Northwestern Federal District
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arkhangelsk tramway | Arkhangelsk / Архангельск | Electric | 26 June 1916 | 24 July 2004 | World's northernmost electric town tramway. |
Cherepovets / Череповец | Electric | 19 October 1956 | |||
Kaliningrad / Калининград | Horse | 26 May 1881 | 1901 | ||
Electric | 31 May 1895 | Operation suspended January 1945 - 7 November 1946 because of war. | |||
Pskov / Псков | Horse | 13 November 1909 | 1912 | ||
Electric | 22 January 1912 | September 1944 | |||
Sankt-Peterburg / Санкт-Петербург (St. Petersburg) | Horse | 8 September 1863 | September 1917 | ||
Steam | 1882 | 1922 | |||
Electric | 29 September 1907 | Operation suspended 8 December 1941 - 15 April 1942 because of war. Ranked (prior to recent track closures) as world's largest operating town tramway (by system length). See Tramways in Saint Petersburg. | |||
♦ | Steam | ? | ? | Sankt-Peterburg / Санкт-Петербург - Ozerki / Озерки, Sestroretsk / Сестрорецк - Kurort / Курорт, branch to Lisi Nos / Лисий Нос. | |
Sovetsk / Советск | Electric | 26 July 1901 | October 1944 | Closed because of war damage. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Town Tramway Systems In Russia
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