List of town tramway systems in Spain

This is a list of town tramway systems in Spain by the autonomous community. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with current operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

Andalucia

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Cádiz Mule 18__ ?  
Electric 190_ 22 Aug 1964 Reintroduction planned.[citation needed]
  Granada Electric 7 Jul 1904 14 Feb 1974 Heritage tramway planned.[citation needed]
  ♦ Granada – Sierra Nevada Electric 21 Feb 1925 20 Jan 1974  
Jaén Tram Jaén Electric 2 May 2011 May 2011 Operation suspended only about two weeks after system opened, for financial reasons, and still suspended as of 2013.[1]
  Málaga Mule 1881 1903  
Electric 1903 31 Dec 1961 Málaga Metro light metro/light rail system opened 30 July 2014.
  Linares – Baeza Electric 1 Aug 1904 15 Jan 1966  
  ♦ Linares – La Loma Electric 8 Dec 1907 15 Jan 1966  
  Marmolejo Mule 1916 Jul 1936 Operated only during spa season.
  Motril Mule 1884 8 Oct 1922  
  Sanlúcar de Barrameda Horse 188_ 19__ Operated only during summer season.
  Seville Mule 5 Sep 1887 1899 Transitioned to electric tram. The power plant for the electric trams was built over the old stables.
Electric 1899 8 May 1960 Replaced by a fleet of Leyland Worldmaster buses from 1959.
MetroCentro Electric 28 Oct 2007   New line built initially to preserve World Heritage places from direct traffic pollution.
Vélez-Málaga Tram Vélez-Málaga Electric 16 Oct 2006 4 Jun 2012 Service suspended in June 2012 because of financial crisis;[2] tram cars subsequently leased to Australia where they began operation in March 2014.[3]

Aragon

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Zaragoza Horse 19 Oct 1885 1903 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Electric 9 Oct 1902 22 Jan 1976 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in); 600 V DC Trolley pole. Single, double truck & articulated "boston style"; trailers and open cars used.
Zaragoza tram Electric 19 Apr 2011   Standard gauge; one line in operation (Mago de Oz–Avenida Academia), and 2 planned lines. Trams model: CAF Urbos 3

Asturias

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Arriondas – Covadonga Horse 1 Jan 1908 1930  
  Gijón Mule 30 Mar 1890 1909  
Electric 1909 10 May 1964  
  Mieres Mule 18__ 19__  
  Oviedo Horse 18__ 1922  
Electric traction 1922 1957 Three lines: 1. Ayuntamiento-Lugones; 2. Colloto-Buenavista; 3. La Argañosa-San Lázaro
  Santullano Mule 18__ 1917  [4]
Steam 1917 28 Sep 1934  
  Avilés Horse 1892 1924  
Electric 1924 1955(?)  

Balearic Islands

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Alaró – Consell (Majorca) Mule 5 May 1881 1922  
Petrol 1922 24 Feb 1935 Sporadic operation during 1936–1939.
Trams in Palma Palma (Majorca) Mule 9 Sep 1891 ?  
Steam ? ?  
Petrol 14 Oct 1921 1940  
Electric 9 Sep 1891 Jan 1959 Reintroduction planned[citation needed]
Tranvía de Sóller Sóller (Majorca) Electric 4 Oct 1913   Gauge: 914 mm (3 ft)
This and Barcelona's Tramvia Blau are Spain's only surviving first-generation tramlines.

Basque Country

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bermeo–Sukarrieta[5] Horse 1896 1918 Gauge: 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
  Bilbao Mule 9 Sep 1876 4 Sep 1909 The interurban Bilbao–Getxo tram opened in 1876, the line from Bilbao to Santurtzi opened in 1882. They were built to a gauge of 1,365 mm (53+3⁄4 in). These two lines were electrified in 1896. The first urban line in Bilbao opened in 1888 with a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge. The urban lines were electrified and regauged to 1,365 mm (53+3⁄4 in) between 1907 and 1909. The last urban line closed in 1955, the Bilbao–Santurtzi line closed in 1959.[6]
Electric 1 Feb 1896 7 Oct 1959
Bilbao tram Electric 18 Dec 2002   Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Bilbao–Durango–Arratia tram Bilbao, Basauri, Amorebieta-Etxano, Lemoa, Durango, Igorre, Zeanuri Electric 2 Sep 1899[7] 30 Nov 1964[8] Gauge: 1,365 mm (53+3⁄4 in)
  Donostia / San Sebastián Mule 18 Jul 1887 1897  
Electric 1897 11 Jul 1958 Reintroduction planned.[citation needed]
  Irun / Irún - Hondarribia / Fuenterrabía Mule 1 Nov 1893 1919  
Electric 1919 18 Jun 1953  
Vitoria-Gasteiz tram Vitoria-Gasteiz Electric 23 Dec 2008   Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Canary Islands

