California
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway | Bakersfield | Horse | May 1888 | 1900 | |
| Electric | 17 Feb 1901 | 28 Feb 1942 | |||
| Sacramento Northern Railroad | Chico | Electric | 12 Aug 1904 | 28 Nov 1948 | |
| Humboldt Transit Company | Eureka | Horse | 20 Aug 1888 | 30 Apr 1897 | |
| Electric | 15 Sep 1903 | 31 Oct 1940 | |||
| Fresno Traction Company | Fresno | Horse | 25 Jan 1889 | Sep 1901 | |
| Electric | 19 Oct 1902 | 20 May 1939 | |||
| Lake Elsinore | Electric (?) | see note. | |||
| Los Angeles | Horse | 1 Jul 1874 | ? | ||
| Cable | 8 Oct 1885 | 2 Oct 1902 | |||
| Steam | 1886 | ca. 1915 | |||
| Electric, see Los Angeles Railway, Pacific Electric Railway. | 4 Jan 1887
1 Jul 1891 |
Jun 1888
30 Mar 1963 |
Reintroduced (LRT ) 14 Jul 1990 (see Los Angeles County Metro Rail). | ||
| ♦ Anaheim | Horse | 1 Mar 1887 | 1899 | ||
| ♦ Glendale | Electric | 13 Mar 1909 | 30 Dec 1930 | ||
| ♦ Long Beach | Electric | Sep 1902 | 24 Feb 1940 | Reintroduced (LRT) 14 Jul 1990. | |
| ♦ Monrovia | Horse | ? | 1903 | ||
| ♦ Ontario – Upland | Horse | 1887 | 1895 | ||
| Electric | 1895 | 6 Oct 1928 | |||
| ♦ Pasadena | Horse | 1886 | 1895 | ||
| Electric | 1893 | 19 Jan 1941 | Reintroduced (LRT) 26 Jul 2003. | ||
| ♦ Pomona | Horse | 10 Feb 1888 | 1896 | ||
| Steam | Apr 1888 | Jun 1909 | |||
| Electric | 3 Jul 1909 | 3 Jul 1924 | |||
| ♦ Redlands | Horse | 23 May 1899 | 22 Jul 1899 | ||
| Steam | 4 Jul 1888 | 14 May 1915 | |||
| Electric | 23 Dec 1899 | 20 Jul 1936 | |||
| ♦ Riverside | Horse | 1887 | 1898 | ||
| Steam | 1887 | 1898 | |||
| Electric | 11 Apr 1899 | 10 Jan 1943 | |||
| ♦ San Bernardino | Steam | 1885 | 1903 | ||
| Electric | ? | 8 Apr 1942 | |||
| ♦ San Pedro | Electric | 1905 | 23 Jan 1938 | Heritage tramway (Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line) opened 19 Jul 2003. | |
| ♦ Santa Ana – Orange | Steam | 1897 | 1914 | ||
| Electric | 10 Feb 1906 | 14 Sep 1930 | |||
| ♦ Santa Monica | Horse | 1891 | 1906 | ||
| Electric | 1 Jul 1896 | 13 Dec 1929 | |||
| Marysville – Yuba City | Horse | 17 Aug 1889 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1907 | 15 Feb 1942 | |||
| Monterey – Pacific Grove | Horse | 5 Aug 1891 | ? | ||
| Electric | Aug 1903 | 20 Jul 1923 | |||
| Nevada City – Grass Valley | Electric | 15 Oct 1901 | 3 Jan 1924 | ||
| Oakland | Horse | 30 Oct 1869 | 1883 | ||
| Steam | 1875 | ? | |||
| Cable | 9 Nov 1886 | 21 May 1899 | |||
| Electric | 12 May 1891 | 28 Nov 1948 | see also Key System, San Francisco. | ||
| ♦ Alameda | Horse | ? | 1892 | ||
| Electric | 7 May 1893 | 1930 | |||
| ♦ Berkeley | Horse | 1873 | 1875 | ||
| Steam | 1875 | 1891 | |||
| Electric | 12 May 1891 | 28 Nov 1948 | |||
| ♦ Hayward | Horse | ? | 1 Sep 1909 | ||
| Key System | ♦ Oakland- Hayward | Electric | 17 May 1892 | 10 Mar 1935 | |
