This is a list of urban tramway systems in Romania. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with currently 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.
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Arad (CTP Arad) |
Arad | Horse | 24 Oct 1869 | 1916 | |
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Diesel | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | 29 Nov 1946 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
| Trams in Botoșani (Eltrans) |
Botoșani | Electric | 16 Sep 1991 | 31 Jul 2020 | Plans were to repair the network and acquire new trams but in 2022 decision was to abandon the plan and dismantle network. |
| Trams in Brăila (Braicar, S.A.) |
Brăila | Horse | 1886 | ? | |
| Electric | 25 Jun 1900 | In reconstruction, some new trams to come. | |||
| BHHÉV/CFPBT/CFLB/CFR | Brașov | Steam/Diesel/Petrol | 7 Mar 1892 | 1 Apr 1960 | |
| IJTL/RAT Brașov | Electric | 23 Aug 1987 | 17 Nov 2006 | Replaced partially by trolleybus route 8. | |
| Trams in Bucharest (STB) |
Bucharest | Horse | 28 Dec 1872 | 1929 | |
| Electric | 19 Dec 1894 | See also: Bucharest Light rail. New trams since December 2022. Also older trams are being modernized (partially low floor, A/C, etc). Tenders for repairing the older network sections. | |||
| Trams in Cluj-Napoca (CTP) |
Cluj-Napoca | Steam | 28 Aug 1893 | 15 May 1902 | |
| Electric | 1 Oct 1987 | Only new rolling stock. | |||
| RATC Constanța | Constanța | Steam | 1905 | ? | |
| Electric | 18 Jul 1944 | Aug 1944 | Rolling stock requisitioned from Odesa. | ||
| Electric | 23 Aug 1984 | 22 Nov 2008[1] | |||
| Trams in Craiova (RAT Craiova) |
Craiova | Electric | - | - | Construction started 1942 (to be operated by rolling stock requisitioned from Odessa), never completed. |
| Electric | 26 Sep 1984 | Present | Under repair. New trams operate on reconstructed sections in city. | ||
| Trams in Galați (Transurb, S.A.) |
Galați | Electric | 26 Jun 1900 | Until 1978 gauge 1000 mm. Since 1978 1435 mm. Reconstructed and 8 new trams since 2021. Tender for 10 more trams. | |
| Trams in Iași (CTP Iași) |
Iași | Electric | 1 Mar 1900 | Present | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). 32 new trams. Tender for another new 18-20 trams. |
| Trams in Oradea (OTL R.A.) |
Oradea | Electric | 25 Apr 1906 | ||
| Trams in Ploiești (TCE Ploiești) |
Ploiești | Electric | 1 Dec 1987 | Fully repaired between 2014 and 2016. There are attempts to renew the fleet by buying new trams, searching financing. | |
| S.C. Prescom S.A. Reșița | Reșița | Electric | 20 Aug 1988 | 30 Aug 2011 | Reintroduction of trams was announced in 2016 and the modernization and expansion of the tram line began in 2019. Reopening planned for December 2022.[2] In 2023, the system was under testing and construction. |
| Satu Mare | Steam | 14 Jun 1900 | 1900 | ||
| Electric | 8 Aug 1900 | 31 Dec 1906 | |||
| Tursib (after 1998) | Sibiu | Electric | 8 Sep 1905 | 1970 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| ♦ Sibiu–Rășinari | Electric | 1917 | 28 Feb 2011 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Part of Sibiu tramway system. Regular service ceased on 28 February 2011.[3] Very limited operation that took place later – mainly only for visiting tourist groups – ended in 2012,[4] followed in 2013 by the start of work to dismantle the line. It is hoped to reopen a portion as a heritage tramway.[4] | |
| Trams in Timișoara (RATT) |
Timișoara | Horse | 1869 | ? | |
| Electric | 27 Jul 1899 | New trams since 2021. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Transira Constanta" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Two bidders for Reșița tramway reinstallation". Tramways & Urban Transit. 22 Jun 2021.
- ^ Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2011, p. 194. UK: LRTA Publishing.
- ^ a b Blickpunkt Straßenbahn issue "4/2013" (July–August 2013), pp. 142–143 (in German). ISSN 0173-0290.