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Las Palmas
(de Gran Canaria) 		Steam 1891 1910 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Electric 1910 1935 Operation restored with steam traction, one steam locomotive pulling trains of tramcars, 1940–1941.
Reintroduction planned.[citation needed]
  (Santa Cruz de) Tenerife Steam
/ Electric 		8 Apr 1901 1956 Gauge: 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)(?)
Tenerife Tram Electric 2 Jun 2007    

Cantabria

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Santander Steam 1873 1875  
Horse 1875 1908  
Electric 1908 11 Jul 1951  

Castile and León

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Valladolid Valladolid Mule 22 Dec 1881 18 Apr 1911  
Electric 7 Sep 1910 6 Nov 1933  

Catalonia

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Barcelona Barcelona Mule 26 Jun 1872 1907  
Steam 1877 1907  
Electric 26 Jan 1899 19 Mar 1971 Note: Closure date does not include the Tramvia Blau line.
Tramvia Blau Electric 29 Oct 1901    
Trambaix Electric 5 April 2004    
Trambesòs Electric 8 May 2004    
  ♦ Arrabassada Electric 19 Jul 1911 1938  
  ♦ Mataró – Argentona Electric 27 May 1928 9 Oct 1965  
  ♦ Montgat – Tiana Electric 1 Nov 1916 30 Sep 1955  
  Tarragona Mule 9 Apr 1883 13 Jan 1896  
  Tortosa – Roquetes Mule 20 Sep 1885 1928  

Extremadura

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Badajoz Horse 23 Mar 1889 1912 (?)  

Galicia

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  A Coruña (La Coruña) Mule 1 Jan 1903 1913  
Electric 1913 Jul 1962  
A Coruña tourist tram Electric Dec 1997[9]   Heritage tramway opened 10 May 1997.[citation needed]
Light rail system in planning.[citation needed]
  Ferrol Electric ? 1962  
  Pontevedra Steam 12 Jun 1889 1924  
Electric 1924 1943  
  Verín Mule 1909 192_  
  Vigo Electric 10 Aug 1914 30 Dec 1968 Reintroduction planned.[citation needed]

Madrid

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  El Escorial (Electric) - - Construction started 1929, not completed.[10]
Parla Tram Parla Electric 6 May 2007 -
Trams in Madrid Madrid Mule 31 May 1871 ?  
Steam 1878 ?  
Electric 1898 1 Jun 1972  
Metro Ligero Electric 24 May 2007   Light rail

Region of Murcia

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Cartagena Mule Sep 1892 1907  
Electric 1907 1959 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
  Murcia Mule Oct 1896 1902  
Steam 1902 1906  
Electric 1906 29 Apr 1929  
Murcia tram Electric 29 Apr 2007    
Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Pamplona Electric 23 Sep 1911 ?  

Valencian Community

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Alcoi (Electric) - - Construction started 1895, not completed.
Trams in Alicante Alicante Mule 13 Jul 1893 1902  
Steam 1902 1924  
Electric 1924 14 Nov 1969  
Alicante Tram Electric 15 Aug 2003   Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Tram trial service began 17 March 1999; full service inaugurated 15 August 2003.
  Carcaixent - Dénia Mule 8 Feb 1864 28 Nov 1881 Line upgraded from tramway to railway.
  Novelda (Electric)     Construction started, not completed.
Trams in Valencia Valencia Mule 23 Jun 1876 1925  
Steam 1892 ?  
Electric 1900 20 Jun 1970  
Metrovalencia Electric 21 May 1994   Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Line 4 (tramway) opened in May 1994.
Metrovalencia is a metre gauge system of tram, light rail, and even commuter rail, albeit with underground metro-like (subway) sections.
  ♦ Burriana / Borriana - Grao / Grau Mule ? 19__  
  ♦Villanueva de Castellón - La Pobla Llarga Mule 1 Mar 1896 ?  
Steam 1919
1926 		1926
1931 		Line upgraded from tramway to railway.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sad future for Jaén's 'tram to nowhere'". Tramways & Urban Transit. LRTA Publishing: 125. April 2013.
  2. ^ "Eurozone crisis: The ghost tramway haunting Spain". BBC News. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. ^ Cabezas, Eugenio (9 July 2013). "El tranvía de Vélez inicia su viaje a Sidney". SUR.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Tranvía a Vapor de Santullano a Cabañaquinta (Sociedad Industrial Asturiana – SIA)". spanishrailway.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2005). El ferrocarril de Amorebieta a Bermeo (PDF) (in Spanish and Basque). EuskoTren. pp. 37–42. ISBN 8492062975.
  6. ^ Olaizola, Juanjo (2002). Bilboko tranbiak / Los tranvías de Bilbao (PDF) (in Spanish and Basque). EuskoTren. pp. 8–28. ISBN 84-920629-8-3.
  7. ^ Peris Torner, Juan (25 May 2012). "Tranvía eléctrico de Bilbao á Durango y Arratia (TBDA)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  8. ^ Cárcamo, Alba (5 May 2015). "El tranvía de Arratia vuelve a Lemoa medio siglo después". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Tourist tram". Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña S.A. 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Tranvías y funiculares de El Escorial". vialibre-ffe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2023.

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