Island | Horse | ? | 1898 | |||||||||
Hastings | Horse | 1887 | ? | |||||||||
Kearney | Electric | ? | 1898 | |||||||||
Lincoln | ? | 1945 | ||||||||||
Nebraska City | Horse | 1889 | 1910 | |||||||||
Norfolk | Electric | ? | 1897 | |||||||||
Omaha Horse Railway Company | Omaha | Horse | 1868 | ? | ||||||||
Omaha Traction Company | Cable | December 29, 1887 | Jul 7, 1890 | |||||||||
Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company | Electric | 1886 | 1955 | |||||||||
Omaha Streetcar[101] | Electric | 2027 | ? | |||||||||
Plattsmouth | Electric | ? | 1892 | |||||||||
Red Cloud | Horse | 1887 | 1910 | |||||||||
Wymore | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
York | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Reno | Electric | November 1904[102] | September 1927 | See Streetcars in Reno. | ||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Berlin Street Railway[103] | Berlin-Gorham | Electric | July 4, 1902 | December 1, 1938 | Connected Berlin and Gorham through Cascade | |||||||
Springfield Electric Railway (1897-1921) Springfield Terminal Railroad (1921-1956) | Charlestown | Electric | 1897 | 1956 | Connected Charlestown with Springfield, Vermont. | |||||||
Claremont Railway and Light Company | Claremont | Electric | 1903 | 1945 | ||||||||
Concord | Horse | 1881 | 1890 | |||||||||
Electric | 1890 | April 29, 1933 | ||||||||||
Dover | Horse | 1882 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | August 16, 1889 | September 15, 1926 | ||||||||||
Exeter | Electric | 1897 | 1924 | |||||||||
Keene Electric Railway | Keene | Electric | 1900 | 1926 | ||||||||
Laconia | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1926 | ||||||||||
Manchester Street Railway | Manchester[104] | Horse | 1877 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | 1895 | May 2, 1940 | ||||||||||
Nashua | Horse | 1886 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1932 | ||||||||||
Portsmouth Electric Railway[105] | Portsmouth | Electric | 1899 | 1925 | ||||||||
Rochester | Electric | September 1, 1889 | May 6, 1925 | |||||||||
See also: List of New Jersey street railroads.
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Asbury Park | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | September 19, 1897 | 1931 | ||||||||||
Atlantic City | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | December 27, 1955 | see also Shore Fast Line. | |||||||||
Beach Haven | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company | Bridgeton | Electric | ? | ? | see also Millville and Vineland. | |||||||
Brigantine | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Camden (first era) | Horse | 1871 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1935 | Also served Gloucester City and other neighboring towns. | |||||||||
♦ Camden-Trenton | Electric | 1931 | ||||||||||
River Line (New Jersey Transit) | Camden (second era) | Diesel | Light rail | March 14, 2004 | ||||||||
Cape May | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ?1916 | 18921918 | ||||||||||
Electric | 1892 | 1913 | ||||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1916 | 1916 | ||||||||||
Elizabeth | Horse | 1869 | ? | |||||||||
Coal Gas | ? | ? | Coal gas is also known as Town gas and is not the same as petrol (gasoline). | |||||||||
Electric | ? | February 18, 1931 | Newark – Elizabeth tramway line closed 3 Jan 1937. | |||||||||
Fort Lee | Public Service Coordinated Transport (Bergen Division) and predecessors | align=right | 1435 | electric | April 20, 1896 | September 5, 1938 | ||||||
Gibbsboro – Lucaston | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Hackensack | Electric | ? | 1938 | |||||||||
Hudson County (first era) | Horse | 1860 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | August 7, 1949 | Date refers to abandonment of the last lines using the Hoboken Inclined Elevated viaduct. | |||||||||
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail | Hudson County (second era) | Electric | Light rail | April 22, 2000 | ||||||||
