List of trams in Asia

This list includes the existing and former tram operators in Asia . In addition to the cities in which they were located, additional information is provided, as far as possible, about the gauge, the type of drive, opening and setting dates and, if necessary, about the operation. The data relate to the greatest possible extent to the entire operating time, for example all drive types are listed and not the last used; the same applies to different gauges. The link to the article of the individual farms, if available, provides detailed information.

• Asia : Azerbaijan - China - Georgia - India - Indonesia - Iraq - Israel - Japan - Kazakhstan - Lebanon - Malaysia - Myanmar - North Korea - Pakistan - Philippines - Russia - Singapore - Sri Lanka - South Korea - Syria - Thailand - Turkey - Uzbekistan - Vietnam
• Europe : see list of trams in Europe
• Africa : see list of trams in Africa
• America : see list of trams in America
• Australia and New Zealand : see list of trams in Australia and New Zealand

Asia

Armenia

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Yerevan	914			horse	09/29/1906	__. 08.1918
Yerevan	1524		45.0	electric	01/12/1933	__. 01.2004

Azerbaijan

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Baku	1524			horse	04/19/1889	10/01/1923
Baku	1524			steam	10/06/1889	__.__. 1894
Baku	1524		76.6	electric	02/08/1924	__. 01.2004		Baku tram
Goose				horse	~ 1900	1920
Goose				steam	1923	1932		Tram Gäncä
Gäncä (Kirowabad)	1524			electric	05/01/1933	10/16/1976
Naxçivan				horse	May 21, 1890	__. 12.1902
Sumqayit	1524		22.0	electric	03/11/1959	2003		Sumqayit tram

Today there are no longer any trams.

Burma

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Mandalay	1067	2	11	electric	1904	1942	Mandalay Electric Company	Mandalay tram

Today there are no longer any trams.

China

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Anshan	1435			electric	__. 01.1956	02/26/2004		Anshann tram	[1]
Changchun	1435			electric	1937/1942			Changchun tram	[2]
Dalian	1435			electric	09/25/1909			Dalian tram
Central (Hong Kong)	1067				06/30/1904			Hong Kong Tramways	[3]
Harbin	1000		14.4	electric	10/10/1927	06/17/1987		Harbin tram	[4]
Mukden				horse	1907				[5]
Mukden			12	electric	__. 10.1925	1973		Mukden tram
Beijing				electric	06/24/1899	1900			[6]
Beijing				electric	December 17, 1924	05/06/1966		Beijing tram	[7]
Shanghai				electric	03/15/1908	197_		Shanghai tram	[8th]
Tientsin			14.4	electric	02/16/1906	1972		Tianjin Tram	[9]
Tuen Mun	1435			electric	09/17/1988			Tuen Mun tram
Wuhan	1435		16.8	electric	07/18/2017			Wuhan tram
Zhuhai	1435		8.9	electric	06/13/2017			Zhuhai tram

Georgia

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Gagra				horse	1903			Gagra tram
Potentiometer			2.3	horse	1904	1932		Tram Poti
Tbilisi	914		15.0	horse	04/03/1883	1910
Tbilisi	1000			electric	December 25, 1904	05/13/1938
Tbilisi	1524		53.9	electric	02/15/1934	December 04, 2006		Tbilisi tram

Today there are no longer any trams.

India

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Bombay (Mumbai)				horse	05/09/1874
Bombay (Mumbai)			47	electric	05/07/1907	March 31, 1964			[10]
Chennai (Madras)			24	electric	05/07/1895	04/12/1953			[11]
Delhi			15th	electric	03/06/1908	~ 1963
Haora	1435			electric	1905	1943
Kolkata (Calcutta)				horse	__. 01.1881				Test drives on February 24th, 1873
Kolkata (Calcutta)				steam	1882
Kolkata (Calcutta)			56	electric	03/27/1902
Kanpur				electric	__. 06.1907	March 16, 1933			[12]
Nasik				horse		1931-33

Existing establishments: List of cities with trams # India

Indonesia

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Jakarta	1067			horse	1869		OJS
Jakarta	1067			steam	1881		OJS
Jakarta	1188			electric	04/10/1899	1962	OJS		[13]
Surabaya	1067			steam	06/07/1888		OJS
Surabaya	1067			electric	April 27, 1923	__. 01.1968	OJS

Today there are no longer any trams.

