List trams in Asia

List networks of urban and suburban trams existing or having existed on the continent of Asia.

Other lists by continents:

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List of the trams in Oceania

Erevan - horse-drawn traction, September 29th, 1906 - August 1918 (?) ; electric traction, January 12th, 1933 - January 21st, 2004.

Bakou - horse-drawn traction, April 19th, 1889 - before the October 1923; traction vapor, October 6th, 1889 - about 1894; electric traction, February 8th, 1924 - January 2004.
Gandja - electric traction, May 1933 - October 16th, 1976.
Nakhitchevan (city) - horse-drawn traction, May 21st, 1890 - 1902.
Sumqayıt - electric traction, March 11th, 1959 - 1999 or July 2003?.

Burma

Mandalay - electric traction, June 17th, 1904 - about 1945.
Rangoon - traction vapor, March 4th, 1884 -? ; electric traction, December 15th, 1906 - 1941.

China

Anshan - electric traction, January 15th, 1956 - February 26th, 2004. Transformation envisaged into LRT.
Beijing - electric traction, June 24th, 1899 - closed at the time of the Revolt of the Boxers. Second electrical communication, December 17th, 1924 - May 6th, 1966.
Changchun - traction electric, 1937 (?) - today. Transformed into LRT.
Dalian - electric traction, September 1909 - today.
Canton - Construction of an electric tram about 1934, unfinished.
Harbin - electric traction, October 10th, 1927 - June 17th, 1987.
Nankin - traction vapor? -? ; electric traction? -?.
Shanghai - electric traction, March 15th, 1908 - 197x. According to a Chinese source this network would have been closed since 1963.
Shenyang - electric traction, October 1925 - 1973.
Tianjin - electric traction, February 16th, 1906 - about 1972.

HongKong

Urban network - electric traction, July 30th, 1904 - today.
Network périurbain ( KCR Light Rail ) - electric traction, September 18th, 1988 - today.

Chongjin - electric traction, 20 or August 21st, 1999 - today.
Pyongyang - traction horse-drawn? -? ; electric traction, May 20th, 1923 - August 1950, closing following war damagees. Reintroduction in May or June 1991.

Pusan - traction vapor? -? ; electric traction, October 31st, 1915 - May 20th, 1968.
Seoul - electric traction, May 1899 - November 29th, 1968.

Gagra - traction horse-drawn? -?.
Poti - horse-drawn traction, 1904 - 1932.
Tbilissi - horse-drawn traction, April 3rd, 1883 - 1910; electric traction, December 25th, 1904 - December 4th, 2006.

India

Chennai (anc. Madras) - electric traction, May 7th, 1895 - April 12th, 1953.

Delhi - electric traction, March 6th, 1908 - about 1963.

Howrah - electric traction, 1905 - 1943.

Kanpur - electric traction, June 1907 - May 16th, 1933.

Kolkata (anc. Calcutta ) - horse-drawn traction 1873/January 1881 -? ; electric traction, March 27th, 1902 - today.

Mumbai (anc. Bombay ) - horse-drawn traction, May 9th, 1874 - May 15th, 1908; electric traction, May 7th, 1907 - March 31st, 1964.

Nashik - traction horse-drawn? - 193x.

Jakarta - horse-drawn traction, 1869 -? ; traction vapor, 1881 -? ; electric traction, April 10th, 1899 - 1962.
Surabaya - traction vapor, June 7th, 1888 - 1980 (sic); electric traction, April 27th, 1923 - January 1968.

Baghdad - horse-drawn traction, 1871 - 194x.

Japan

Classification by islands.

Hokkaidō

Asahikawa - horse-drawn traction, May 19th, 1906 - April 2nd, 1919; electric traction, November 3rd, 1929 - June 9th, 1956.

Asahikawa - Higashikawa and Asahikawa - Asahiyama - electric traction, February 15th, 1927 - December 31st, 1972.

Hakodate - horse-drawn traction, December 13rd, 1897 - 1913; electric traction, October 31st, 1913 - today.

Onuma - Shikabe - electric traction, May 1929 - May 31st, 1945. Line partly reopened like railroad from January 16th, 1948 to December 25th, 1952.

Iwanai - Kozawa - horse-drawn traction, March 14th, 1905 - May 1912. Connected the village of Iwanai to the station of Kozawa. Replaced by a railroad.
Noboribetsu - horse-drawn traction, December 3rd, 1915 - 1925; traction vapor, May 1918 - 1925; electric traction, November 10th, 1925 - September 1933.
Sapporo - horse-drawn traction, May 1910 - 1918; electric traction, August 4th, 1918 - today.

