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List of town tramway systems in Germany

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Germany by Land. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

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Zenz, Emil (1980). 75 Jahre Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe, 1905–1980 [75 Years of City Transit Service]. Stadtwerke Trier. pp. 20, 96–98.

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Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Baden-Baden	Electric	24 Jan 1910	28 Feb 1951	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Esslingen	Electric	24 May 1912	7 Jul 1944	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Esslingen – Nellingen – Denkendorf	Electric	19 Dec 1926	28 Feb 1978	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Freiburg im Breisgau	Freiburg im Breisgau	Electric	14 Oct 1901		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Heidelberg	Horse	13 May 1885	7 Oct 1902	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Heidelberg	Electric	17 Mar 1903		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also: Mannheim.
	Heidelberg – Schwetzingen		?	4 Jan 1974
	Schwetzingen – Ketsch	Electric	12 Dec 1910	31 Mar 1938	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Walldorf (in Baden)	Horse	22 Feb 1902	21 Feb 1907	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Walldorf (in Baden)	Electric	22 Feb 1907	1 Aug 1954	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Separate undertaking to 3 September 1945.
	Wiesloch	Horse	1 Sep 1886	4 Jul 1901	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Heidelberg – Wiesloch	Electric	24 Jul 1901	16 Jun 1973
	Heilbronn (am Neckar)	Electric	29 May 1897	1 Apr 1955	Original tramway closed in 1955.
	Heilbronn (am Neckar)	Electric	2001		Heilbronn Stadtbahn: segment reopened as part of Karlsruhe Stadtbahn light rail regional system.
Trams in Karlsruhe	Karlsruhe	Horse	21 Jan 1877	19 Mar 1900
		Steam	16 Jul 1881	19 Mar 1900
		Accumulator (storage battery)	10 Feb 1900	1903
		Electric	10 Feb 1900
Karlsruhe Stadtbahn		Electric	25 Sep 1992		Light rail
Alb Valley Railway	Karlsruhe – Ettlingen – Bad Herrenalb	Steam	1 Dec 1897	1911
	Karlsruhe – Ettlingen – Bad Herrenalb	Electric	1 Dec 1898
	Karlsruhe – Ettlingen		1 Dec 1897
	Ettlingen – Bad Herrenalb		2 Jul 1898		Opened in stages, completed 2 July 1898.
	Branch Busenbach – Ittersbach		10 Apr 1899
	Lörrach	Electric	16 Nov 1919	31 Aug 1967	Worked by tramcars hired from Basel Switzerland tramway. Operation suspended 1 September 1939 – 11 May 1947 because of closure of border.
Trams in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen	Mannheim	Horse	2 Jun 1878	22 May 1902
		Steam	6 May 1884	23 Mar 1914
		Electric	10 Dec 1900		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Operated jointly with Ludwigshafen system (q.v.). See also Heidelberg.
Upper Rhine Railway Company (OGE)	Mannheim – Heidelberg	Steam	12 Dec 1887	31 Aug 1956
	Mannheim – Heidelberg	Electric	10 Dec 1900		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Mannheim – Heidelberg				Opened 1892. Electrified 1928–1929.
	Mannheim – Weinheim				Opened 1887; electrified 1915.
	Heidelberg – Weinheim				Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Opened 1890; electrified 1949–1956.
	Müllheim	Steam	15 Feb 1896	1913	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Müllheim	Electric	7 Apr 1914	22 May 1955	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Müllheim – Badenweiler			22 May 1955
	Pforzheim	Electric	1 Dec 1911	10 Oct 1964	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Ravensburg – Weingarten – Baienfurt	Steam	6 Jan 1888	12 Sep 1911	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Ravensburg – Weingarten – Baienfurt	Electric	1 Sep 1910	1 Jul 1959	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Reutlingen	Steam	1 Nov 1899	24 Jul 1912	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Reutlingen	Electric	24 Jul 1912	19 Oct 1974	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Stuttgart	Horse	28 Jul 1868	28 Nov 1896
		Electric	26 Sep 1895		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) First tunnel segment opened 1966.
Stuttgart Stadtbahn		Electric	28 Sep 1985		Light rail. Stuttgart Stadtbahn operates on standard gauge, after the previous tram system was converted from metre gauge.
	Bad Cannstatt	Electric	20 Jul 1899		Separate undertaking to 1 January 1919.
	Feuerbach	Electric	30 Dec 1926		Separate undertaking to 1 January 1934.
	Rack tramway	Steam	23 Aug 1884	1907
	Rack tramway	Electric	1 May 1904
Trams in Ulm	Ulm (an der Donau)	Electric	15 May 1897		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Augsburg	Augsburg	Horse	8 May 1881	31 Aug 1898
		Steam	12 Sept 1886	15 June 1887
		Electric	1 Sep 1898		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Bamberg	Electric	1 Nov 1897	10 June 1922	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Hof (an der Saale)	Electric	5 Aug 1901	14 Nov 1922	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Ingolstadt (an der Donau)	Horse	10 Nov 1878	3 Mar 1921
	Ingolstadt (an der Donau)	(Electric)			Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Construction on tramway started, but not completed (c.1914).
	Landshut (in Bayern)	Horse	1 July 1902	1913	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Landshut (in Bayern)	Electric	15 Jan 1913	18 Mar 1945	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Closed because of war damage.
Trams in Munich (owned by MVG)	Munich (München)	Horse	21 Oct 1876	1 Nov 1900
		Steam	9 Jun 1883	15 Jul 1900
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1 Jul 1886	17 Jul 1895
		Electric	23 Jun 1895
Trams in Nuremberg	Nuremberg (Nürnberg)	Horse	25 Aug 1881	20 Jul 1898
Trams in Nuremberg	Nuremberg (Nürnberg)	Electric	7 May 1896		Gauge: 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) (formerly, since converted to standard gauge)
	Nuremberg – Fürth	Steam	7 Dec 1835	31 Oct 1922	Bayerische Ludwigsbahn, Nürnberg – Fürth, first railway in Germany.
	Nuremberg – Fürth	Electric	?	21 Jun 1981	Express tramway, built on alignment of closed railway (Ludwigsbahn). Closed, together with remaining tramway lines in Fürth, because of U-Bahn (metro) construction.
	Regensburg	Electric	21 Apr 1903	1 Aug 1964	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Schweinfurt	Horse	5 May 1895	31 Jan 1921	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Würzburg	Würzburg	Horse	8 Apr 1892	4 Oct 1900	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Würzburg	Würzburg	Electric	30 Jun 1900 18 Sep 1924	20 Apr 1920	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Reopened as a new undertaking (in 1924); see also: Trams in Würzburg.

