Arizona
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Traction and Light Company | Douglas | Steam | ? | ? | |
| Electric | ? | 1924 | |||
| Phoenix Railway: | Phoenix | Horse | 5 Nov 1887 | 8 Jun 1895 | |
| Electric | 28 Sep 1893 | 16 Feb 1948 | See Phoenix Street Railway. Interurban line to Glendale opened 1911. Planned extensions to Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa were never built. Reintroduced (LRT) 27 Dec 2008 (see METRO Light Rail). | ||
| ♦ Tempe | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Prescott and Mount Union Railway | Prescott | Electric | Nov 1905 | 1911 | |
| Tucson Rapid Transit Company | Tucson | Horse | 1898 | 1906 | |
| Electric | 1 Jun 1906 | 31 Dec 1930 | Heritage tramway (Old Pueblo Trolley) 17 April 1993 using 1 mile of original track. Reintroduction (modern streetcar) scheduled for late 2013 (see Sun Link.) | ||
| Warren | Electric | 12 Mar 1908 | 31 May 1928 | Connected Warren and Bisbee. |
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