New York
See also: List of streetcar lines in the Bronx, List of streetcar lines in Brooklyn, List of streetcar lines in Manhattan, List of streetcar lines in Queens, List of streetcar lines in Staten Island, and List of streetcar lines on Long Island| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | Horse | 22 Feb 1864 | 1921 | ||
| Electric | 1890 | 1 Aug 1946 | |||
| ♦ Cohoes | Horse | 1864 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1890 | 6 Feb 1934 | |||
| ♦ Rensselaer | Electric | 4 Nov 1897 | 193_ | ||
| ♦ Schenectady | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1946 | |||
| ♦ Troy | Horse | Sep 1861 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 26 Sep 1933 | |||
| ♦♦ Albia – Averill Park | Electric | 5 Oct 1895 | 31 Mar 1925 | ||
| Amsterdam | Horse | 4 Jul 1873 | ? | ||
| Electric | 20 Dec 1890 | 1 Sep 1936 | |||
| Auburn | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Batavia | Electric | Sep 1903 | 13 Jun 1927 | ||
| Beacon | Electric | 27 Aug 1892 | 20 Apr 1930 | Connected Beacon and Fishkill | |
| Binghamton | Horse | 1873 | 1893 | ||
| Electric | 31 May 1887 | 1 Aug 1932 | |||
| ♦ Binghamton – Port Dickinson – Johnson City | Horse | 1 Jan 1883 (?) | 1 Jul 1892 | ||
| Electric | 1892 | 1 Aug 1932 | |||
| Buffalo | Horse | 11 Jun 1860 | 1893 | ||
| Electric | 20 Jun 1889 | 1 Jul 1950 | Reintroduced (LRT, Buffalo Metro Rail), 18 May 1984. | ||
| ♦ Buffalo – Depew | Electric | 8 May 1901 | 23 Sep 1926 | ||
| ♦ Buffalo – Gardenville – Ebenezer | Electric | 18 Apr 1896 | 12 Dec 1931 | ||
| ♦ Buffalo – Hamburg | Electric | 6 Oct 1900 | 12 Dec 1931 | ||
| ♦ Buffalo – Hamburg | Electric | 1906 | 193_ | ||
| ♦ Buffalo – Williamsville | Electric | 5 April 1893 | 18 September 1930 | ||
| ♦ Niagara Falls | Horse | 2 Jul 1883 | ? | ||
| Electric traction, July 1892 | 22 Aug 1937 | ||||
| Canandaigua | Horse | 6 Sep 1887 | Jul 1892 | ||
| Electric | 4 Aug 1894 | 31 Jul 1930 | |||
| Catskill | Electric | 14 Dec 1900 | by 31 Oct 1917 | ||
| Corning | Electric | 1 Nov 1895 | 1 Apr 1930 | ||
| Cortland | Horse | 14 Sep 1885 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1 Apr 1895 | 1928 | |||
| ♦ Cortland – Homer – McGraw – Preble | Horse | 14 Sep 1885 | ? | Connected Cortland and Homer. | |
| Electric | 1 Apr 1895 | 15 Feb 1931 | |||
| Dunkirk | Electric | 1 Jul 1900
1917 |
1917
by Aug 1923 |
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| ♦ Fredonia | Electric | 15 May 1910 | Jul 1927 | ||
| ♦ Dunkirk – Fredonia | Horse | Sep 1866 | 1891 | ||
| Electric | 30 Oct 1891 | 25 Mar 1934 | |||
| Elmira | Horse | Oct 1871 | ? | ||
| Steam | 23 Jul 1889 | ? | |||
| Electric | 30 Aug 1890 | 11 Mar 1939 | |||
| Fonda – Fultonville | Horse | 1875 | 11 Jul 1884 | ||
| Frankfort – Ilion – Mohawk – Herkimer | Horse | 4 Jul 1871 | 1895 (?) | ||
| Electric | 1895 (?) | 30 Jun 1933 | |||
| Fulton | Horse | 15 Aug 1886 | by 1908 | ||
| Electric | ? | 15 Sep 1927 | |||
| Geneva | Electric | 27 Mar 1895 | 1925 | ||
| ♦ Geneva – Waterloo – Seneca Falls – Cayuga | Steam | 1886 | ? | ||
| Electric | 13 Jul 1890 | 6 Dec 1928 | Opened in stages, completed 27 Mar 1895. | ||
| Glens Falls | Horse | 28 Sep 1885 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1891 | 30 Jun 1928 | |||
| Gloversville | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| ♦ Gloversville – Mountain Lake | Electric | 23 Aug 1901 | 30 Sep 1917 | ||
| Hornell | Electric | 6 Aug 1892 | 15 Jul 1926 | ||
| ♦ Hornell – Canisteo | Electric | 30 Dec 1892 | 15 Jul 1926 | ||
| Ithaca | Electric | 2 Jan 1888
28 Jan 1893 |