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Berlin (owned by BVG)	Berlin	Horse	22 Jun 1865	8 Dec 1907
		Steam	5 May 1886	1919
		Accumulator (storage battery)	8 Feb 1895	1902
		Electric	16 May 1881		Note: Berlin tramway divided into East Berlin and West Berlin systems from 16 January 1953. West Berlin tramway lines replaced by motorbus starting from 1954, with final West Berlin tram closure on 2 October 1967. (See Trams in Berlin.) Following German reunification, some tramlines have returned to the western part of the city.
	Adlershof – Altglienicke	Electric	5 Jun 1909	31 Dec 1992	Separate tram undertaking to 16 April 1921.
	Buchholz	Horse	9 Jul 1904	8 Dec 1907
	Buchholz	Electric	8 Dec 1907		Separate tram undertaking to 22 July 1907.
	Heiligensee an der Havel	Electric	29 May 1913	1 Jun 1958	Separate tram undertaking to 3 December 1920.
	Köpenick (Cöpenick)	Horse	18 Oct 1882	11 Aug 1903
	Köpenick (Cöpenick)	Electric	11 Aug 1903		Separate tram undertaking to 1 October 1920.
	Schmöckwitz – Grünau	Petrol	9 Mar 1912	27 July 1912	The planned overhead line was not set up due to public protests regarding a ruined view of the waterfront. Higher than expected passenger numbers caused the management to change quickly its mind and to commission AEG with the installation of the overhead line.
	Schmöckwitz – Grünau	Electric	27 Jul 1912		Separate tram undertaking to 30 September 1924.
	Spandau	Horse	5 Jun 1892	17 Mar 1896	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	18 Mar 1896	27 Oct 1907	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Converted to standard gauge.
		Electric	28 Oct 1907	2 Oct 1967	Converted from metre gauge.
		Electric	18 Mar 1896	2 Oct 1967	Separate undertaking by AEG to 1 August 1920.
	Spandau – Nonnendamm	Electric	30 Sep 1908	2 Oct 1967
	Spandau West – Hennigsdorf	Petrol	1 Aug 1923	11 Nov 1929
	Spandau West – Hennigsdorf	Electric	11 Nov 1929	_ Apr 1945
Grunewaldbahn	Steglitz	Electric	3 Dec 1905	2 May 1963
	Berlin-Lichterfelde – Steglitz – Südende station – Mariendorf line	Electric	16 May 1881	14 Feb 1930	Incorporated Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway opened 1881 by Siemens & Halske, as world's first electric tramway.^{[citation needed]}
	Berlin-Lichterfelde – Teltow – Stahnsdorf – Kleinmachnow (Canal lock)	Steam	1 Jul 1888	30 Mar 1907
		Electric	30 Mar 1907	2 May 1966