Keansburg | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Keyport | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1923 | |||||||||||
Long Branch | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Metuchen | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Millville Traction Company | Millville | Electric | ? | ? | see also Bridgeton. | |||||||
Morristown | Electric | ? | 1927 | |||||||||
Mount Holly | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
New Brunswick | Horse | 1867 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | August 1, 1931 | Suburban tramway line closed 26 Oct 1931. | |||||||||
Newark | Horse | 1859 | 1893 | |||||||||
Cable | Line built and tested, but not placed in service because of technical problems. | |||||||||||
Electric | Light rail (modern era) | October 1890(May 26, 1935) | See Note. | See: Newark Light Rail (aka. Newark City Subway). See also: Note, below. | ||||||||
Ocean City | Electric | ? | ? | see also Atlantic City | ||||||||
Ortley Beach | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Passaic | Electric | ? | ? | Newark – Passaic tramway closed 20 Mar 1937. | ||||||||
Paterson | Horse | 1863 | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Coal Gas | ? | ? | Coal gas is also known as Town gas and is not the same as petrol (gasoline). | |||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | May 1, 1928 | Newark – Paterson tramway line closed 1938. | |||||||||
Phillipsburg | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1894 | October 31, 1931 | See also Easton, Pennsylvania. | |||||||||
Plainfield | Electric | 1901 | 1925 | Newark – Plainfield tramway line closed 15 Sep 1935. | ||||||||
Point Pleasant | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | 1919 | ||||||||||
Red Bank | Electric | 1896 | 1921 | |||||||||
Rutherford | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1896 | 1921 | ||||||||||
Sea Isle City | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Stone Harbor – Cape May Court House | Steam | ? | ? | |||||||||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Trenton (first era) | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | December 6, 1934 | ||||||||||
River Line (New Jersey Transit) | Trenton (second era) | Diesel | Light rail | March 14, 2004 | ||||||||
Vineland | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Wildwood | Electric | ? | 1946 | |||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Albuquerque | Horse | 1880 | 1904 | |||||||||
Electric | December 31, 1927 | Reintroduction planned. | ||||||||||
Las Vegas | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | 1928 | ||||||||||
See also: List of streetcar lines in the Bronx, List of streetcar lines in Brooklyn, List of streetcar lines in Manhattan, List of streetcar lines in Queens, List of streetcar lines in Staten Island and List of streetcar lines on Long Island.
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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United Traction Co. | ♦ Albany | Horse | February 22, 1864 | 1921 | ||||||||
Electric | 1890 | August 1, 1946 | ||||||||||
♦♦ Albia – Averill Park | Electric | October 5, 1895 | March 31, 1925 | Albia is a former suburb and current neighborhood of Troy, New York | ||||||||
Amsterdam | Horse | July 4, 1873 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | December 20, 1890 | September 1, 1936 | ||||||||||
Auburn | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Babylon Rail Road Company | ♦ Babylon | Horse | 1871 | 1909 | ||||||||
Electric | 1909 | May 15, 1920 | ||||||||||
♦♦ Babylon – Amityville | Electric | 1909 | May 15, 1920 | |||||||||
Batavia | Electric | September 1903 | June 13, 1927 | |||||||||
Beacon | Electric | August 27, 1892 | April 20, 1930 | Connected Beacon and Fishkill[106] | ||||||||
Binghamton | Horse | 1873 | 1893 | |||||||||
Electric | May 31, 1887 | August 1, 1932 | ||||||||||
