List Of Town Tramway Systems
This is a list of cities that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. Due to excessive size, the original list has been divided into separate articles, based on geographical locations.
- Africa
- Asia (exclusive of Japan)
- Japan
- Europe (exclusive of countries having separate lists)
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Central America
- North America
- Canada
- United States
- South America (exclusive of Argentina, Brazil and Chile)
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Oceania
This page also provides references and links for all parts of the list.
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