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Brandenburg an der Havel	Brandenburg (an der Havel)	Horse	1 Oct 1897	20 Apr 1911	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Brandenburg an der Havel	Brandenburg (an der Havel)	Electric	1 Apr 1911		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Plaue (an der Havel)	Electric	24 Dec 1912	28 Sep 2002	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Separate tram undertaking to 1 October 1952.
Trams in Cottbus	Cottbus (Chóśebuz)	Electric	8 Jul 1903		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Eberswalde	Electric	1 Sep 1910	3 Nov 1940
Trams in Frankfurt (Oder)	Frankfurt an der Oder	Electric	23 Jan 1898		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also: Słubice, List of town tramway systems in Poland.
	Guben	Electric	24 Feb 1904	8 Jun 1938	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also: Gubin, List of town tramway systems in Poland.
	Jüterbog	Horse	21 Mar 1897	29 Jul 1928	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Küstrin	Electric	16 May 1927	30 Jan 1945	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also: Kostrzyn nad Odrą;, List of town tramway systems in Poland.
Trams in Potsdam (owned by ViP)	Potsdam	Horse	11 May 1880	1 Sep 1907
Trams in Potsdam (owned by ViP)	Potsdam	Electric	2 Sep 1907
	Schöneiche (bei Berlin)	Petrol	28 Aug 1910	30 May 1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Schöneiche (bei Berlin)	Electric	30 May 1914		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Strausberg Railway	Strausberg	Steam	17 Aug 1893	15 Mar 1921
Strausberg Railway	Strausberg	Electric	18 Mar 1921
	Werder (an der Havel)	Horse	27 Jul 1895	7 Aug 1926	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Woltersdorf Tramway	Woltersdorf (bei Berlin)	Electric	17 May 1913

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)
Trams in Bremen	Bremen	Horse	4 Jun 1875	31 Oct 1911
Trams in Bremen	Bremen	Electric	22 Jun 1890
	Bremerhaven	Horse	26 Jun 1881	28 Aug 1908
		Accumulator (storage battery)	21 Aug 1898	31 Jul 1908
		Electric	4 Jun 1908	30 Jul 1982

List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_Germany

List of town tramway systems in Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria (Bayern)

Berlin

Brandenburg

Bremen

Hamburg

Hessen

Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)

Rhine-Ruhr (Rhein-Ruhr)

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)

Saarland

Saxony (Sachsen)

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Schleswig-Holstein

Thuringia (Thüringen)

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Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Hamburg	Hamburg	Horse	16 Aug 1866	18 Dec 1922
		Steam	13 May 1878	22 Jun 1897
		Electric	5 Mar 1894	1 Oct 1978	Hamburg is the only major German city with only a U-Bahn (Hamburg U-Bahn), but no extant tram or light rail system. The Hamburg tram network was one of oldest and largest in Germany and largest closed system.
	Hamburg-Harburg	Electric	30 Sep 1899	24 Sep 1975
	Alt-Rahlstedt – Volksdorf	Electric	30 Oct 1906	15 Apr 1923	Town tramway service on local railway (kleinbahn).
	Altona – Blankenese	Electric	26 Aug 1899	9 Nov 1921

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bad Homburg (vor der Höhe)	Electric	26 Jul 1899	31 Jul 1935	Served by line of Frankfurt am Main system to 1971 (this line was upgraded to the Frankfurt U-Bahn line that serves Bad Homburg).
Trams in Darmstadt	Darmstadt	Horse	25 Aug 1886	31 Mar 1922	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Darmstadt	Darmstadt	Electric	24 Nov 1897		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Eltville – Schlangenbad	Steam	20 Jun 1895	17 Mar 1933	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Frankfurt am Main	Frankfurt am Main	Horse	19 May 1872	17 Jun 1904
		Steam	1 Sep 1888	13 Jul 1929
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1 Jan 1897	9 Sep 1900
		Electric	18 Feb 1884
	Offenbach am Main	Horse	10 Apr 1884	28 Oct 1906
	Offenbach am Main	Electric	27 Oct 1906	3 Nov 1963.	Operated as part of Trams in Frankfurt, 31 March 1907 – 3 November 1963. Offenbach am Main served by line of Trams in Frankfurt to 1 June 1996.
	Gießen	Electric	20 Nov 1909	31 Mar 1953
	Hanau	Electric	15 Jun 1908	18 Mar 1945	Closed because of war damage.
Trams in Kassel	Kassel	Steam	9 Jul 1877	10 May 1899
		Horse	27 Apr 1884	28 Feb 1899
		Electric	14 Dec 1898		See also: Kassel RegioTram.
	Kassel – Wolfsanger	Horse	24 Sep 1897	20 Oct 1911
	Kassel – Wolfsanger	Electric	20 Oct 1911
Herkulesbahn	Kassel – Palmenbad, Brasselsberg, Herkules, Hohes Gras	Electric	27 Apr 1903	12 Apr 1966	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Marburg (an der Lahn)	Horse	1 Oct 1903	10 Oct 1911	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Marburg (an der Lahn)	Electric	28 Nov 1911	17 May 1951	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Wiesbaden	Horse	16 Aug 1875	14 Aug 1900
		Steam	18 May 1889	27 Aug 1900	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	16 May 1896	30 Apr 1955	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also: Mainz in List of town tramway systems in Germany#Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz).