Iraq

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Baghdad			4th	horse	1871	194_			[14]
Kufa - Nejif				horse					[15]

Israel

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Jerusalem	1435			electric	08/19/2011			Jerusalem tram

Japan

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Aboshi	1435		17.1	electric	01/01/1909	December 15, 1934	Gangs Tetsudo	Aboshi tram
Asahikawa (Higashi-Asahikawa Line)	1067		9.7	electric	12/30/1929	01/01/1973	Asahikawa Denki Kidō	Asahikawa tram
Asahikawa	1067		12.2	electric	03/11/1929	06/09/1956	Asahikawa Shigai Kidō	Asahikawa tram
Akita	1067		7.7	electric	07/14/1989	March 31, 1966	municipal traffic office	Akita Tram
Ena	1067		12.6	electric	05.12.1906	01/30/1935	Iwamura Denki Kidō	Tram Ena
Enoshima	1067		10.0	electric	09/01/1902		Enoshima Dentetsu	Enoshima Dentetsu line	Railway line with a short section flush with the street
Fukui	1067		3.3	electric	02/23/1924		Fukui Tetsudo	Fukui Tram
Fukushima	1067		31.5	electric	04/14/1908	04/12/1971	Fukushima Kotsu	Fukushima tram
Fukuoka	1067/ 1435		32.2	electric	03/09/1910	02/11/1979	Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo	Fukuoka tram
Fukuroi	1067		13.2	electric	12/28/1902	09/20/1962	Shizuoka Tetsudo	Fukuroi tram
Gifu	1067		57.4	electric	02/11/1911	04/01/2005	Meitetsu	Gifu tram	most recently mainly overland lines to Seki , Mino and Ōno
Hakodate	1372		10.9	electric	12/12/1897		municipal traffic office	Hakodate tram
Hiroshima	1435		35.1	electric	11/23/1912		Hiroshima Dentetsu	Hiroshima Tram
Hita	914		51.5	electric	10/25/1903	03/26/1929	Chikugo Kido	Tram Hita
Honjō	1067		7.1	electric	09/20/1915	05/01/1933	Honjō Denki Kidō	Honjō tram
Ise	1067		14.0	electric	08/05/1903	07/15/1962	Mie Denki	Tramway Ise
Iwakuni	1067		5.7	electric	02/02/1909	04/05/1929	Iwakuni Denki Kidō	Iwakuni tram
Kagoshima	1435		13.1	electric	December 01, 1912		municipal traffic office	Kagoshima tram
Kanazawa	1435		6.7	electric	02/02/1919	02/11/1967	Hokuriku Tetsudō	Kanazawa tram
Kawasaki	1435		6.7	electric	10/14/1944	04/01/1969	municipal traffic office	Kawasaki tram
Kitakyushu	1435		44.3	electric	06/05/1911	11/26/2000	Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo	Kitakyushu tram
Kobe	1435		35.6	electric	04/05/1910	March 13, 1971	municipal traffic office	Kobe tram
Kochi	1067		25.3	electric	04/30/1904		Tosaden Kōtsū	Kochi tram
Kofu	1067		20.2	electric	05/30/1930	07/01/1962	Yamanashi Kotsu	Kofu tram
Kumamoto	1435		12.1	electric	December 20, 1907		municipal traffic office	Kumamoto tram
Cure	1435		11.3	electric	10/31/1909	December 18, 1968	municipal traffic office	Tram Kure
Kurume	1435		12.3	electric	07/18/1913	11/27/1958	Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo	Kurume tram
Kuwana	1067		1.0	electric	09/01/1902	March 8, 1944	Kuwana Denki	Kuwana tram
Kyoto	1067 1435		70.5 21.1	electric	02/01/1895	10/01/1978	municipal traffic office	Kyoto urban tram	there is a short museum route at the Umekoji steam locomotive museum
Ukyō-ku (Kyoto)	1435		11.2	electric	03/25/1910		Keifuku Denki Tetsudō	Kyoto tram
Maebashi	1067		48.0	electric	09/01/1893	December 29, 1956	Tōbu Tetsudō	Maebashi tram
Matsumoto	1067		5.3	electric	04/19/1924	March 31, 1964	Matsumoto Denki Tetsudō	Matsumoto tram
Matsushima	1067		3.8	electric	02/04/1922	12/30/1944	Matsushima Densha	Matsushima tram
Matsuyama	1067		9.6	electric	08/08/1911		Iyo Tetsudō	Matsuyama tram
Mito	1067		20.5	electric	12/28/1922	06/01/1966	Mito Denki Tetsudō	Mito tram