♦ Binghamton – Port Dickinson – Johnson City | Horse | July 1, 1892 | ||||||||||
Electric | 1892 | August 1, 1932 | ||||||||||
Paul Smith's Electric Railway[107] | ♦ Brighton, Franklin County-Saranac Lake, New York | Electric | 1906 | 1928 | ||||||||
Petrol (Gasoline) | 1928 | 1930 | Connected Brighton, Franklin County and Saranac Lake with Paul Smith's Hotel. | |||||||||
♦ Bronx | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1892 | August 21, 1948 | ||||||||||
♦ Brooklyn | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1890 | October 30, 1956 | ||||||||||
Buffalo (first era) | Horse | June 11, 1860 | 1893 | |||||||||
Electric | June 20, 1889 | July 1, 1950 | ||||||||||
♦ Buffalo – Depew | Electric | May 8, 1901 | September 23, 1926 | |||||||||
♦ Buffalo – Gardenville – Ebenezer | Electric | April 18, 1896 | December 12, 1931 | |||||||||
♦ Buffalo – Hamburg | Electric | October 6, 1900 | December 12, 1931 | |||||||||
♦ Buffalo – Williamsville | Electric | April 5, 1893 | September 18, 1930 | |||||||||
Buffalo Metro Rail | Buffalo (second era) | Electric | Light rail | October 9, 1984[108] | ||||||||
Canandaigua | Horse | September 6, 1887 | July 1892 | |||||||||
Electric | August 4, 1894 | July 31, 1930 | ||||||||||
Catskill | Electric | December 14, 1900 | by October 31, 1917 | |||||||||
♦ Charlotte – Manitou Beach | Electric | June 1, 1891 | August 25, 1925 | |||||||||
Pelham Park and City Island Railway | ♦♦ City Island | Horse | May 20, 1887 | 1914 | ||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | August 17, 1914 | August 9, 1919 | ||||||||||
♦ Cohoes | Horse | 1864 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1890 | February 6, 1934 | ||||||||||
Corning | Electric | November 1, 1895 | April 1, 1930 | |||||||||
Cortland | Horse | September 14, 1885 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | April 1, 1895 | 1928 | ||||||||||
♦ Cortland – Homer – McGraw – Preble | Horse | September 14, 1885 | ? | Connected Cortland and Homer. | ||||||||
Electric | April 1, 1895 | February 15, 1931 | ||||||||||
Dunkirk | Electric | July 1, 19001917 | 1917by August 1923 | |||||||||
♦ Dunkirk – Fredonia | Horse | September 1866 | 1891 | |||||||||
Electric | October 30, 1891 | March 25, 1934 | ||||||||||
Northport Traction Company | ♦ East Northport - Northport | Electric | April 18, 1902 | August 19, 1924 | ||||||||
Elmira | Horse | October 1871 | ? | |||||||||
Steam | July 23, 1889 | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | August 30, 1890 | March 11, 1939 | ||||||||||
Ocean Electric Railway (originally Far Rockaway Railroad) | ♦♦ Far Rockaway | Horse | July 2, 1886 | 1898 | ||||||||
Electric | 1898 | September 24, 1924 | ||||||||||
Fonda – Fultonville | Horse | 1875 | July 11, 1884 | |||||||||
Frankfort – Ilion – Mohawk – Herkimer | Horse | July 4, 1871 | ||||||||||
Electric | June 30, 1933 | |||||||||||
♦ Fredonia | Electric | May 15, 1910 | July 1927 | |||||||||
Seashore Municipal Railroad | ♦ Freeport | Electric | 1906 | 1924 | ||||||||
Fulton | Horse | August 15, 1886 | by 1908 | |||||||||
Electric | ? | September 15, 1927 | ||||||||||
Geneva | Electric | March 27, 1895 | 1925 | |||||||||
♦ Geneva – Waterloo – Seneca Falls – Cayuga | Steam | 1886 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | July 13, 1890 | December 6, 1928 | Opened in stages, completed 27 Mar 1895. | |||||||||
Glens Falls | Horse | September 28, 1885 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1891 | June 30, 1928 | ||||||||||
Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad | Gloversville | Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||
♦ Gloversville – Mountain Lake | Electric | August 23, 1901 | September 30, 1917 | |||||||||
♦ Highland – New Paltz | Electric | August 17, 1897 | Jul 7, 1925 | |||||||||
Hornell | Electric | August 6, 1892 | July 15, 1926 | |||||||||
♦ Hornell – Canisteo | Electric | December 30, 1892 | July 15, 1926 | |||||||||