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bad Pyrmont	Horse	1 Jun 1879	12 Mar 1925	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Bückeburg – Bad Eilsen	Electric	1918	21 May 1966
Trams in Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Horse	11 Oct 1879	24 Sep 1904	Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in)
Trams in Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Electric	28 Oct 1897		Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in)
	Celle	Electric	1 Nov 1907	2 June 1956	Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in)
	Cuxhaven	Petrol-electric (Benzolelektrisch)	6 Jul 1914	2 Aug 1914
	Emden	Electric	23 Feb 1902	30 Apr 1953	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Göttingen	(Electric)			Construction on tramway started, but not completed (1914).
	Hanover	Horse	16 Sep 1872	1897
		Accumulator (storage battery)	10 Sep 1895	20 Nov 1903
		Electric	19 May 1893		Converted to light rail – see: Hanover Stadtbahn
	Hanover – Hildesheim	Electric	22 Mar 1899	16 Aug 1959
	Hildesheim	Electric	7 Aug 1905	22 Mar 1945	Closed because of war damage.
	Osnabrück	Electric	31 Jan 1906	29 May 1960	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Wilhelmshaven	Electric	17 Mar 1913	30 Mar 1945	Closed because of war damage.

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Rostock	Rostock	Electric	16 Oct 1888
Trams in Schwerin	Schwerin	Electric	1 Dec 1908
	Stralsund	Electric	25 Mar 1900	7 Apr 1966	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Warnemünde	Electric	1 July 1910	30 Apr 1945	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Closed because of war damage.

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Aachen	Aachen	Horse	26 Dec 1880	10 Sep 1897
		Caustic soda (Natronmotor)	Jun 1884	Mar 1885	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	15 Jul 1895	29 Sep 1974	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Eschweiler	Electric	1897	6 Oct 1969
	Stolberg	Electric	1898	8 Jan 1967
	Bad Salzuflen	Horse	1 July 1909	1924	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Bad Salzuflen – Schötmar	Horse	15 Jun 1912	1915
Bielefeld Stadtbahn	Bielefeld	Electric	20 Dec 1900		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Converted to light rail in 1991.
	Düren	Steam	1 Apr 1893	1913
	Düren	Electric	20 Nov 1913	30 June 1965
Dürener Kreisbahn	Düren – Nörvenich – Besenich	Electric	6 Oct 1908	30 April 1963	Nörvenich – Besenich closed 31 January 1960. Düren – Nörvenich closed 30 April 1963.
	Gummersbach	Electric	1 Oct 1915	4 Oct 1953
	Herford	Steam	10 Aug 1900	10 May 1932
	Herford	Electric	26 June 1930	22 April 1966	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Kleve	Electric	1 Oct 1911	31 Mar 1962
	Minden (in Westfalen)	Steam	7 Sep 1893	7 Dec 1920	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Minden (in Westfalen)	Electric	9 Dec 1920	29 Dec 1959	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Münster (in Westfalen)	Electric	14 July 1901	25 Nov 1954	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Paderborn	Electric	11 Nov 1900	27 Sep 1963
	Detmold	Electric	1 Mar 1900	15 Aug 1954	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Separate undertaking to 1920.
	Plettenberg	Steam	25 May 1896	1 Jan 1959	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Rees – Empel	Steam	5 Sep 1897	1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Rees – Empel	Electric	28 Feb 1915	30 Apr 1966
	Wesel – Rees – Emmerich (am Rhein)	Electric	25 May 1914	30 Apr 1966
	Siegen	Electric	14 Nov 1904	31 Aug 1958
	Siegen – Kreuztal	Electric	14 Nov 1904	29 May 1952

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Moers	Electric	1 Oct 1908	25 Sep 1954	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Homberg	Electric	1 Apr 1909	25 Sep 1954	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Separate undertaking to 1 January 1925.
Homberg lines extended to:	Ruhrort		1913	Mar 1945
Homberg also served by:	Düsseldorf (Rheinbahn) system		1911	20 Oct 1958
	Krefeld system		1918	2 Nov 1962

	Moers – Kamp – Rheinberg	Electric	12 Feb 1915	11 Oct 1952

Trams in Duisburg	Duisburg	Horse	24 Dec 1881	31 Jul 1898
		Steam	22 Jul 1882	25 Dec 1897
		Electric	3 Aug 1897		First Stadtbahn-like tunnel segment opened 11 July 1992.
Duisburg lines extend to:	Ruhrort		24 Dec 1881
	Hamborn		24 Feb 1898
	Dinslaken		1 May 1900
	Mülheim an der Ruhr		1912

