List of town tramway systems in Austria
This is a list of town tramway systems in Austria. It includes all tram systems in Austria, 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.
| Location | Relevant Wikipedia Article | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dornbirn - Lustenau | Electric | 30 Nov 1902 | 31 Oct 1938 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |
| Gmunden | Trams in Gmunden | Electric | 13 Aug 1894 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Ranked[by whom?] as the world's smallest operating town tramway (by system length)[citation needed]. In 2018 it has been converted into a tram-train system, called Traunsee Tram by linking it to the Traunseebahn.[1] | |
| Graz | Trams in Graz | Horse | 18 Jun 1878 | 23 Jul 1899 | |
| Electric | 29 Jan 1898 | ||||
| Innsbruck | Trams in Innsbruck | Steam | 1 Jun 1891 | 1 Jan 1910 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 15 Jul 1905 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
| Klagenfurt | Trams in Klagenfurt | Horse | 30 Jun 1891 | 1911 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 6 May 1911 | 16 Apr 1963 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
| ↘ Linz | |||||
| ♦ Linz | Trams in Linz | Horse | 18 Jul 1880 | 31 Jul 1897 | Gauge: 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) |
| Electric | 31 Jul 1897 | Gauge: 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) | |||
| ♦ Linz - Pöstlingberg | Pöstlingbergbahn | Electric | 29 May 1898 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) 2008-2009 service suspended; the line, regauged and integrated in Linz's urban network, was reopened on 29 May 2009. | |
| ♦ Ebelsberg - Sankt Florian | Florianerbahn | Electric | 1 Sep 1913 | 31 Dec 1973 | Gauge: 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) Reopened as a museum tramway. |
| Salzburg | Electric | 4 May 1909 | 15 Nov 1940 | Replaced by the city trolleybus system. | |
| Sankt Pölten | Electric | 18 Mar 1911 | 10 Feb 1976 | ||
| Unterach | Electric | 18 Aug 1907 | 18 Sep 1949 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Located at the south end of Attersee lake. | |
| ↘ Vienna | |||||
| ♦ Vienna | Trams in Vienna | Horse | 4 Oct 1865 | 28 Jun 1903 | |
| Steam | 27 Oct 1883 | 23 Jan 1922 | |||
| Electric | 28 Jan 1897 | ||||
| ♦ Vienna - Baden | Wiener Lokalbahn | Steam | 29 Sep 1886 | 1907 | |
| Electric | 11 May 1899 | Tram-train system, electric service from Vienna - Baden began on 1 May 1907. | |||
| ♦ Baden (bei Wien) | Horse | 16 Jul 1876 | Oct 1893 | ||
| Electric | 16 Jul 1894 | 14 Feb 1951 | |||
| ♦ Mödling – Hinterbrühl | Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram | Electric | 17 Oct 1883 | 31 Mar 1932 | First permanent electric tramway in Europe.[citation needed] |
| Ybbs an der Donau | electric | 11 Nov 1907 | 22 Sep 1953 | Gauge: 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) | |
See also
- List of town tramway systems – parent article
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
References
- ^ "Austrian tram-rail link approved". www.railjournal.com. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
Bibliography
- Books and periodicals shown in List of town tramway systems