Huntington Railroad | ♦ Huntington | Horse | July 19, 1890 | 1898 | Replaced by Huntington Traction Company (1920-1927) | |||||||
Electric | June 17, 1898 | August 15, 1927 | ||||||||||
♦♦ Huntington – Amityville | Electric | August 26, 1909 | September 23, 1919 | |||||||||
Ithaca | Electric | January 2, 1888January 28, 1893 | May 1892June 22, 1935 | |||||||||
Jamestown | Horse | June 20, 1884 | ||||||||||
Electric | June 11, 1891 | January 29, 1938 | ||||||||||
Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad | Johnstown | Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||
Kingston City; Colonial City | ♦ Kingston | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | 1894 | September 30, 1930 | Merged to Kingston Consolidated Railway Co. | |||||||||
♦ Larchmont | Horse | May 1, 1888 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | June 10, 1900 | August 16, 1927 | ||||||||||
Lima – Honeoye | Electric | August 8, 1899 | by October 30, 1915 | |||||||||
Lockport | Horse | January 1, 1887 | 1891 | |||||||||
Electric | August 20, 1895 | April 16, 1938 | ||||||||||
Long Beach Railway | ♦ Long Beach | Petrol (gasoline) | October 20, 1923 | 1926 | ||||||||
Long Island | See also the entries for New York City. | |||||||||||
♦ Manhattan | Horse | November 14, 1832 | 1917 | |||||||||
Cable | August 31, 1885 | May 25, 1901 | ||||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1910 | 1932 | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | June 21, 1947 | Last tramway line in New York, which operated on the Queensboro Bridge between Manhattan and Queens, closed 7 Apr 1957. | |||||||||
Middletown | Electric | May 8, 1894 | April 9, 1924 | |||||||||
♦ Middletown- Goshen | Electric | November 25, 1895 | October 21, 1924 | |||||||||
♦ Mount Vernon | Electric | ? | 1950 | |||||||||
♦ New Rochelle | Electric | ? | 1950 | |||||||||
New York City | See also Long Island and Westchester County. | |||||||||||
Newburgh | Horse | December 24, 1886 | May 1894 | |||||||||
Electric | June 9, 1894 | March 31, 1923 | ||||||||||
♦ Newburgh – Orange Lake – Walden | Electric | July 1894 | 1923 | See note. | ||||||||
♦ Niagara Falls | Horse | July 2, 1883 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | July 1892 | August 22, 1937 | ||||||||||
Ogdensburg | Horse | August 14, 1886 | 1895 | |||||||||
Electric | September 1, 1895 | April 1, 1932 | ||||||||||
Oneida | Horse | July 4, 1885 | July 30, 1902 | |||||||||
Electric | December 14, 1902 | December 1930 | ||||||||||
Oneonta | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
♦ Ossining | Electric | 1893October 1, 1907 | October 20, 1906May 7, 1926 | |||||||||
Oswego | Horse | August 22, 1885 | 1892 | |||||||||
Electric | 1892 | April 21, 1927 | ||||||||||
Suffolk Traction Company | ♦ Patchogue | Accumulator (storage battery) | July 1, 1911 | October 10, 1919 | ||||||||
♦ Patchogue – Holtsville | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1914 | October 10, 1919 | Extension Holtsville – Port Jefferson started, not completed. | ||||||||
♦♦ Patchogue – Sayville | Accumulator (storage battery) | by 1914 | October 10, 1919 | |||||||||
♦ Peekskill | Electric | June 1899 | June 30, 1926 | |||||||||
♦♦ Peekskill – Lake Mohegan | Electric | July 30, 1899 | 1924 | |||||||||
♦♦ Peekskill – Oregon | Electric | March 25, 1907 | August 29, 1925 | Opened in stages, completed 1909. | ||||||||
♦♦ Peekskill – Verplanck | Electric | 1902 | June 30, 1926 | |||||||||
Penn Yan – Branchport | Electric | August 15, 1897January 1, 1927 | October 11, 1926March 13, 1927 | |||||||||
Plattsburgh Traction Company | Plattsburgh | Electric | July 25, 1896 | November 1, 1929 | ||||||||
Larchmont Horse Railway | ♦ Port Chester | Horse | 1888 | 1901 | ||||||||
Port Chester Street Railway | Electric | July 12, 1898 | August 16, 1927 | Acquired by New York and Stamford Railway in 1901 | ||||||||
Port Jervis | Electric | January 15, 1898July 4, 1910 | June 9, 1910November 15, 1924 | |||||||||