	Oberhausen (im Rheinland)	Electric	4 Apr 1897 1 June 1996	13 Oct 1968	Connects with Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen system.
Oberhausen lines connected with:	Essen system				Now closed.
	Mülheim an der Ruhr system				Closed, now reopened.
	Recklinghausen system				Now closed.
	Duisburg system				No track connection at Duisburg–Holten because of gauge difference. Now closed.
Oberhausen also served by:	Mülheim an der Ruhr system			4 Apr 1971

Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Electric	8 Jul 1897		First Stadtbahn tunnel opened 3 November 1979 (served by Essen system – see Essen Stadtbahn). First tunnel segment for Mülheim system opened 27 April 1985.
Mülheim an der Ruhr lines connect with:	Essen system
	Oberhausen system

Trams in Essen	Essen	Electric	23 Aug 1893		First tunnel segment opened 5 October 1967. First Stadtbahn tunnel segment opened 29 May 1977.
Essen lines connect with:	Mülheim an der Ruhr system
	Bochum – Gelsenkirchen system
	Recklinghausen system				Now closed.

Trams in Bochum/Gelsenkirchen	Bochum – Gelsenkirchen	Electric	23 Nov 1894		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) First tunnel segment (Bochum) opened 26 May 1979. First tunnel segment (Gelsenkirchen) opened 1 September 1984.
Bochum – Gelsenkirchen lines extend to:	Herne		23 Nov 1894
	Wanne-Eickel		20 Oct 1896
	Gelsenkirchen		3 Nov 1895
	Buer		24 June 1901
	Horst		24 Jun 1901	18 Oct 1955	Now closed.
	Hattingen		1 Oct 1902
	Witten		21 Dec 1900
	Castrop-Rauxel		20 Dec 1909	8 May 1967

	Hattingen	Electric	12 Mar 1914	30 June 1969	Operation suspended 24 October 1923 – 31 May 1924 because of Occupation of the Ruhr. Separate undertaking to 1 October 1932.
Bochum Stadtbahn	Bochum – Herne	Electric	2 Sep 1989		Light rail. Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) First Stadtbahn tunnel segment (Bochum – Herne) opened 2 September 1989.

	Herne	Electric	20 Dec 1906	30 Sep 1959	Lines extended to Castrop-Rauxel, 15 July 1910 – 1 January 1952.

	Castrop-Rauxel
Served by:	Bochum – Gelsenkirchen system		1909	8 May 1967
	Herne system		15 Jul 1910	30 Sep 1959
	Dortmund system		1 Nov 1910	1 July 1962

	Dortmund	Horse	1 Jun 1881	1897
		Steam	Feb 1892	1896
		Electric	1 Mar 1894	1984*	* First tunnel segment opened 1983, and converted to light rail in 1984.
Dortmund Stadtbahn		Electric	1984		First tunnel segment opened 1983.
Dortmund lines extended to:	Recklinghausen (Henrichenburg)		1 Nov 1910	1 July 1958	Now closed.
	Castrop-Rauxel		1 Nov 1910	1 July 1962	Now closed.
	Unna		1906	31 Mar 1965	Now closed.

	Unna – Kamen – Werne	Electric	1 Aug 1909	15 Dec 1950	See also Dortmund.
	Hamm (im Westfalen)	Electric	20 Oct 1898	2 Apr 1961	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Vestische Straßenbahn	Recklinghausen	Electric	26 Feb 1898	30 Dec 1982	Connected with Essen and Bochum – Gelsenkirchen systems.
	Lines extended to:
	Herten in Westfalen		10 May 1901	30 May 1981
	Wanne-Eickel		10 May 1901	15 Nov 1975
	Buer		1907	1 Oct 1980
	Gladbeck		1909	31 Oct 1978
	Horst		1909	31 Oct 1978
	Bottrop		1910	27 Nov 1976

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Mönchengladbach	Horse	10 Aug 1881	14 Feb 1900	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Mönchengladbach	Electric	15 Feb 1900	15 Mar 1969	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Lines extended to Rheydt (10 August 1881 – 5 October 1968). Connected with Krefeld system.
	Rheydt	Horse	10 Aug 1881	14 Feb 1900
	Rheydt	Electric	15 Feb 1900	31 Jan 1959	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Trams in Krefeld	Krefeld	Steam	3 May 1883	18 Sep 1901	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Horse	11 May 1883	6 Apr 1901	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	30 Oct 1901
Krefeld lines extended to:	Mönchengladbach (Neuwerk		1910	8 Mar 1954	Now closed.
	Moers		1918	2 Nov 1962	Now closed.