May 1892
22 Jun 1935 |
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| Jamestown | Horse | 20 Jun 1884 | 1892 (?) | ||
| Electric | 11 Jun 1891 | 29 Jan 1938 | |||
| Johnstown | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Kingston | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1894 | 30 Sep 1930 | |||
| Lima – Honeoye | Electric | 8 Aug 1899 | by 30 Oct 1915 | ||
| Lockport | Horse | 1 Jan 1887 | 1891 | ||
| Electric | 20 Aug 1895 | 16 Apr 1938 | |||
| Long Island | see also New York City. | ||||
| Babylon Rail Road Company | ♦ Babylon | Horse | 1871 | 1909 | |
| Electric | 1909 | 15 May 1920 | |||
| ♦♦ Babylon – Amityville | Electric | 1909 | 15 May 1920 | ||
| Seashore Municipal Railroad | ♦ Freeport | Electric | 1906 | 1924 | |
| Huntington Railroad | ♦ Huntington | Horse | 19 Jul 1890 | 1898 | Replaced by Huntington Traction Company (1920-1927) |
| Electric | 17 Jun 1898 | 15 Aug 1927 | |||
| ♦♦ Huntington – Amityville | Electric | 26 Aug 1909 | 23 Sep 1919 | ||
| Long Beach Railway | ♦ Long Beach | Petrol (gasoline) | 20 Oct 1923 | 1926 | |
| Northport Traction Company | ♦ East Northport - Northport | Electric | 18 Apr 1902 | 19 Aug 1924 | |
| Suffolk Traction Company | ♦ Patchogue | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1 Jul 1911 | 10 Oct 1919 | |
| ♦♦ Patchogue – Holtsville | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1914 | 10 Oct 1919 | Extension Holtsville – Port Jefferson started, not completed. | |
| ♦♦ Patchogue – Sayville | Accumulator (storage battery) | by 1914 | 10 Oct 1919 | ||
| ♦ Sayville | Horse | Jul 1909 | Sep 1909 | ||
| Nassau County Railway | ♦ Sea Cliff | Electric | 2 Jul 1902 | 31 Dec 1924 | a.k.a.; Sea Cliff Village Trolley |
| Glen Cove Railroad | ♦♦ Sea Cliff – Glen Cove | Electric | 16 Nov 1905 | 15 Nov 1924 | |
| Middletown | Electric | 8 May 1894 | 9 Apr 1924 | ||
| ♦ Middletown- Goshen | Electric | 25 Nov 1895 | 21 Oct 1924 | ||
| Newburgh | Horse | 24 Dec 1886 | May 1894 | ||
| Electric | 9 Jun 1894 | 31 Mar 1923 | |||
| ♦ Newburgh – Orange Lake – Walden | Electric | July 1894 | 1923 | see note. | |
| New York City | see also Long Island and Westchester County. | ||||
| ♦ Bronx | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1892 | 21 Aug 1948 | |||
| Pelham Park and City Island Railway | ♦♦ City Island | Horse | 20 May 1887 | 1914 | |
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 17 Aug 1914 | 9 Aug 1919 | |||
| ♦ Brooklyn | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1890 | 30 Oct 1956 | |||
| ♦ Manhattan | Horse | 14 Nov 1832 | 1917 | ||
| Cable | 31 Aug 1885 | 25 May 1901 | |||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 1910 | 1932 | |||
| Electric | ? | 21 Jun 1947 | Last tramway line in New York, which operated on the Queensboro Bridge between Manhattan and Queens, closed 7 Apr 1957. | ||
| ♦ Queens | Horse | 1869 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1887 | 26 Apr 1950 | |||
| Ocean Electric Railway (originally Far Rockaway Railroad) |
♦♦ Far Rockaway | Horse | 2 Jul 1886 | 1898 | |
| Electric | 1898 | 24 Sep 1924 | |||
| Ocean Electric Railway (originally Rockaway Village Railroad) |
♦♦ Rockaway Park | Horse | 2 Jun 1886
1897 |
1895
1898 |
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| Electric | 1898 | 26 Aug 1928 | see note. | ||
| ♦ Staten Island | Horse | Sep 1868 | 1896 | ||
| Electric | 1893 | 26 Jan 1934 | |||
| Ogdensburg | Horse | 14 Aug 1886 | 1895 | ||
| Electric | 1 Sep 1895 | 1 Apr 1932 | |||
| Oneida | Horse | 4 Jul 1885 | 30 Jul 1902 | ||
| Electric | 14 Dec 1902 | Dec 1930 | |||