Poughkeepsie | Horse | 1871 | 1894 | |||||||||
Electric | December 15, 1894 | November 25, 1935 | ||||||||||
♦ Poughkeepsie – Wappingers Falls | Electric | 1895 | November 1928 | |||||||||
♦ Queens | Horse | 1869 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1887 | April 26, 1950 | ||||||||||
Redwood – Alexandria Bay | Electric | August 18, 1902 | October 16, 1916 | |||||||||
♦ Rensselaer | Electric | November 4, 1897 | ||||||||||
Rochester | Horse | July 13, 1863 | 1893 | |||||||||
Electric | 1889 | April 1, 1941 | ||||||||||
Ocean Electric Railway (originally Rockaway Village Railroad) | ♦♦ Rockaway Park | Horse | June 2, 18861897 | 18951898 | ||||||||
Electric | 1898 | August 26, 1928 | See note. | |||||||||
Rome | Horse | July 4, 1887July 1, 1902 | 19001903 | |||||||||
Compressed-air | September 22, 1900 | June 30, 1902 | System returned to horse-drawn after 1902 until electric. | |||||||||
Electric | June 9, 1903 | December 7, 1930 | ||||||||||
Saratoga Springs | Electric | June 30, 1892 | January 20, 1926 | Brief periods of operation in 1890 and 1891. | ||||||||
Schenectady Railway Co. | ♦ Schenectady | Horse | ? | ? | ||||||||
Electric | ? | 1946 | ||||||||||
Nassau County Railway | ♦ Sea Cliff | Electric | July 2, 1902 | December 31, 1924 | a.k.a.; Sea Cliff Village Trolley | |||||||
Glen Cove Railroad | ♦♦ Sea Cliff – Glen Cove | Electric | November 16, 1905 | November 15, 1924 | ||||||||
♦ Staten Island | Horse | September 1868 | 1896 | |||||||||
Electric | 1893 | January 26, 1934 | ||||||||||
South Shore Traction Company | ♦ Sayville – Blue Point | Horse | 1903 | 1909 | ||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1909 | January 1913 | Acquired by Suffolk Traction Company | |||||||||
Suffolk Traction Company | Accumulator (storage battery) | Jan 1913 | October 10, 1919 | |||||||||
Syracuse | Horse | May 11, 1860 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | November 29, 1888 | January 4, 1941 | ||||||||||
♦ Syracuse – Edwards Falls | Electric | June 16, 1898 | October 24, 1931 | |||||||||
♦ Troy | Horse | September 1861 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | September 26, 1933 | ||||||||||
Utica | Horse | September 14, 1863 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1890 | May 13, 1941 | ||||||||||
Watertown | Electric | May 20, 1891 | August 17, 1937 | |||||||||
Watertown & Carthage Traction Co. (1891-1901) Black River Traction Co. (1901-1931) | ♦ Watertown – Brownsville – Dexter | Electric | June 30, 1891 | March 9, 1931 | ||||||||
Waverly | Electric | June 30, 1896 | June 11, 1930 | |||||||||
♦ Waverly – Sayre, PA – Athens, PA | Electric | June 30, 1896 | June 11, 1930 | |||||||||
Westchester County | See also the entries for New York City. | |||||||||||
♦ White Plains | Electric | October 1, 1895 | November 16, 1929 | |||||||||
Yonkers Railroad Company | ♦ Yonkers | Horse | March 1887 | 1892 | ||||||||
Electric | May 1892 | November 1952 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Asheville | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | February 1, 1889 | 1934 | ||||||||||
Belmont | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Burlington | Electric | 1912 | 1922 | Connected Burlington and Haw River. | ||||||||
Charlotte (first era) | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | May 18, 1891 | March 14, 1938 | ||||||||||
Charlotte Trolley | Charlotte (second era) | Electric | August 30, 1996 | June 28, 2010 | Heritage streetcar service opened in 1996, though with only limited days and hours, but ended in 2010. | |||||||
Lynx | Electric | Light rail | November 24, 2007 | |||||||||
CityLynx Gold Line | Electric | July 14, 2015 | Planned to be a modern-streetcar service, but is initially, temporarily operated by the replica-vintage cars formerly used on the Charlotte Trolley heritage service | |||||||||
Concord | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Steam | ? | |||||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1911 | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | 1923 | |||||||||||