Trams in Dusseldorf	Düsseldorf	Horse	6 Feb 1876	21 Jun 1900
		Steam	5 Aug 1901	30 Apr 1902
		Electric	27 Jan 1896		Lines extend to Neuss (27 December 1901 – ). First tunnel segment opened 4 October 1981. See also Rheinbahn; link to English-language page.
Düsseldorf Stadtbahn		Electric	6 Aug 1988		Light rail
	Düsseldorf – Duisburg	Electric	31 Oct 1899		New alignment opened 1 May 1926.
	Düsseldorf – Moers	Electric	1911	20 Oct 1958
	Düsseldorf – Krefeld	Electric	15 Dec 1898
	Mettmann	Electric	19 Jul 1909	17 May 1952
	Düsseldorf (Benrath) – Solingen (Ohligs)	Electric	1899	15 Apr 1962
	Düsseldorf (Benrath) – Wuppertal (Vohwinkel)	Steam	1899	1900
	Düsseldorf (Benrath) – Wuppertal (Vohwinkel)	Electric	1900	7 May 1961
	Neuss	Electric	24 Dec 1910	7 Aug 1971	Served by Trams in Düsseldorf system (21 December 1901 – )

	Solingen	Electric	1 July 1897	15 Nov 1959	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Solingen lines extended to:	Wuppertal (Vohwinkel)		1899	1 Oct 1958	Now closed.
	Solingen (Ohligs)		19 Nov 1898	1 Aug 1953	Now closed.
	Burg am der Wupper		1908	12 Oct 1959	Now closed.

	Remscheid	Electric	9 Jul 1893	10 Apr 1969	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Remscheid lines extended to:	Burg am der Wupper		12 Jul 1900	31 Jul 1960	Now closed.
	Wuppertal (Cronenfeld)		1901	30 Apr 1965	Worked jointly with Wuppertal system, now closed.

	Wuppertal	Horse	10 Apr 1874	5 Feb 1896
		Steam	28 May 1891	3 Apr 1903
		Electric	16 Apr 1894	30 May 1987	Towns of Barmen, Eberfeld and several neighboring towns were amalgamated at 1929 as Wuppertal.
Barmer Bergbahn	Rack tramway (zahnradbahn), Barmen – Toelleturm	Electric	16 Apr 1894	4 Jul 1959	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Wuppertal lines extended to:	Velbert – Essen (Werden)		15 Mar 1899	1 Feb 1952	Now closed.
	Essen (Steele)		24 Nov 1907	16 Apr 1954	Now closed.
	Sprockhövel – Hattingen		1907	30 Nov 1953	Now closed.
	Schwelm – Milspe		7 Aug 1896	3 May 1969	Schwelm – Milpse segment, 18 January 1907 – 28 September 1964. Now closed.
	Remscheid		15 Aug 1901	16 Jun 1954	Now closed.
	Solingen		4 Aug 1914	3 May 1969	Now closed.
	Wülfrath		19 Jul 1909	1 Jun 1952	Now closed.
	Mettmann		19 Jul 1909	17 May 1952	Now closed.

	Ennepetal (in Westfalen)	Electric	24 Feb 1907	31 Mar 1956
Ennepetal lines extended:	Gevelsberg – Milspe - Voerde		24 Feb 1907	31 Mar 1956	Now closed.
	Gevelsberg – Haßlinghausen		19 May 1909	31 Mar 1956	Now closed.

	Hagen	Horse	13 Nov 1884	1 Jul 1898	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Accumulator (storage battery)	7 Jan 1895	20 Dec 1902	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	18 Nov 1896	29 May 1976	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Hagen lines extended to:	Gevelsberg		12 Apr 1900	26 July 1953	Now closed.
	Hagen (Hohenlimburg)		8 May 1900	15 Sep 1968	Now closed.
	Eckesey	Horse	7 Jul 1895	189_
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1 Jul 1898	20 Oct 1900
		Electric	21 Oct 1900	26 May 1974
	Hagen (Haspe) – Voerde – Breckerfeld	Steam	1 May 1903	1927(?)	Opened in stages to 1906. Passenger service withdrawn 1921, restored 1926.
	Hagen (Haspe) – Voerde – Breckerfeld	Electric	9 Dec 1927	2 Nov 1963	Separate tram undertaking to 1926.
	Iserlohn	Electric	4 Mar 1901	31 Dec 1959

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Opladen – Lützenkirchen	Electric	9 Apr 1914	11 Jul 1955
	Köln – Opladen – Solingen (Ohligs) / Solingen (Höhscheid)	Electric	22 Jul 1911	10 Jul 1955
	Cologne (Köln)	Horse	28 Apr 1877	22 May 1907
		Steam	13 Nov 1893	1914
		Electric	15 Oct 1901		First tunnel segment opened, and converted to light rail, in 1968.
Cologne Stadtbahn		Electric	11 Oct 1968		Light rail
	Wahn, Cologne	Electric	6 May 1917	1 Oct 1961
	Cologne, Zündorf – Troisdorf – Siegburg	Electric	19 Mar 1914	31 Aug 1965	Opened in stages, completed 1 October 1921. Closed in stages from 14 October 1963.
Rheinuferbahn	Cologne – Wesseling – Bonn	Electric	Sep 1905
Vorgebirgsbahn	Cologne – Brühl – Bonn	Electric	1 Aug 1897		Opened in stages, (Cologne – Brühl) completed 20 January 1898.
Trams in Bonn	Bonn	Horse	19 Apr 1891	24 Sep 1909
		Steam	22 May 1892	12 Oct 1911	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	21 May 1902		First tunnel segment opened 22 March 1975.
Bonn Stadtbahn		Electric	1975		Light rail
	Bonn – Bad Godesberg	Steam	22 May 1892	1911	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Bonn – Bad Godesberg	Electric	27 Mar 1911		Tunnel segment in Bad Godesberg opened September 1994
	Bad Godesberg – Mehlem	Electric	3 Oct 1911	23 Dec 1976
	Bonn – Siegburg	Electric	21 Sep 1911
	Bonn – Königswinter – Bad Honnef	Electric	18 Mar 1913		Königswinter – Bad Honnef segment opened 27 September 1925.