Sapporo - Barato - Kawagishi - horse-drawn traction, June 1911 - 1922; traction gasoline, 1922 - March 15th, 1935.
Nishi-ku - Bannaguro - horse-drawn traction, October 28th, 1922 - October 23rd, 1940.
Tobetsu - Ebetsu - traction vapor, August 18th, 1927 - 1936; traction gasoline, 1929 - May 27th, 1936.

Yubetsu - horse-drawn traction, October 12th, 1930 - August 31st, 1939.

Honshū

Classification by area (chihō).

Area of Tōhoku

Akayu - human traction, May 3rd, 1919 - June 30th, 1924. Connected the Onsen thermal spa of Akayu to the station of the village of the same name. Stop of the exploitation after the fire of the deposit, given in service planned but ever applied, not more than the electrification envisaged around 1926.
Akita - horse-drawn traction, July 14th, 1899 -? ; electric traction, January 21st, 1922 (or May 1923?) - December 31st, 1965. Connected Akita to the station of Akita-Tsuchizaki.
Fukushima - local tram of the district of Fukushima: traction vapor, April 14th, 1908 - 1927 (or 1928); electric traction, April 6th, 1926 - April 12th, 1971. Extension of the network: Fukushima - Nagaoka - Onsen of Iizaka, antenna of Date at the station of railroad, Nagaoka - Hobara - Yanagawa, Hobara - Kakeda - Kawamata and Hobara - Koori. Not-electrified sections of Kakeda - Kawamata and Hobara - closed KB-ori on June 28th, 1927 (or on February 22nd, 1928?).
Furukawa - horse-drawn traction, December 28th, 1900 - April 23rd, 1913. Connected the town of Furukawa to the station of Onoda. Replaced by a traditional railroad. Furukawa belongs to the town of Ōsaki (Miyagi) since March 2006.

Matsuyama - human traction, November 22nd, 1922 - January 1930. Connected the station of Matsuyama to Chiishi. The last jinsha (tram with human traction) of Japan to transport passengers. A historical jinsha functions with Garden Cosmos, in the Gohommaru Park with Matsuyama in the form of counterpart built in 1992.

Gojome - traction vapor, April 1922 - 1936; traction gasoline, 1936 - 1950; electric traction, January 1950 - July 10th, 199 X. Connected the town of Gojônome to the station of Hachirogata.
Hanamaki - onsen of Nishi-Namari - electric traction, September 16th, 1915 - August 31st, 1969. Sporadic horse-drawn traction on certain sections between 1920 and 1926. Connected the town of Hanamaki to the thermal springs (Onsen) of Shidohira, Ôzawa and Namari.
Kitakami - human traction, July 4th, 1907 - 1913; horse-drawn traction, 1913 - March 22nd, 1922. Connected the station of Kitakami to the village of Iwasaki. Replaced by a railway line.
Tamaiama (Kôma) - horse-drawn traction, January 25th, 1919 - December 20th, 1922. Connected the village of Kôma to the station of the same name and Tairadata. Replaced by a railroad.
Koriyama - horse-drawn traction, December 20th, 1891 - October 15th, 1914. Connected Kôriyama to Miharu.
Mizusawa - horse-drawn traction, July 8th, 1916 - March 10th, 1928. Connected Mizusawa to Iwayadô.
Sendai - electric traction, November 25th, 1926 - March 31st, 1976.

Sendai (station of Nagamachi) - Sendai, Onsen of Akyu - horse-drawn traction, December 23rd, 1914 - 1925; electric traction, June 14th, 1925 - May 8th, 1961.
Natori - traction vapor, November 21st, 1926 - September 19th, 1939. Connected the station of Natori to Yuniage.
Ishinomaki - horse-drawn traction, July 10th, 1915 - 1926; traction gasoline, 1926 - 1939. Connected Ishinomaki to Onagawa. Replaced by a traditional railroad.
Matsushima - electric traction, February 4th, 1922 - before 1938 (or on January 22nd, 1938). Connected the town of Matsushima to the station of the same name. Replaced by the electric railroad of Sendai - Matsushima - Ishinomaki (opened by stages of 1925 to 1928).
Kakuda - horse-drawn traction, August 15th, 1899 - January 12th, 1930. Connected Tateyama, the town of Kakuda and Tsukinoki parks it. (A railroad serving the same zone opened in 1968).
Ogawara - traction vapor, August 30th, 1917 - September 22nd, 1937; traction gasoline, 1929 - 1933. Connected the station of Ogawara to the thermal spa of Tôkatta famous for its Onsen.