Nagasaki	1435		11.5	electric	11/16/1915		Nagasaki Denki Kidō	Nagasaki tram
Nagoya	1435		106.3	electric	05/06/1989	March 31, 1974	municipal traffic office	Nagoya Tram
Nanae - Shikabe	1067		28.5	electric	01/05/1929	December 25, 1952	Ōnuma Dentetsu	Ōnuma tram
Narita	1372		5.4	electric	12/11/1910	December 11, 1944	Narumune Denki Kidō	Narita tram
Nasu	1435		14.6	electric	07/11/1912	01/14/1936	Shiobara Densha	Nasu tram
Niigata	1067		2.2	electric	07/28/1933	03/20/1992	Niigata Kotsu	Niigata tram
Nikko	1067		10.6	electric	08/10/1910	02/25/1968	Tōbu Tetsudō	Nikko tram
Noboribetsu	1067		8.6	electric	December 3rd, 1915	10/14/1933	Noboribetsu Onsen Kidō	Noboribetsu tram
Numazu	1067		6.6	electric	05/03/1896	02/05/1963	Izuhakone Railway	Numazu tram
Odawara	1435		6.8	electric	10/01/1888	06/01/1956	Hakone Tozan Tetsudō	Odawara tram
Ōtsu	1435		21.6	electric	03/01/1913		Keihan Denki Tetsudo	Kyoto – Ōtsu tram
Ōita	1067		18.4	electric	05/10/1900	04/05/1972	Ōita Kōtsū	Tram Ōita
Okayama	1067		4.7	electric	05/05/1912		Okayama Denki Kido	Okayama tram
Okazaki	1067		7.6	electric	01/01/1899	06/17/1962	Meitetsu	Okazaki tram
Okinawa	1067		6.9	electric	May 27, 1911	08/12/1933	Okinawa Denki	Okinawa tram
Ōmuta	1435		4.7	electric	December 01, 1927	03/15/1954	Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo	Tram Ōmuta
Osaka	1435		118.0	electric	09/12/1903	March 31, 1969	municipal traffic office	Osaka tram
Osaka Hanshin	1435		34.1	electric	08/01/1914	05/06/1976	Hanshin Denki Tetsudō
Osaka - Sakai	1435		18.7	electric	09/20/1900		Hankai Denki Kidō	Osaka – Sakai tram
saga	1067		7.5	electric	10/10/1913	08/20/1937	Saga of Denki Kidō	Tram saga
Sapporo	1067		8.9	electric	05/01/1910		municipal traffic office	Sapporo Tram
Sendai	1067		16.0	electric	11/25/1926	March 31, 1976	municipal traffic office	Sendai tram
Sendai (Akiu)	1067		16.0	electric	December 23, 1914	05/08/1961	Akiu Denki Tetsudō	Akiu line
Shimizu	1067		4.6	electric	December 25, 1928	March 22, 1975	Shizuoka Railway	Shimizu tram
Shimonoseki	1067		17.57	electric	04/22/1914	02/07/1971	San'yō Denki Kidō	Shimonoseki tram
Shizuoka	1067		2.0	electric	06/28/1922	09/15/1962	Shizuoka Railway	Shizuoka tram
Takamatsu	1435		2.4	electric	05/20/1917	01/08/1957	Takamatsu-Kotohira Denki Tetsudō	Takamatsu Tram
Takaoka	1067		7.9	electric	04/10/1948		Man'yosen	Man'yosen
Tokyo	1067/1372		12.2	electric	06/25/1882		Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office	Toden Arakawa Line	All remaining tram routes were closed until 1972
Setagaya (Tōkyō)	1372		5.0	electric	03/06/1907		Tōkyū Dentetsu	Setagaya line
Toyama	1067		7.3	electric	09/01/1913		Toyama Chihō Tetsudō	Toyama tram
Toyama	1067		7.6	electric	04/29/2006		Toyama Light Rail	Toyama Light Rail	Conversion of a railway line
Toyohashi	1067		5.4	electric	06/14/1925		Toyohashi Tetsudo	Toyohashi tram
Tsuchiura	1067		4.1	electric	10/09/1926	03/01/1938	Jōnan Denki Tetsudō	Tsuchiura tram
Ueda	1067		11.4	electric	06/17/1921	07/25/1938	Ueda Onsen Densha	Ueda tram
Ureshino	1067		9.7	electric	December 21, 1915	December 25, 1931	Hizen Denki Tetsudō	Ureshino tram
Wakayama	1067		5.4	electric	01.23.1909	04/01/1971	Nankai Denki Tetsudō	Wakayama Tram
Yokohama	1372		50.0	electric	07/15/1904	March 31, 1972	municipal traffic office	Yokohama Tram
Yokohama - Kawasaki	1372		9.7	electric	06/05/1925	December 01, 1937	Kaigan Denki Kidō	Kaigan train
Yonago	1067		7.7	electric	March 31, 1925	11/27/1938	Yonago Electric Tramway	Yonago tram

