List of town tramway systems in Ukraine

This is a list of town tramway systems in Ukraine by oblast. It includes all tram systems, past and present; cities with currently operating systems are indicated in bold. A diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the Notes column.

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Nizhyn Nizhyn Horse 1915 1920s?  
Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Chernivtsi [uk] Chernivtsi Electric 18 Jul 1897 20 Mar 1967 Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Yevpatoria Yevpatoria Electric 23 May 1914 - Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in).
Note for Yevpatoria: Operation suspended 1919–1923 because of war. Operated only during summer season, 1923–1941. Operation suspended 1941–1944 because of war. Operation resumed 1944, then suspended 1944–1947.
  Kerch Electric 7 Nov 1935 Nov 1941 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
  Molochne Electric 18 Aug 1989 Aug 2014 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in).
Note for Molochne: Built by the Pension Bérégovoy resort to provide transportation between the guest-house complex and the beach (on the Black Sea). Operates only during summer season.
  Simferopol Electric 13 Aug 1914 1 Dec 1970 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Operation suspended 1941 (or 1942) – 1944 because of war.
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Kamianske [uk] Kamianske Electric 27 Nov 1935 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Trams in Dnipro Dnipro Electric 26 Jun 1897 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Oct 1919 – Sep 1921 because of war.
Trams in Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih Electric 2 Jan 1935 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Aug 1941 – 6 Nov 1946 because of war. Express tramway opened 26 Dec 1986 (see Kryvyi Rih Metrotram).
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Avdiivka Avdiivka Electric 23 Aug 1965 Jan 2017 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
From Jan 2017 on, operation is suspended due to the War in Donbas.
Trams in Donetsk Donetsk Electric 15 Jun 1928 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Trams in Druzhkivka [uk] Druzhkivka Electric 5 Dec 1945 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Trams in Horlivka [uk] Horlivka Electric 7 Nov 1932 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 10 May 1945 because of war.
Trams in Kostiantynivka [uk] Kostiantynivka Electric 23 Aug 1931 26 Dec 2016 Operation suspended Oct 1941 – 1 May 1944 and Jun 2004 – 2008. Unconnected line opened 1933, connected to original system 1965. Reopening in 2008.
Trams in Kramatorsk [uk] Kramatorsk Electric 12 May 1937 1 Aug 2017 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Trams in Makiivka [uk] Makiivka Electric 21 Aug 1927 3 Jul 2006 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Shchyhlivka Electric 23 Nov 1924
1956
1941
 
Reopened and connected with the main Makiivka system, 1956.
Trams in Mariupol Mariupol Electric 1 May 1933
2 May 2023
2 March 2022 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Destroyed by Russians during the Siege of Mariupol in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; Reopened in 2023.
Trams in Sviatohirsk [uk] Sviatohirsk Petrol (gasoline) traction 1930(?) 1941  
  Sloviansk[citation needed] Steam 1894 1941(?)
Trams in Vuhlehirsk [uk] Vuhlehirsk Electric 10 Nov 1958 28 Jun 1980 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Trams in Yenakiieve Yenakiieve Electric 24 May 1932 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 8 Sep 1944 because of war.
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Kharkiv Kharkiv Horse 24 Sep 1882 ?  
Electric 16 Jul 1906 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended 1 Jan 1920 – Jun 1921 because of war.
Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Kirovohrad [uk] Kropyvnytskyi (then Kirovohrad) Electric 25 Jul 1897 Aug 1941(?) Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Kyiv Kyiv Horse 11 Aug 1891 1896  
Steam 19 Feb 1892 1904  
Electric 13 Jun 1892 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
First electric tramway in Russian Empire (and thus in Ukraine). Express tramway opened 1979.
  Darnytsia Petrol (gasoline) May 1912 1934 Operation suspended 1920–1925.
Electric 1926   Connected to main Kyiv system 1925. (Darnytsya is on the left bank of the Dnieper River. Tramway segment on Paton Bridge closed 9 Jun 2004, dividing the Kyiv system into two portions.)
  Demiivka Electric 1909
1926
1919
?
Connected with main Kyiv system 1926.
  Sviatoshyn Horse 1898 1901  
Electric 1901 ? Connected with main Kyiv system 1923.
  ♦ Darnytsia - Brovary Petrol (gasoline) 1912 1934  
Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Luhansk [uk] Luhansk Electric 3 May 1934 15 Jul 2014 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war.
Temporary suspension of operation because of Russian invasion 2014 changed to perpetual.
  Kamianyi Brid Electric May 1935 18 February 2008 Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war. Connected with main Luhansk system 1965, disconnected and closed down in 2008.
  Kadiivka Electric 15 Dec 1937 Dec 2007 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Lviv Lviv Horse 5 May 1880 1908(?)  
Electric 31 May 1894 - Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Construction of tramway tunnel started ca. 1989, stopped 1992.
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Horse 8 Aug 1897
1918
1915
1921
 
Electric 3 Jan 1915
May 1922
1918
-
Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Electric tramway operation suspended because of war.
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
  Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Horse 1904 ?  
Steam 1907 1930  
Trams in Odesa Odesa Horse 20 Jul 1880
1919
1915
Jun 1921
 
Electric 24 Sep 1910 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
First electric tramway within Odessa opened 24 Sep 1910. Operation suspended Jan 1919 – Jun 1921 because of war.
  Khadzhybeiskyi Lyman Horse 23 May 1899 1917  
  Kuialnytskyi Lyman Horse 4 Jun 1888 1915  
  ♦ Odessa - Velykoho Fontanu Steam 23 Jul 1881
1920
Oct 1912 (electrified)
5 Sep 1922
 
  ♦ Odessa - Khadzhybeiskyi Lyman Steam 1893
1920
Oct 1913 (electrified)
5 Sep 1922
 
  Lustdorf (Chornomorka) Electric 22 Aug 1907    
Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Poltava [uk] Poltava (Electric) 1923 2002     Construction started 1962, not completed.
  Kremenchuk (Electric) 11 December 1899 1921 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Sevastopol [uk] Sevastopol Electric 24 Sep 1898 1942 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
  ♦ Sevastopol - Balaklava Electric 1925 1942 Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Konotop [uk] Konotop Electric 25 Dec 1949 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Sumy Horse 1958 1999 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Zinoviev "Parovoz". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. includes Sumy in a list of Ukrainian towns which have or had tramways, but provides no details.
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Vinnytsia Vinnytsia Electric 28 Oct 1913 - Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Operation suspended Feb 1920 – 27 Nov 1921, and Mar 1944 – Jun 1945, because of war.
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Zaporizhzhia Tram Zaporizhzhia Electric 17 Jul 1932 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended 1943 – 12 Oct 1944 because of war.
Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
  Berdychiv Horse 4 Aug 1892 1921 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Trams in Zhytomyr [uk] Zhytomyr Electric 3 Sep 1899 - Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Operation suspended 1918 – 10 Aug 1920 because of war.

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