Mutsu - horse-drawn traction, December 14th, 1921 - 1940.
Higashine - traction vapor, February 22nd, 1916 - October 1935. Connected the village of Yachi to the station of Jimmachi.

Area of Kantō

Hachioji - electric traction, November 23rd, 1929 - June 30th, 1939.
Honjō - Kodama - electric traction, September 20th, 1915 - May 31st, 1930.
Kamakura - Enoshima - Fujisawa - electric traction, September 1902 - today. This line operates under railway concession traditional since November 1945 (as Enoshima Electric Railway).
Kawasaki - network with electric traction:

Kawasaki (- station of Keikyû-Kawasaki) - Kawasaki - Daishi - first open section on January 21st, 1899; first electric of the area of Tōkyō. Replaced by a railroad in exclusive right of way starting from 1926, last section of the tram type closed on December 28th, 1928.
Sojiji - (Tsurumi) - Kawasaki - Daishi - June 5th, 1925 - November 30th, 1937. Closed following the competition of the open parallel railway line in 1926, with the traffic paasager in 1930.
Station of Kawasaki - Shiohama (municipal tram) - October 13rd, 1944 - March 31st, 1969.

Adachi - Sōka - horse-drawn traction, 1893 - 1899.
Mito - electric traction, December 28th, 1922 - June 10th, 1966. Extension between Mito, Oarai and Oarai-Minato.
Narita - electric traction, December 11th, 1910 - December 11th, 1944.
Nikkō - electric traction, August 10th, 1910 - February 24th, 1968. Connected the station of Nikkō to Umagaeshi.
Noda - human traction, December 18th, 1900 - October 13rd, 1926.
Odawara - horse-drawn traction, October 1888 - 1900; electric traction, March 21st, 1900 - May 31st, 1956. Exploitation suspended of December 21st, 1944 to September 12th, 1946. Extensions between the station of Kozu, Odawara and Hakone - Yumoto.

Section Odawara - Kozu closed on December 6th, 1920. Replacement by traditional train.
Section Odawara - Hakone - Yumoto closed on May 31st, 1935. Replacement by traditional train.
Odawara - Atami - human traction, July 13rd, 1895 - 1907; traction vapor, 1905 - April 1924. Replacement by rail traditional.

Ohara - Otaki - human traction, December 15th, 1912 - 1924; traction gasoline, 1924 - August 31st, 1927. Replacement by traditional train.
Ōmiya - Kawagoe - electric traction, April 16th, 1906 - June 30th, 1939. Replacement by traditional train.
local Network of Shibukawa:

Shibukawa - Numata - horse-drawn traction, April 1912 - 1918; electric traction, January 21st, 1918 - March 1924. Replacement by traditional train.
Shibukawa - Nakanojo - horse-drawn traction, July 22nd, 1912 - 1920; electric traction, November 3rd, 1920 - August 1933. Line replaced by a traditional railroad.
Shibukawa - Ikaho - electric traction, October 16th, 1910 - December 28th, 1956.
Shibukawa - Maebashi - horse-drawn traction, July 14th, 1890; electric traction, November 3rd, 1910 - March 1954.
Shibukawa - Takasaki - horse-drawn traction, September 1893 - 1910; electric traction, September 23rd, 1910 - July 1953.

Togane - Kazusa-Katagami - traction gasoline, November 25th, 1926 - March 1st, 1961 (traction vapor, 1946 - 1950.) Exploitation under traditional railway concession starting from December 26th, 1931.
Tōkyō - horse-drawn traction, June 25th, 1882 - 1904; electric traction in demonstration with the exposure of the Ueno Park from May 3rd to July 1890, introduction of the electric traction to Japan. First electric tram in Tōkyō intramurally launched on August 22nd, 1903. Last lines of the municipal tram of origin closed on November 11th, 1972, the current line being one of those integrated into the municipal network the February 1942 only and serving suburbs integrated into the municipality of municipal Tōkyō in 1932:

Network of Arakawa , first open section the April 1913. Part of this network remains under the name of Toden Arakawa Line .
Network of Joto, opening December 30th, 1917, network connection municipal on May 7th, 1929, closing of the last section on November 11th, 1972.

Line isolated from the network of Joto, located at the east of the channel of drainage of the Arakawa, December 31st, 1925 - May 19th, 1952. Only tram line of Tōkyō replaced by a trolley bus.