Durham | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1902 | 1934 | ||||||||||
Fayetteville | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Steam | 1909 | |||||||||||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Gastonia | Electric | ? | September 21, 1948 | |||||||||
Goldsboro | Electric | 19101915 | 1912 | |||||||||
Greensboro | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | June 11, 1902 | 1934 | ||||||||||
Hendersonville | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Steam | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | 1911 | |||||||||||
High Point | Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | 1912 | 1935 | ||||||||||
New Bern | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1913 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1929 | |||||||||||
Pinehurst | Electric | 1896 | 1907 | |||||||||
Raleigh | Horse | December 25, 1886 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | September 1, 1891 | 1934 | ||||||||||
Salisbury | Electric | 1905 | 1938 | |||||||||
Wilmington | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1892 | April 18, 1939 | ||||||||||
♦ Wilmington – Wrightsville Beach | Steam | ? | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1939 | |||||||||||
Winston-Salem | Electric | July 14, 1890 | 1936 | |||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Bismarck | Electric | February 16, 1904 | February 28, 1931 | Only US town tramway owned by a (federal) state authority. | ||||||||
Fargo | Horse | 1879July 7, 1882 | 1879September 18, 1882 | |||||||||
Electric | February 16, 1904 | August 21, 1937 | Tramway system also served Moorhead, MN. | |||||||||
Grand Forks | Electric | November 20, 1904 | February 1, 1934 | System included an interstate line to East Grand Forks, Minnesota. | ||||||||
Valley City Street & Interurban Railway | Valley City | Electric | December 18, 1905 | |||||||||
Wahpeton | See Breckenridge, MN. | |||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Akron Street Railway Co. | Akron | Horse | August 18, 1883 | ? | ||||||||
Electric | October 2, 1888 | March 26, 1947 | ||||||||||
Alliance | Electric | 1888 | July 15, 1939 | |||||||||
Ashtabula | Horse | 1883 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | April 9, 1892 | January 30, 1939 | ||||||||||
Bellaire | Horse | October 16, 1865 | ? | |||||||||
Bellefontaine | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Berea | Horse | ? | ? | |||||||||
Cambridge | Electric | 1929 | ||||||||||
Canton | Horse | 1884 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | March 1890 | April 18, 1931 | ||||||||||
Chillicothe | Electric | 1930 | ||||||||||
Cincinnati Street Railway | Cincinnati (first era) | Horse | 1859 | 1904 | ||||||||
Cable | July 8, 1885 | July 19, 1902 | ||||||||||
Steam | 1866 | 1897 | Mt. Lookout dummy. | |||||||||
Electric | 1889 | April 29, 1951[109] | See Streetcars in Cincinnati, and in this list see also Covington, Kentucky. | |||||||||
Cincinnati Bell Connector | Cincinnati (second era) | Electric | September 9, 2016[110] | |||||||||
Cleveland | Horse | 1860 | 1901 | |||||||||
Cable | December 17, 1890 | January 28, 1901 | ||||||||||
Electric | Interurban (Light rail) | ? | See Streetcars in Cleveland. Last in-street trolley/tram lines closed in 1954, but Shaker light rail lines survived (see Blue and Green Lines). | |||||||||
Columbus | Horse | 1863 | 1892 | |||||||||
Electric | 1891 | September 5, 1948 | ||||||||||
Conneaut | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Coshocton | Electric | ? | 1927 | |||||||||
Dayton | Horse | 1870 | 1895 | |||||||||
Accumulator (storage battery) | May 1893 | ? | ||||||||||
Steam | 1872 | 1886 | ||||||||||
Electric | 1888 | 1947. | See Note. | |||||||||
Defiance | Electric | December 12, 1891 | 1913 | |||||||||
Delaware | Electric | August 19, 1926 | ||||||||||
