Texas
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene | Electric | ? | 1931 | ||
| Amarillo | Electric | ? | 1940 | ||
| Aransas Pass | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Austin | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 189_ | 1940 | |||
| Beaumont | Electric | 190_ | 1937 | ||
| Bonham | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Brownsville | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | Connected Brownsville and San Benito | |
| Electric | 1915 | 1926 | |||
| Cleburne | Electric | ? | 1917 | ||
| Corpus Christi | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | 189_ | 1934 | |||
| Corsicana | Electric | 1902 | 30 Sep 1931 | ||
| Dallas | Mule | 187_ | ? | ||
| Cable | ? | ? | Construction started, not completed. | ||
| Electric | 1890 | 15 Jan 1956 | Reintroduced 22 July 1989 (heritage streetcar, the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority). Light rail system opened 14 June 1996 (see DART Light Rail). | ||
| Denison | Mule | 188_ | ? | ||
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 1931 | |||
| Denton | Electric | ? | 1918 | ||
| Dublin | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| El Paso | Horse | Oct 1882 | 1902 | ||
| Electric | 11 Jan 1902 | 1947 | International tramway continued in operation until 1973. | ||
| International tramway | El Paso – Ciudad Juárez, Chih., México | Mule | Oct 1882 | 1902 | |
| Electric | 11 Jan 1902 | 30 Jul 1973 | Operation suspended Aug 1966 – Nov 1967, and Jul 1969 – Nov 1970 because of bridge reconstruction. Operation restored following closure, in El Paso only, 14 Nov 1973 – 4 May 1974. | ||
| Fort Worth | Mule | 187_ | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1939 | |||
| Gainesville | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Galveston | Mule | 1867 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1891 | May 1938 | Heritage tramway, diesel-electric traction (Galveston Island Trolley ), opened 23 Jul 1988. | ||
| Greenville | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 14 Dec 1918 | |||
| Haskell | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | Connected Haskell and Hemphill Lake. | |
| Hillsboro | Mule | ? | 1898 | ||
| Electric | ? | ? | |||
| Houston | Mule | 25 Jan 1868 | ? | ||
| Electric | 14 Jun 1891 | 8 Jun 1940 | Reintroduced (LRT, METRORail ) 1 Jan 2004. | ||
| Lampasas | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Laredo | Electric | 27 Jan 1890 | 1934 | First electric town tramway in Texas. Also operated international tramway line to Nuevo Laredo, México. | |
| Lockhart | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Longview | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 188_ | 1925 | |||
| Marshall | Electric | 188_ | 1925 | ||
| Matador | Petrol (gasoline) | 1914 | 1936 | Connected Matador and Motley Junction | |
| McKinney | Electric | ? | 1926 | ||
| Mineral Wells | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1908 | 1920 | System included line connecting Mineral Wells and Elmhurst Park | ||
| Moscow | Mule | 1846 | ? | The opening year of 1846, which appears in a list of Texas town tramways published by the Texas Division, Electric Railroaders Association, is believed unlikely. | |
| Mount Pleasant | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Palestine | Mule | 1875 | 1877 | ||
| Paris | Mule | 187_ | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1926 | |||
| Port Arthur | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1938 | |||
| Rockport | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Rusk | Mule | ? | ? | Connected Rusk and New Birmingham. New Birmingham was located 3 km (2 mi) south of Rusk. | |
| San Angelo | Electric | 1908 | ? | ||
| San Antonio | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 1933 | First large U.S. town to replace all electric town tramway services with motorbuses. | ||
| Seguin | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Sherman | Mule | 1877 | 1901 | ||
| Electric | ? | 1931 | |||
| Taylor | Mule | 1891 | 1899 | ||
| Electric | ? | ? | |||
| Temple | Electric | 190_ | 1923 | ||
| Texas City | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
| Tyler | Electric | 189_ | ? | ||
| Uvalde | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
| Vernon | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Victoria | Mule | 1888 | 1894 | ||
| Waco | Mule | 1878 | ? | ||
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 3 Feb 1937 | |||
| Waxahachie | Mule | 1892 | 1912 | ||
| Electric | 1912 | Feb 1928 | |||
| Weatherford | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Wichita Falls | Electric | ? | 1934 | System included line connecting Wichita Falls and Lake Wichita. | |
| Yubadam | Mule | ? | ? | Located near Tyler. |
- Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 125) states that, although listed in some statistics, tramways were not built in the following towns:
- Brenham
- Colorado City
- Henrietta – Seymour
- Marlin – Wootan Wells
- Sulphur Springs
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