| Oneonta | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Oswego | Horse | 22 Aug 1885 | 1892 | ||
| Electric | 1892 | 21 Apr 1927 | |||
| Penn Yan – Branchport | Electric | 15 Aug 1897
1 Jan 1927 |
11 Oct 1926
13 Mar 1927 |
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| Plattsburgh | Electric | 25 Jul 1896 | 1 Nov 1929 | ||
| Port Jervis | Electric | 15 Jan 1898
4 Jul 1910 |
9 Jun 1910
15 Nov 1924 |
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| Poughkeepsie | Horse | 1871 | 1894 | ||
| Electric | 15 Dec 1894 | 25 Nov 1935 | |||
| ♦ Poughkeepsie – Wappingers Falls | Electric | 1895 | Nov 1928 | ||
| ♦ Highland – New Paltz | Electric | 17 Aug 1897 | 7 Jul 1925 | ||
| Redwood – Alexandria Bay | Electric | 18 Aug 1902 | 16 Oct 1916 | ||
| Rochester | Horse | 13 Jul 1863 | 1893 | ||
| Electric | 1889 | 1 Apr 1941 | |||
| ♦ Charlotte – Manitou Beach | Electric | 1 Jun 1891 | 25 Aug 1925 | ||
| Rome | Horse | 4 Jul 1887
1 Jul 1902 |
1900
1903 |
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| Compressed-air | 22 Sep 1900 | 30 Jun 1902 | |||
| Electric | 9 Jun 1903 | 7 Dec 1930 | |||
| Saratoga Springs | Electric | 30 Jun 1892 | 20 Jan 1926 | Brief periods of operation in 1890 and 1891. | |
| Syracuse | Horse | 11 May 1860 | ? | ||
| Electric | 29 Nov 1888 | 4 Jan 1941 | |||
| ♦ Syracuse – Edwards Falls | Electric | 16 Jun 1898 | 24 Oct 1931 | ||
| Utica | Horse | 14 Sep 1863 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1890 | 13 May 1941 | |||
| Watertown | Electric | 20 May 1891 | 17 Aug 1937 | ||
| ♦ Watertown – Brownsville – Dexter | Electric | 30 Jun 1891 | 9 Mar 1931 | ||
| Waverly | Electric | 30 Jun 1896 | 11 Jun 1930 | ||
| ♦ Waverly – Sayre, PA – Athens, PA | Electric | 30 Jun 1896 | 11 Jun 1930 | ||
| Westchester County | see also New York City. | ||||
| ♦ Larchmont | Horse | 1 May 1888 | ? | ||
| Electric | 10 Jun 1900 | 16 Aug 1927 | |||
| ♦ Mount Vernon | Electric | ? | 1950 | ||
| ♦ New Rochelle | Electric | ? | 1950 | ||
| ♦ Ossining | Electric | 1893
1 Oct 1907 |
20 Oct 1906
7 May 1926 |
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| ♦ Peekskill | Electric | Jun 1899 | 30 Jun 1926. | ||
| ♦♦ Peekskill – Lake Mohegan | Electric | 30 Jul 1899 | 1924 | ||
| ♦♦ Peekskill – Oregon | Electric | 25 Mar 1907 | 29 Aug 1925 | Opened in stages, completed 1909. | |
| ♦♦ Peekskill – Verplanck | Electric | 1902 | 30 Jun 1926 | ||
| ♦ Port Chester | Electric | 12 Jul 1898 | 16 Aug 1927. | ||
| ♦ White Plains | Electric | 1 Oct 1895 | 16 Nov 1929 | ||
| ♦ Yonkers | Horse | Mar 1887 | 1892 | ||
| Electric | May 1892 | Nov 1952 |
- Note for Cortland – Homer – McGraw – Preble: Horse tramway connected Cortland and Homer. Electric tramway, opened 1 Apr 1895, connected Cortland, Homer and McGraw. Extended to Preble in 1907. McGraw Preble segment closed 1 Apr 1929. Remainder closed 15 Feb 1931.
- Note for Newburgh – Orange Lake – Walden: Opened in stages, to Orange Lake in July 1894, completed 1 Jun 1895. Newburgh – Orange Lake operated during summer season, 1924 and 1925, petrol (gasoline) traction (?).
- Note for New York – City Island: Experimental monorail operated Bartow railway station – north end of City Island bridge, 15 Jul – 19 Jul 1910, and 14 Nov 1910 – 16 Mar 1914.
- Note for New York – Rockaway Park: Tramcars operated over electrified Long Island Rail Road tracks between Far Rockaway and Hammels, 1905 – 9 Sep 1926, using overhead current collection to 1912 and third-rail current collection thereafter.
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