Existing establishments: List of cities with trams # Japan

Kazakhstan

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Almaty (Alma-Ata)	1524		31.5		11/07/1937	October 31, 2015	Almatyelectrotrans
Öskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk)	1524		16.5		11/06/1959
Pavlodar	1524		43.3		October 18, 1965
Karagandy	1524		11.9	electric	08/25/1950	09/17/1997
Temirtau	1524		27.5		05.09.1959

Existing establishments: List of cities with trams # Kazakhstan

Lebanon

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Beirut	1050		12	electric	04/19/1908	__. 09.1965			[16]
Tripoli				horse					Electrification planned for 1936

Today there are no longer any trams.

Malaysia

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Penang				steam	1880				[17]
Penang				horse	1898				[18]
Penang			17.6	electric	01/01/1906	1936			Freight operation until 1956

Today there are no longer any trams.

Myanmar

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Mandalay			11	electric	06/17/1904	1940-1945			[19]
Yangon (Yangon)				steam	03/04/1884	1899		Yangon tram
Yangon (Yangon)			22nd	electric	12/15/1906	1941		Yangon tram	[20]
Yangon (Yangon)	1000		04.8	electric	10/01/2016	06/01/2016	Myanmar Railways	Yangon tram

Today there are no longer any trams.

North Korea

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Ch'ŏngjin	1435			electric	08/21/1999			Ch'ŏngjin tram
Pyongyang	1000 1435			electric	05/20/1923	1950-1953			[21]
Pyongyang	1000 1435			electric	04/15/1991			Pyongyang tram

Pakistan

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Karachi				steam	04/20/1885				[22]
Karachi				horse	1886
Karachi				petrol	1909	04/30/1975

Today there are no longer any trams.

Philippines

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Corregidor				electric	1910
Manila				horse	1898				[23]
Manila			53	electric	04/10/1905	1945			Recommissioning in 1984
Manila	1435			electric	December 01, 1984

Existing establishments: List of cities with trams # Philippines

Singapore

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Singapore				steam	1885	1894		Singapore tram	electrical trial operation in 1891 and 1892
Singapore			41.8	electric	July 25, 1905	04/09/1927			[24]

Today there are no longer any trams.

Sri Lanka

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Colombo	1067		12	electric	__. 09.1898	1960	Colombo Electric Tram Car and Lighting Company, Colombo Municipal Council from 1929	Colombo tram	[25]

Today there are no longer any trams.

South Korea

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Busan				steam	1910			Busan tram	[26]
Busan	762		24	electric	10/31/1915	05/20/1968		Busan tram	1931 gauge change to 1067 mm
Seoul	1435		76	electric	05/01/1899	11/29/1968		Seoul tram	also suburban system to Duksom and Kwangnaro

Today there are no longer any trams.

Syria

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Aleppo	1000				1929	1967			[27]
Damascus	1050			electric	02/07/1907	1967

Today there are no longer any trams.

Thailand

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Bangkok	1067			horse	09/22/1887				2 suburban lines: Paknam Railway
Bangkok	1067		48.7	electric	01/01/1893	10/01/1968			and Meklong Railway
Lop Buri	1067		5.8	electric	January 31, 1955	1962			[28]

Today there are no longer any trams.

Turkey

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Antalya	1435				02/27/1999			Antalya tram
Bursa	1435				08/19/2002			Bursa tram
Eskişehir	1000		14.5	750 V DC overhead line	12/24/2004			Eskişehir tram
Gaziantep	1435			electric	02.2010			Gaziantep tram
Istanbul	1000 1435			horse	09/03/1869
Istanbul (European part)	1000 1435			electric	08/16/1913	08/12/1961		Istanbul tram	[29]
Istanbul (Asian part)	1000 1435			electric	06/08/1928	11/11/1966
Istanbul	1000 1435				03/11/1989		İstanbul Elektrik Tramvay ve Tünel ( İETT )
İzmir (Smyrna)			10.0	horse
İzmir (Smyrna)			10.0	electric	October 18, 1928	1954		Tram İzmir	[30]
Izmir	1435		8.8		04/11/2017
İzmit	1435		7.2		06/17/2017			İzmit tram
Kayseri	1435		17th	electric	08.2009			Kayseri tram
Konya	1435		18th	electric	09/28/1992			Konya tram
Samsun	1435			electric	02.2010			Samsun tram

Uzbekistan

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Samarqand	1524			steam	1942	1953
Samarqand	1524		7.2	electric	05/01/1947	08/30/1973
Samarqand	1524			electric	04/15/2017
Tashkent			8.7	horse	04/13/1901	1913
Tashkent	1000			electric	01/10/1913	__. 12.1971
Tashkent	1524		133.8	electric	11/08/1936	05/02/2016

United Arab Emirates

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Dubai	1435		9.5	750 V = APS	11/11/2014			Dubai tram

Vietnam

city	Track -wide in mm	Tracks	Network length in km	drive	opening	Shutdown	operator	items	Remarks
Hanoi	1435		29	horse	11/10/1901			Hanoi tram	[31]
Hanoi	1435			electric		1991
Saigon	1435			steam	12/27/1881			Saigon tram
Saigon	1000		72	electric	08/04/1923	~ 1953

Today there are no longer any trams.