East Liverpool | Electric | 1892 | April 1939 | |||||||||
Elyria | Electric | 1931 | ||||||||||
Findlay | Horse | 1887 | 1894 | |||||||||
Electric | 1891 | January 31, 1932 | ||||||||||
Fremont | Electric | 1932 | ||||||||||
Gallipolis | Electric | 1932 | ||||||||||
Hamilton | Electric | 1890 | 1933 | |||||||||
Ohio Valley Electric Railway | Ironton | Electric | ? | 1930 | ||||||||
Lancaster | Electric | October 30, 1937 | ||||||||||
Lima | Electric | July 19, 1886 | ?May 13, 1939 | |||||||||
Lorain | Electric | May 7, 1938 | ||||||||||
Mansfield | Electric | August 7, 1887 | June 6, 1937 | |||||||||
Marietta | Horse | 1888 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | 1896 | 1934 | ||||||||||
Marion | Electric | 1933 | ||||||||||
Massillon | Electric | 1892 | June 2, 1929 | |||||||||
Middletown | Horse | 1879 | May 4, 1918 | Replaced by motorbus. | ||||||||
Mount Vernon | Electric | 1917 | ||||||||||
New Philadelphia – Dover | Electric | July 4, 1889 | January 26, 1926 | |||||||||
Newark | Electric | August 10, 1926 | ||||||||||
Niles | Electric | 1894 | 1927 | |||||||||
Norwalk | Electric | ? | May 14, 1938 | |||||||||
Painesville | Electric | 1893 | 1926 | |||||||||
Piqua | Electric | ? | ||||||||||
Pomeroy | Electric | November 1900 | 1929 | |||||||||
Portsmouth | Electric | 1939 | ||||||||||
Put-in-Bay | Electric | 18911913 | 19101914 | Brief period of operation in 1915, to 30 Jun 1915. | ||||||||
Salem | Electric | May 23, 1890 | December 9, 1911 | |||||||||
Sandusky | Horse | August 3, 1883 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | November 27, 1890 | May 25, 1938 | ||||||||||
Springfield | Electric | 1891 | December 9, 1932 | Town tramway service on interurban line, Dec 1929 – 3 Jun 1938. | ||||||||
Steubenville | Electric | 1888 | December 1938 | |||||||||
Tiffin | Electric | 1919 | ||||||||||
Toledo | Horse | 1860 | 1890 | |||||||||
Electric | 1890 | December 31, 1949 | ||||||||||
Toronto | Electric | ? | ? | |||||||||
Uhrichsville – Dennison | Electric | 1901 | January 1922 | |||||||||
Warren | Electric | 1894 | 1931 | |||||||||
Youngstown | Horse | 1873 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | December 8, 1940 | See also Sharon, Pennsylvania. | |||||||||
Zanesville | Horse | November 13, 1875 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | December 27, 1890 | December 31, 1930 | ||||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Ardmore Traction Co.[111] | Ardmore | Electric | January 1906 | 1922 | ||||||||
Bartlesville Interurban Co. | Bartlesville ― Dewey | Electric | Interurban | July 14, 1908 | July 15, 1920 | |||||||
Chickasha Street Railway | Chickasha | Electric | July 12, 1910 | August 14, 1927 | ||||||||
Clinton Street Railway | Clinton | Petrol (gasoline) | June 1909 | 1911 | ||||||||
Electric | 1912 | August 27, 1914 | ||||||||||
El Reno | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1908 | |||||||||
El Reno Interurban Railway | Electric | 1908 | 1911 | Acquired by the Oklahoma Railway Co. in 1911 and consolidated into its interurban network. | ||||||||
El Reno Heritage Express | El Reno | Propane | August 25, 2001[112] | Heritage streetcar | ||||||||
Enid City Railway | Enid | Electric | June 3, 1907 | August 31, 1929 | ||||||||
Guthrie Railway Co. | Guthrie | Electric | May 26, 1905 | July 19, 1916 | Acquired by the Oklahoma Railway Co. in 1916 and consolidated into its interurban network. | |||||||
Lawton Railway & Light Co. | Lawton ― Fort Sill | Electric | Interurban | July 11, 1914 | November 11, 1927 | |||||||
Pittsburg County Railway | McAlester | Electric | September 15, 1903 | 1932 | ||||||||
McAlester ― Hartshorne | Electric | Interurban | November 14, 1904 | April 27, 1947 | ||||||||
Northeast Oklahoma Railroad | Miami ― Commerce ― Cardin ― Picher ― Columbus (Kan.) | Electric | Interurban | December 20, 1920 | December 1939 | |||||||
Muskogee Electric Traction Company | Muskogee | Electric | May 15, 1905 | March 9, 1933 | ||||||||