Line of Suginami, August 26th, 1921 - December 10th, 1963.
Line of Tamagawa, March 6th, 1907 - May 10th, 1969. Built by the predecessor of current the Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway . Does not belong to the municipality except for short sections in the North-East of Shibuya.

Line of Setagaya , left remaining the line of Tōkyū Tamagawa whose first section was open on January 18th, 1925.

Katsushika - human traction, December 7th, 1899 - 1912. Replacement by rail traditional.

Tsuchiura - Friendly - electric traction, October 9th, 1926 - March 1938.
Yokohama - electric traction, July 15th, 1904 - March 30th, 1972.

Area of Chūbu

Ena - Iwamura - electric traction, December 5th, 1906 - January 31st, 1935.
Fuji - horse-drawn traction, June 26th, 1890 - September 1926. Extended between Yoshiwara, Fuji, and Fujinomiya.
Fujinomiya - Hito-ana - horse-drawn traction, November 25th, 1914 -? , closed with the public on March 14th, 1939.
Fujiyoshida (see network of Ōtsuki) - lines in horse-drawn traction:

Kami-Yoshida (close to the current station of Fujiyoshida) - Funatsu (close to the current station of the lake of Kawaguchi, March 30th, 1917 - February 20th, 1928 (or 1926).
Nishikatsura (close to the current station of Mitsutoge) - collar of Kagosaka, September 21st, 1900 - November 5th, 1927.
Gotenba - collar of Kagosaka - November 28th, 1898 - February 19th, 1918. Service road of the town of Gotenba until January 19th, 1929.

Fukui - electric traction, October 15th, 1933 - 1972. Urban tram being useful on the electric lines and in roadway system of a local tram. End of the exploitation in 1972 but ways preserved for the line Fukui - Takefu always in service.
Fukuroi - Mori - horse-drawn traction, December 28th, 1902 - 1926; electric traction, December 22nd, 1926 - September 20th, 1962.
Gotenba - to see Fujiyoshida.
Gifu - electric traction, February 11th, 1911 - March 31st, 2005.

Railway lines and of local tram functioning of par with the urban tram of Gifu:
Line of Ibi: Gifu - Ibigawa, March 29th, 1914 - March 31st, 2005 (line shortened before permanent closure). Connected to the tram of Gifu in 1953, service road of the downtown area of Gifu as from 1967. Service under railway concession by traditional railway material and trams.

Line of Tanigumi: antenna of the line of Ibi, Kurono - Tanigumi, April 6th, 1926 - September 30th, 2001. Service under railway concession by traditional railway material and trams.

Line of Kagashima: Gifu - Kagashima, April 21st, 1924 - October 1964. Suspension partial of the exploitation from December 11th, 1944 to September 1954. Concession of the railway type traditional but material of tram type.
Line of Minomachi: Gifu - Seki - Mino, February 1911 - March 31st, 2005 (line shortened before closing). Concession of the tram type.
Line of Takatomi: Gifu - Yamagata - Takatomi, December 25th, 1913 - April 22nd, 1960. Railway concession traditional but oars of the tram type.

Hamamatsu : railway line electric existing (Hamamatsu - Nishi - Kajima) built like tram with traction open vapor on March 3rd, 1909. Concession for a railroad to electric traction as from the April 1923. Antennas of Kasai and Nakanomachi in traction vapor until 1931, traction gasoline until closing, December 10th, 1944 and February 8th, 1937, respectively. Antenna of Miyaguchi, open in traction vapor the July 1924 by a different company. Concession changed with the railway type the January 1928. Closing on October 16th, 1937.
Ichinomiya - electric traction, January 22nd, 1924 - June 1953.
Kanazawa - electric traction, February 2nd, 1919 - February 11th, 1967.

Kanazawa - Onominato - horse-drawn traction, February 5th, 1898 - 1914; electric traction, 1914 - September 1971.
Kanazawa - Matto - horse-drawn traction, November 1904 - 1916; electric traction, 1916 (or 1917) - November 14th, 1955. Use of the urban network of Kanazawa of 1920 to April 11th, 1944. A section exploited like local railroad starting from October 23rd, 1944, concession changed with the traditional railway type the April 1945.
Kaga : network of lines connecting the thermal spas to baths Onsen of Awazu, Katayamazu, Yamanaka and Yamashiro with the stations of Awazu, Daishoji and Iburihashi. The majority of these segments were built under concession of tram, transformed into railway concession local after the electrification. Open initial section on October 8th, 1899. Electrification of 1913 to 1914 with the construction of some additional sections. Spread out closing of 1963 to July 10th, 1971. The short section of the station of Iburihashi to Katayamazu inaugurated in horse-drawn traction on April 15th, 1914; electric traction starting from November 23rd, 1922; closing on September 24th, 1965.