| ♦ Richmond | Electric | 7 Jul 1904 | 7 Nov 1933 | see also Shipyard Railway. | |
| ♦ Oakland – Richmond | Electric | 7 Jul 1904 | 7 Nov 1933 | ||
| Oxnard | Petrol (gasoline) | 1908 | Jan 1927 | ||
| Paso Robles | Horse | ? | 1903. | ||
| Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad | Petaluma | Horse | 1889 | 1903 | |
| Sacramento | Horse | 20 Aug 1870 | ca. 1892 | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 1887 | 189_ | |||
| Electric | 1890 | 4 Jan 1947 | Reintroduced (LRT ) 12 Mar 1987 (see Sacramento Regional Transit District). | ||
| San Diego | Horse | 3 Jul 1886 | 30 Jun 1896 | ||
| Steam | 29 Nov 1887 | 1892 | |||
| Cable | 7 Jun 1890 | 1 Oct 1892 | |||
| Electric | 31 Dec 1887
21 Sep 1892 |
June 1889
24 Apr 1949 |
see San Diego Electric Railway. Reintroduced (San Diego Trolley, LRT ), 26 Jul 1981 (see San Diego Trolley). | ||
| ♦ Coronado | Horse | 1886 | 1886 | ||
| Steam | 1886 | 1893 | |||
| Electric | 6 Oct 1893 | 31 May 1947 | |||
| ♦ Imperial Beach | Petrol (gasoline) | 1910 | 1913 | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | Apr 1913 | 1916 | |||
| ♦ National City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| ♦ San Diego – National City | Electric | 1 Dec 1907 | 10 Jan 1930 | ||
| San Francisco | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Cable | 1 Sep 1873 | ||||
| Electric | 29 Jul 1891 | (see San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco cable car system). See also Key System, Oakland. | |||
| Burlingame Electric Railway | ♦ Burlingame | Accumulator (storage battery) | 22 Feb 1913 | 19 Nov 1917 | |
| ♦ South San Francisco | Electric | 1902 | 31 Dec 1938 | ||
| Peninsular Railway | San Jose | Horse | ? | ? | |
| Steam | 1896 | Sep 1901 | |||
| Electric | 16 May 1888 | 10 Apr 1938 | Reintroduced (LRT ) 14 Dec 1987 (see Santa Clara VTA Light Rail). | ||
| ♦ Palo Alto | Electric | 14 Nov 1906 | 27 Sep 1925 | see also San Jose. | |
| San Luis Obispo | Horse | 1888 | 1901 | ||
| Santa Barbara & Surburban Railway | Santa Barbara | Horse | 1875 | 1896 | |
| Electric | 1 Oct 1896 | 1 Oct 1929 | |||
| Union Traction Company | Santa Cruz | Horse | 3 Aug 1875
Oct 1908 |
1899
Jul 1910 |
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| Electric | ? | 14 Jan 1926 | |||
| Santa Maria | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Santa Rosa | Horse | 1877 | 1905 | ||
| Stockton Electric Railroad | Stockton | Horse | 6 Apr 1874 | 1892 | |
| Electric | 13 Jul 1892 | Sep 1941 | |||
| Vallejo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Watsonville Railway and Navigation Company | Watsonville | Electric | May 1904
Apr 1911 |
1907
Oct 1913 |
|
| Woodland | Horse | ? | ? |
- Note for Lake Elsinore: Only one source (dated 1888) states that an electric tramway was in operation here. No other sources provide confirmation.
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