Illinois
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1932 | |||
| Anna – Jonesboro | Electric | 1907 | 1925 | ||
| Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric | Aurora | Horse | 1884 | ? | |
| Electric | 1891 | 17 Nov 1934 | |||
| ♦ Belleville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1932 | Reintroduced (St. Louis LRT) 2001. | ||
| Belvidere | Electric | 1895 | 30 Jun 1915 | ||
| Bloomington – Normal | Horse | 1888 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1936 | |||
| ♦ Blue Island | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Cairo | Horse | 1880 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1933 | |||
| Canton | Gas | ? | ? | "Gas" refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline). | |
| Electric | 1907 | 25 Jul 1928 | |||
| Centralia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1892 | 1929 | |||
| Champaign – Urbana | Horse | 1863 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1890 | 1936 | |||
| Charleston | Electric | 1904 | 1925 | ||
| Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | Horse | 1858 | 1906 | |
| Cable | 28 Jan 1882 | 21 Oct 1906 | |||
| Electric | 21 Oct 1890 | 21 Jun 1958 | See also Hammond, Indiana | ||
| ♦ Chicago Heights | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Chillicothe | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| ♦ Cicero – Berwyn | Horse | ? | ? | Also experimental operation with steam and gas (town gas) traction. | |
| Electric | ? | 10 Apr 1948 | |||
| Danville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1891 | 1936 | |||
| Decatur | Horse | 1876 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1936 | |||
| DeKalb | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| ♦ Dixon | Electric | May 1904 | 17 Sep 1925 | ||
| Du Quoin | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Du Quoin and St. Johns. | |
| East St. Louis | Electric | ? | 1935 | System operated interstate tramway services to St. Louis, Missouri. Reintroduced (St. Louis LRT) 1993. | |
| Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric | Elgin | Horse | 1884 | ? | |
| Electric | ? | ? | |||
| Evanston Railway Company | ♦ Evanston | Electric | ? | 1935 | |
| Freeport | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1891 | 1933 | |||
| Galesburg | Horse | 1885 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1931 | |||
| ♦ Granite City | Electric | ? | 1958 | Interstate suburban line from St. Louis, Missouri. | |
| Harrisburg | Electric | 1913 | 1933 | ||
| ♦ Harvey | Electric | 1892 | 189_ | ||
| Hillsboro | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Jacksonville | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1930 | |||
| Joliet | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1934 | |||
| Kankakee | Electric | 1891 | 1931 | ||
| Kewanee | Electric | ? | Feb 1936 | ||
| LaSalle – Peru | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1891 | 1926 | |||
| Lincoln | Electric | 25 Dec 1891 | 1929 | ||
| Mattoon | Electric | 1904 | 1927 | ||
| Mechanicsburg – Buffalo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | ? | |||
| ♦ Moline | Electric | ? | 1936 | ||
| Mount Vernon | Electric | ? | 1917 | ||
| Murphysboro | Electric | 1903 | 1927 | ||
| Ottawa | Electric | 1889 | 1934 | ||
| Paris | Electric | ? | 1928 | ||
| Pekin | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 11 Nov 1935 | |||
| Peoria | Horse | 1870 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1946 | |||
| Pontiac | Electric | 23 Apr 1905 | 24 Nov 1925 | ||
| Princeton | Electric | 1906 | 1929 | ||
| Quincy | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1930 | |||
| Rockford | Horse | 1881 | 1889 | ||
| Electric | 1889 | 3 Sep 1936 | |||
| Rock Island | Horse | 1866 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1940 | Operated as part of Davenport, Iowa, system. Operated interstate service to Davenport, Iowa. | ||
| Springfield | Horse | 1865 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1893 | 27 Dec 1937 | |||
| Sterling | Electric | May 1904 | 17 Sep 1925 | ||
| Streator | Electric | 1891
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| Taylorville | Electric | ? | 1925 | ||
| Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad | Waukegan | Electric | ? | 1947 |
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