Muskogee ― Fort Gibson | Electric | Interurban | 1911 | March 9, 1933 | ||||||||
Union Electric Railway | Nowata ― Coffeyville (Kan.) | Electric | Interurban | 1915 | July 17, 1947 | |||||||
Oklahoma Railway Company | Oklahoma City (first era) | Electric | February 7, 1903 | April 13, 1947 | ||||||||
Oklahoma City ― El Reno | Electric | Interurban | December 3, 1911 | November 9, 1946 | ||||||||
Oklahoma City ― Guthrie | Electric | Interurban | July 20, 1916 | November 9, 1946 | ||||||||
Oklahoma City ― Norman | Electric | Interurban | November 1913 | September 27, 1947 | ||||||||
Oklahoma City Streetcar | Oklahoma City (second era) | Electric | December 14, 2018[113] | Reintroduction; see Oklahoma City Streetcar. | ||||||||
Okmulgee Inter-Urban Railway | Okmulgee | Electric | November 20, 1911 | 1919 | ||||||||
Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway | Sapulpa | Electric | December 22, 1909 | 1933 | ||||||||
Shawnee-Tecumseh Traction Co. | Shawnee ― Tecumseh | Electric | Interurban | September 1, 1906 | January 9, 1927 | |||||||
Tulsa Street Railway | ♦ Tulsa | Horse | May 27, 1907 | July 1907 | ||||||||
Electric | July 1907 | February 5, 1936 | ||||||||||
Sand Springs Railway | ♦ Tulsa ― Sand Springs | Electric | Interurban | 1911 | January 2, 1955 | |||||||
Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway | ♦ Tulsa ― Sapulpa | Electric | Interurban | October 1918 | 1933 | |||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Albany | Steam | ? | May have started as late as 1892.[114] | |||||||||
Horse | August 30, 1889[115] | 1909 | ||||||||||
Electric | 1909 | 1918 | ||||||||||
Astoria | Horse | May 9, 1888[116] | 1892 | |||||||||
Electric | 1892 | June 1924 | Seasonal heritage streetcar line, the Astoria Riverfront Trolley, started 1999. | |||||||||
Baker | Horse | June 4, 1890[117] | ? | |||||||||
Corvallis | Horse | June 19, 1890[118] | ||||||||||
Eugene Street Railway[119] | Eugene | Horse | June 26, 1891 | 1903 | Mule-drawn. | |||||||
Electric | September 26, 1907 | October 15, 1927 | Renamed "Portland, Eugene and Eastern" 1907-1915 | |||||||||
Forest Grove | Electric | [120] | 1911 | |||||||||
Klamath Falls | Horse | July 4, 1907[121] | May 1911 | |||||||||
Medford | Electric | 1914[122] | 1920 | First streetcar was delivered on 16 March 1914. | ||||||||
Portland (first era) | Horse | 1896[123] | First test run on 7 Dec 1872.[124] | |||||||||
Cable | February 22, 1890 | Aug 1904 | ||||||||||
Electric | November 1, 1889[125] | February 26, 1950[126] [127] | ||||||||||
♦ Portland – Oregon City, Portland – Bellrose | Electric | Interurban | February 16, 1893 | January 25, 1958 | Opening date is for Oregon City line; closure date is same for both. | |||||||
♦ Portland – Vancouver, Washington | Electric | 1917 | 1940 | |||||||||
MAX Light Rail | Portland (second era) | Electric | Light rail | September 5, 1986 | Reintroduction, as MAX Light Rail. | |||||||
Portland Streetcar | July 20, 2001 | Modern-streetcar system. | ||||||||||
Salem | Horse | January 15, 1889 | ? | |||||||||
Electric | May 27, 1890[128] | August 4, 1927 | ||||||||||
Union | Steam | 1895[129] | ? | |||||||||
width=15% | Name of System | width=20% | Location | width=10% | Traction Type | width=10% | Interurban or light rail, if applicable | width=10% | Date (From) | width=10% | Date (To) | Notes |
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Gettysburg Electric Railway | Adams County | Electric | ||||||||||
Aliquippa | Electric | See also Beaver Falls. | ||||||||||
Allentown | Horse | Lehigh Valley Transit Co. | ||||||||||
Electric | ||||||||||||
Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway | Altoona | Horse | ? | |||||||||
Electric | ? | |||||||||||
Bangor | Electric | 1933 | ||||||||||
♦ Bethlehem | Electric | ? | ||||||||||
Beaver Falls – New Brighton | Horse | ? | ||||||||||
Electric | ? | See also Aliquippa. | ||||||||||
Berwick | Electric | |||||||||||
Bloomsburg | Electric |