Karuizawa - Yokokawa - horse-drawn traction, August 9th, 1888 - 1893. Replaced by a railway line traditional.
Kikugawa, Shizuoka|Kikugawa Horinouchi - Omaezaki, Shizuoka|Omaezaki Ike-shinden - horse-drawn traction, August 19th, 1899 - 1924; traction gasoline, 1924 - December 7th, 1935.
Kofu :

Kofu - Ishiwa - horse-drawn traction, April 3rd, 1898 - before 1929.
Kofu - Kajikazawa - horse-drawn traction, June 1901 - September 1928.
Kofu - Masuho, Yamanashi|Kai-Aoyagi - electric traction, May 1st, 1930 - June 30th, 1962.

Matsumoto - electric traction, April 19th, 1924 - March 31st, 1964.
Mishima - Numazu - electric traction, November 28th, 1906 - February 4th, 1963.
Nagoya - electric traction, May 6th, 1898 - March 31st, 1974.

Nagoya - Seto: the existing electric railroad was inaugurated with a park of three railcars with vapor Serpollet the March 1906. Inaugurated electrification on March 17th, 1907.

Niigata - electric traction, July 28th, 1933 - August 31st, 1944. Operative urban tram on the urban part of a secondary line in Niigata; closed section on March 20th, 1992.
Okazaki - horse-drawn traction, January 1899 - 1912; electric traction, September 1912 - June 17th, 1962. Exploitation suspended on June 19th, 1945 after an attack by incendiary bombs, given in service in 1946.
Otsuki - ancestor of current Fuji Express train Company ( Fujikyu ), opened as a tram with horse-drawn traction on January 17th, 1903; electric traction starting from July 7th, 1921. Replaced by a line of traditional train open on June 19th, 1929.
Shimoda - horse-drawn traction, September 2nd, 1918 - August 1946. Transport of passengers until the February 1933 only.
Shizuoka - electric traction, August 28th, 1922 - September 15th, 1962.

Shimizu - traction vapor, December 6th, 1913 - July 17th, 1917; electric traction, December 25th, 1928 - August 3rd, 1974.
electric Railroad Shizuoka - Shimizu, open in traction vapor on May 18th, 1908; traction vapor starting from August 2nd, 1920. Exploitation in traditional railway concession as from the December 1945.

Takaoka - electric traction, April 10th, 1948 - today. Includes/understands open sections starting from October 12th, 1930 as segments of the local tram of Toyama.
Toyama - electric traction, September 1913 - today. Suspended exploitation the August 1945 by an attack by incendiary bombs. Start-up starting from January 14th, 1946.

Line of Sasazu: Toyama - Sasazu - traction vapor, December 6th, 1914 - April 20th, 1933; electric traction, September 1950 - March 31st, 1975. Service under railway concession but rolling stock of the tram type.
Toyama - Takaoka: connection between the urban networks of Toyama and Takaoka, open the April 1951. Stopped service road on July 18th, 1961. Permanent closure on April 5th, 1966.

Toyokawa - electric traction, February 18th, 1945 - today. Local railroad formerly under concession of the tram type.
Toyohashi - electric traction, July 14th, 1925 - today.
Ueda : local electric trams transferred in traditional railway concession on March 19th, 1939.

Ueda - Aoki: June 17th, 1921 - July 25th, 1938.
Ueda - Onsen of Bessho : June 17th, 1921 - today. Only surviving of the five railway lines and tram extending formerly since Ueda.
Ueda - Nishi - Maruko: August 12th, 1926 - June 25th, 1961.

Area of Kansai

Himeji - Shingu - electric traction, January 1909 - December 15th, 1934. Concession transformed into railway concession the August 1913.
Amagasaki - Itami - horse-drawn traction, November 25th, 1891 - 1893. Replaced by a railway line.
Ise - electric traction, August 5th, 1903 - January 19th, 1961.
Kōbe - electric traction, April 5th, 1910 - March 13rd, 1971.
Kuwana - electric traction, September 17th, 1927 - January 10th, 1944.
Kyōto - electric traction, February 1895 - September 30th, 1978.

Kyōto - Arashiyama - electric traction, March 25th, 1910 - today.
Kyōto - Ōtsu (Keihan Keishin Line) - electric traction, August 15th, 1912 - today. Route in Kyōto replaced by a service in tunnel of the type prémétro since October 12th, 1997. Service road by oars subway of four cars also assured on the layout in roadway system Ōtsu.