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bad Kreuznach	Electric	11 Sep 1906	5 Jan 1953	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Bingen am Rhein	Electric	25 Feb 1906	20 Oct 1955
	Idar-Oberstein	Electric	1 Oct 1900	29 Jul 1956	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Kaiserslautern	Electric	18 Dec 1916	1 Jul 1935	Gauge: unknown
	Koblenz	Horse	28 May 1887	1 Oct 1899	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Koblenz	Electric	17 Jan 1899	19 Jul 1967	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	Horse	2 Jun 1878	23 May 1902
	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	Electric	30 May 1902		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Operated jointly with Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) system (q.v.).
Rhein-Haardtbahn	Ludwigshafen – Bad Dürkheim	Electric	4 Sep 1913		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Trains operate over town tramway systems in Ludwigshafen and Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) to serve business centers and main railway stations.
Trams in Mainz	Mainz	Horse	27 Sep 1883	1 Oct 1904	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Steam	12 Aug 1891	8 Jun 1923	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	15 Jul 1904		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also: Wiesbaden (Hesse).
	Neuwied	Electric	29 Jul 1901	31 Oct 1950
	Pirmasens	Electric	8 Jun 1905	3 Jul 1943	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Trier	Horse	27 Jul 1890^[1]	15 Jul 1905
	Trier	Electric	13 Oct 1905^[1]	14 Sep 1951^[1]
	Worms (am Rhein)	Electric	22 Dec 1906	29 Jan 1956	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Neunkirchen (im Saarland)	Electric	13 Sep 1907	10 June 1978
	Saarbrücken	Steam	4 Nov 1890	26 Sep 1899	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	8 Feb 1899	22 May 1965	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Saarbahn		Electric	24 Oct 1997		Standard gauge line. International line to Sarreguemines in France.
	Rastpfuhl – Heusweiler	Electric	27 Jan 1907	1948	Separate undertaking to 1 July 1937.
	Saarlouis	Electric	20 May 1913	28 Feb 1961
	Saarlouis – Dillingen (an der Saar)			31 May 1957
	Völklingen (an der Saar)	Electric	3 Sep 1909	18 Apr 1959	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Kirnitzschtalbahn	Bad Schandau	Electric	28 May 1898		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Operation suspended from 21 July 1969 following an accident. Operation restored from 24 July 1972.
Trams in Chemnitz	Chemnitz	Horse	22 Apr 1880	5 Feb 1894	Gauge: 914 mm (3 ft)
		Electric	19 Dec 1893	6 Nov 1988	Gauge: 925 mm (3 ft 13⁄32 in)
		Electric	8 May 1960		Converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
	Chemnitz – Altchemnitz – Stollberg	Electric	15 Dec 2002		Operates over DB railway line (Würschnitztalbahn) between Altchemnitz and Stollberg,
Döbeln Tramway	Döbeln	Horse	10 Jul 1892 9 Jun 2007	20 Dec 1926	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Closed 20 December 1926; reopened as a heritage horsecar line on 9 June 2007.
Trams in Dresden (operated by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe)	Dresden	Horse	26 Sep 1872	25 Aug 1900
		Gas	28 Jul 1894	31 Dec 1895	Gauge: 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
		Electric	6 Jul 1893		Gauge: 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
	Dresden – Bühlau	Electric	22 Aug 1899		Separate undertaking to 1926.
	Dresden-Cotta – Cossebaude	Electric	27 Sep 1906	2 Dec 1990	Separate undertaking to 1926.
Lößnitzbahn	Dresden-Mickten – Zitzschewig	Electric	21 Aug 1899		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) First electric narrow-gauge railway in Saxony, later regauged. Separate tram undertaking to 1926. Initial segment, Mickten – Weißes Roß. Weißes Roß – Radebeul – Coswig reopened in stages September 1929 – May 1930. Coswig – Weinböhla reopened 14 November 1931.
Lockwitztalbahn	Dresden-Niedersedlitz – Kreischa	Electric	3 Mar 1906	18 Oct 1977	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Freiberg	Electric	11 Aug 1902	31 Dec 1919	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Görlitz	Görlitz	Horse	25 May 1882	30 Nov 1897
Trams in Görlitz	Görlitz	Electric	1 Dec 1897		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also Zgorzelec, List of town tramway systems in Poland.
	Hohenstein-Ernstthal – Oelsnitz (Erzgebirge)	Electric	15 Feb 1913	26 Mar 1960	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Klingenthal	Electric	27 May 1917	4 Apr 1964
Trams in Leipzig	Leipzig	Horse	18 May 1872	16 Apr 1897	Gauge: 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
Trams in Leipzig	Leipzig	Electric	17 April 1896		Gauge: 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in) See Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, Leipzig Tramway Network History.