Sakamoto - Ōtsu - Ishiyama (Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line ) - electric traction, March 1913 - today.

Ōsaka - electric traction, September 12th, 1903 - March 31st, 1969.

Ōsaka - Kobe - July 1927 - May 6th, 1975.
Ōsaka - Sakai - horse-drawn traction, September 20th, 1900 - January 31st, 1908; electric traction, October 1910 - today.

Ōtsu -? - today.
Wakayama - electric traction, January 23rd, 1909 - April 10th, 1971.

Area of Chūgoku

Iwami - horse-drawn traction, January 20th, 1926 - January 11th, 1944. Connected the station of Iwami to Iwai.
Hiroshima - electric traction, November 23rd, 1912 - today. Suspended exploitation on August 6th, 1945 following the dropping of the atomic bomb, recovery partially on August 9th, 1945.

Hiroshima - Miyajima - electric traction, August 22nd, 1922 - aujourd' today. Built as a railroad traditional, use of the network of tram for the crossing of Hiroshima as from the April 1958. Railway material gradually replaced by a material tram until August 20th, 1994.

Iwakuni - electric traction, February 2nd, 1909 - April 5th, 1929.
Kure - electric traction, October 30th, 1909 - December 17th, 1967.
Mine - horse-drawn traction, September 1922 - March 5th, 1947. Passenger traffic stopped before 1940. Connected the station of Mine (Yoshinori) to Kitakawa.
Okayama - electric traction, May 4th, 1912 - today.

Okayama - Saidaiji - traction vapor, December 29th, 1911 - 1950; traction gasoline, 1931 - September 8th, 1962. Concession changed into railway concession on September 6th, 1914.

Shimonoseki - electric traction, December 25th, 1926 - February 6th, 1971. Urban network incorporating a short open traditional railway line on April 22nd, 1914, electrified on April 9th, 1926.
Yamaguchi - traction vapor, October 15th, 1908 - February 20th, 1913. Connected Yamaguchi to the station of Ogori. Replaced by a traditional railroad.
Yonago - electric traction, March 31st, 1925 - December 3rd, 1938.

Shikoku

Kōchi - electric traction, May 2nd, 1904 - today. Extends between Ino, Kōchi, Gomen according to a East-West axis.

Line of Gomen - with the railroad - traction vapor, December 8th, 1924 - 1949; electric traction, April 10th, 1949 - March 31st, 1974. Service road by trams of Gomen starting from July 5th, 1954. New open railroad not-electrified the July 2002.

Kotohira - electric tram line local for Zentsuji, with antennas for Tadotsu and Marugame - Sakaide. Started from a network built under concession for tram. First open segment on October 22nd, 1922, total closure on September 15th, 1963.
Matsuyama - traction vapor, August 22nd, 1895 - April 15th, 1927; electric traction, August 31st, 1911 - today.
Takamatsu - electric traction, May 20th, 1917 - July 4th, 1945. Closed after the attack by incendiary bombs which destroyed the city. Rebuilding forsaken with the profit of the development of the traditional rail network.

Takamatsu - Nagao - electric traction, January 30th, 1912 - January 8th, 1957, administrative transformation into railway line on this date.

Kyushu

Amagi :

Futsukaichi - Amagi - Haki - traction vapor and gasoline, December 14th, 1908 - April 19th, 1940.
Antenna Yorii - Kami-Tashiro - traction vapor and gasoline, July 2nd, 1921 - April 19th, 1940.
Amagi - Tanushimaru - traction vapor, September 8th, 1912 - July 31st, 1930.
Amagi - Akizuki - traction vapor, 1913 - December 27th, 1938.

Dazaifu :

Futsukaichi - Dazaifu - line of origin: horse-drawn traction, March 15th, 1902 - 1913; traction vapor, January 20th, 1913 - September 5th, 1929. New line, of railway type traditional, open on September 24th, 1927.

Fukuoka - electric traction, March 9th, 1910 - February 10th, 1979.

Fukuoka - Maebaru - traction vapor, July 21st, 1910 - May 31st, 1928. A part was incorporated in the municipal network of Fukuoka and a part replaced by a traditional railway.

Kagoshima - electric traction, December 1912 - today.
Karatsu - horse-drawn traction, June 11th, 1900 - 1930; traction gasoline, 1913 - November 28th, 1930.
Kitakyūshū - horse-drawn traction, June 11th, 1906 - 1920; electric traction, June 5th, 1911 - November 25th, 2000.

Kitakyūshū - Nogata tram line express train, March 21st, 1956 -?.

Kumamoto - traction vapor, July 24th, 1908 - July 1920; electric traction, August 1924 - today.

Kumamoto - Ōzu - traction vapor, July 24th, 1908 - July 1920.
Kumamoto - Kikuchi - traction vapor, October 1911 - 1923; electric traction, August 2nd, 1923 - today. Change in traditional railway concession as from the May 1942. Part of the line is always in exploitation.
Kumamoto - Kawashiri - electric traction, October 12th, 1926 - February 22nd, 1965.
Kumamoto - Hyakkanseki - traction vapor, November 9th, 1912 - August 24th, 1920; electric traction, October 1923 - March 1945.

Kurume :

Kurume - Amagi: the current railroad was built as a tram with electric traction, opened by stages starting from July 18th, 1913. Railway concession traditional the August 1960.
Kurume - Mameta - horse-drawn traction, October 25th, 1903 - 1905; traction gasoline, 1905 - 1929; traction vapor, 1918 - 1929; electric traction, sections in intramural Kurume 1918 - 1929. Last closed sections on March 25th, 1929.
Kurume - Fukushima - electric traction, July 18th, 1913 - November 27th, 1958.

Hainuzuka - Fukushima - Kurogi - horse-drawn traction, August 8th, 1903 - 1914; traction gasoline, 1914 - June 24th, 1940; traction vapor, 1939 - 1940.

Nagasaki - electric traction, November 16th, 1915 - today. Exploitation suspended on August 9th, 1945 after the nuclear bombardment, partial recovery starting from November 25th, 1945.
Nogata - Fukumaru - traction vapor, March 10th, 1914 - 1935; traction gasoline, 1929 - July 24th, 1938.
Ōita - Beppu - electric traction, May 10th, 1900 - April 4th, 1972.
Okawa - traction vapor:

Okawa - Hainuzuka - August 13rd, 1909 - June 17th, 1930.
Kami-Wakatsu - Ôkawa - Yanagawa - August 13rd, 1909 - February 26th, 1933.

Yanagawa - Setaka - traction vapor, April 12th, 1911 - February 21st, 1932.

Okuma - Sadatsuki - horse-drawn traction, August 6th, 1924 - July 21st, 1933.
Ōmuta - electric traction, December 1927 - January 5th, 1952.
Saga :

Saga - Morotomi - horse-drawn traction, February 28th, 1904 - 1930.
Saga - Hizen-Kawakami - traction vapor, October 10th, 1913 - 1930; electric traction, 1930 - August 20th, 1937.
Saga - Sakimura - traction vapor, May 24th, 1923 - June 6th, 1935.

Shioda - Ureshino - electric traction, December 21st, 1915 - October 6th, 1931. Concession converted into traditional railway concession as from the February 1918.
Takahashi - Yûtoku - horse-drawn traction, December 13rd, 1904 - 1914; traction gasoline, 1904 - 1922; traction vapor, 1904 - April 29th, 1931.
Tsuyazaki - horse-drawn traction, April 28th, 1908 - April 13rd, 1939.

Okinawa

Naha - electric traction, May 3rd, 1914 - March 20th, 1933. Closed after the passage of a typhoon.

Naha - Itoman - horse-drawn traction, June 12th, 1919 - September 30th, 1935.

Yonabaru - Awase - horse-drawn traction, November 10th, 1914 - 1945.

Kazakhstan

Almaty - electric traction, December 1937 - today.
Öskemen - electric traction, November 6th, 1959 - today.
Pavlodar - electric traction, October 18th, 1965 - today.
Qaraghandy - electric traction, August 25th, 1950 - 1997.
Temirtau - electric traction, September 5th, 1959 - today.

Lebanon

Beirut - electric traction, April 19th, 1908 - September 1965.
Tripoli - traction horse-drawn? -?.

Malaysia

George Town - traction vapor, 1880 -? ; horse-drawn traction, 1898 -? ; electric traction, January 1906 - 1936.

Pakistan

Karâchi - traction vapor, April 20th, 1885 -? ; horse-drawn traction, 1886 -? ; traction gasoline, 1909 -? ; diesel traction? - April 30th, 1975.

Philippines

Manila - horse-drawn traction, 1898 -? ; traction vapor? -? ; electric traction, April 10th, 1905 - 1945.

Russia

Left Asian only , for the European part to see List of the trams in Europe .