	Meißen	Electric	13 Dec 1899	1 Mar 1936	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Plauen	Plauen (im Vogtland)	Electric	17 Nov 1894		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Zittau	Accumulator (storage battery)	29 Jun 1902(?)	22 Sep 1902	Gauge: 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
	Zittau	Electric	14 Dec 1904	19 Nov 1919	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Zwickau	Zwickau	Electric	6 May 1894		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bernburg	Electric	1 Apr 1897	19 Apr 1921	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Dessau	Dessau	Gas (Petrol?)	15 Nov 1894	24 Mar 1901
Trams in Dessau	Dessau	Electric	26 Mar 1901
	Groß Rosenburg	Horse	3 Oct 1884	1 Oct 1922
Trams in Halberstadt	Halberstadt	Horse	28 Jun 1887	30 Apr 1903	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Halberstadt	Halberstadt	Electric	2 May 1903		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Halle (Saale)	Halle an der Saale	Horse	15 Oct 1882	14 May 1899	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Halle (Saale)	Halle an der Saale	Electric	24 Apr 1891		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	'Halle – Merseburg	Electric	15 Mar 1902		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Separate tram undertaking to 1 May 1951.
Trams in Magdeburg	Magdeburg	Horse	16 Oct 1877	19 Dec 1899
		Steam	14 Jul 1886	21 Mar 1900
		Electric	18 Jul 1899
	Mansfeld – Eisleben	Electric	10 Apr 1900	2 Dec 1922	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Naumburg (Saale)	Naumburg (an der Saale)	Electric	18 Jun 1892		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Operation suspended 19 August 1991 due to poor track condition. Reopened for daily service as a heritage tramline in 2007. Smallest urban tramway in Germany, and one of the smallest in Europe.^{[citation needed]}
	Schönebeck – Salzelmen	Horse	22 Jun 1886	15 Feb 1917	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Staßfurt	Electric	10 Apr 1900	31 Dec 1957	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Stendal	Horse	3 Jun 1892	14 Oct 1926	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Lutherstadt Wittenberg	Horse	26 Jul 1888	1921	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Zerbst	Horse	2 Nov 1891	1 Aug 1928	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Wittdün – Norddorf (Amrum island, North Frisian Islands)	Steam	1893	1 Nov 1939	Gauge: 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
	Wittdün – Norddorf (Amrum island, North Frisian Islands)	Electric	10 Jul 1909	_ Aug 1910	Gauge: 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) Use of electric traction ended because generating station was destroyed by fire. Overhead contact system removed 1920. Operation suspended 17 October 1918 – 1920.
	Flensburg	Horse	8 May 1881	30 Dec 1906
	Flensburg	Electric	6 Jul 1907	2 Jun 1973	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Kiel	Kiel	Horse	9 Jul 1881	11 Apr 1896	Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in)
Trams in Kiel	Kiel	Electric	12 May 1896	4 May 1985	Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in)
	Lübeck	Horse	1 May 1881	19 Jun 1894	Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in)
	Lübeck	Electric	12 May 1894	15 Nov 1959	Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in)
	Schleswig	Horse	1 Jul 1890	31 Dec 1909
	Schleswig	Electric	1 Jan 1910	26 Aug 1936

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Sylt (Sylter Inselbahn)			Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Nordbahn	Westerland – List	8 Jul 1888	29 Dec 1970	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Südbahn	Westerland – Hörnum	1 Jul 1901	30 May 1970	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Altenburg	Electric	18 Apr 1895	30 Apr 1920	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Eisenach	Electric	3 Aug 1897	31 Dec 1975	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Erfurt	Horse	13 May 1883	20 Aug 1894	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	1 Jun 1894	1999	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Converted light rail
Erfurt Stadtbahn		Electric	1997		Light rail. Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Gera	Gera	Electric	22 Feb 1892		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Gotha	Gotha	Electric	3 May 1894		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Thüringerwaldbahn	Gotha – Waltershausen	Electric	17 Jul 1929		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Jena	Jena	Electric	6 Apr 1901
	Mühlhausen	Electric	21 Dec 1898	27 Jun 1969	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Nordhausen	Nordhausen	Electric	25 Aug 1900		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Weimar	Electric	4 Jun 1899	30 Jun 1937	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)