Atchinsk - electric traction, April 15th, 1967 - today.
Angarsk - electric traction, November 26th, 1953 - today.
Aniva - traction horse-drawn? -?.
Barnaoul - electric traction, November 7th, 1948 - today. Tram open express train on September 26th, 1985.
Biysk - electric traction, June 13rd, 1960 - today.
Iekaterinbourg - electric traction, November 7th, 1929 - today.
Irkoutsk - electric traction, August 3rd, 1947 - today.
Kamensk-Ouralski - construction of an electric tram started in 1949 but ever finished.
Kemerovo - electric traction, May 11th, 1940 - today.
Khabarovsk - electric traction, November 11th, 1956 - today.
Khavomai - traction horse-drawn? -?.
Komsomolsk-on-the Love - electric traction, November 6th, 1957 - today.
electric Krasnoïarsk traction, May 1958 - today.
electric Krasnotourinsk traction, January 15th, 1954 - today.
Magnitogorsk - electric traction, January 18th, 1935 - today.
Nijni-Taguil - electric traction, February 28th, 1937 - today.
Novokouznetsk - electric traction, November 30th, 1933 - today. Line isolated on Right Bank from the open Tom river on November 30th, 1969.
Novossibirsk - electric traction, November 26th, 1934 - today. Lines isolated on left bank from the Ob open on May 4th, 1941, trams having crossed the river of 1955 to 1990.
Omsk - electric traction, November 8th, 1936 - today.
Orsk - electric traction, December 5th, 1948 - today. Line isolated at the end is open on December 12th, 1985. Orsk occupies two banks of the river the Ural, the traditional limit between Europe and Asia.
Ossiniki - electric traction, November 1960 - today. Line isolated at the southern end, from the station of Kaltan, exploitation of 1957 to 1963 (?).
Oulan-Oude - electric traction, December 16th, 1958 - today.
Oussolié-Sibirskoïé - electric traction, February 26th, 1967 - today.
Oust-Ilimsk - tram express train, electric traction, September 15th, 1988 - today.
Oust-Katav - electric traction, 1973 - today. Service at the rush hours on the way of test of a railway factory of material.
Prokopievsk - electric traction, May 12th, 1936 - today. Isolated line, in the borders is, open November 5th, 1956, connected to the principal network in 1964.
Tcheliabinsk - electric traction, January 9th, 1932 - today.

Kopeïsk - electric traction, November 5th, 1949 - February 1976.
Tcheliabinsk - Kopeïsk, trunk line - electric traction, 1949 - February 1976.

Tcheremouchki - electric traction, February 1991 - today. Connect the station of railroad to the stopping and the powerplant.
Tomsk - electric traction, April 25th, 1949 - today.
Vladivostok - electric traction, October 22nd, 1912 - today.
Voltchansk - electric traction, December 31st, 1951 - today.

Karpinsk - electric traction, June 26th, 1946 - November 1994.
Volchansk - Karpinsk, trunk line - electric traction, June 1953 - April 22nd, 1965.

Zlatooust - electric traction, December 25th, 1934 - today.

Singapore

Singapore - traction vapor, 1885 - 1894; tests of electric tram between September 1891 and September 1892; electric traction, July 25th, 1905 - April 9th, 1927.

Sri Lanka

Colombo - electric traction, September 1898 - 1960.

Syria

Alep - electric traction, 1929 - 1967.
Damas - electric traction, February 7th, 1907 - 1967. A credible source quotes the existence of a postcard having for legend: “Inauguration of the tram of Damas in 1905 ”.

Bangkok - horse-drawn traction, September 22nd, 1887 -? ; electric traction, January 1893 - October 1968.
Lopburi - electric traction, January 31st, 1955 - 1962.

Turkey

Antalya - electric traction, March 27th, 1999 - today.
Eskişehir - electric traction, December 24th, 2004 - today.
Istanbul:

Left European - horse-drawn traction, August 30th, 1869 -? ; electric traction, August 16th, 1913 - August 12th, 1961. Open historical tram on December 29th, 1990. New open urban network August (?) 1992.
Left Asian - electric traction, June 8th, 1928 - November 11th, 1966. Open historical tram the November 2003.

İzmir - traction horse-drawn? -? ; electric traction, October 18th, 1928 - 1954.
Konya - electric traction, September 28th, 1992 - today.

Samarkand - electric traction, May 1947 - August 30th, 1973.
Tachkent - horse-drawn traction, April 13rd, 1901 - 1913; electric traction, January 10th, 1913 - today. Service suspended of 1918 to 1921.

Hanoi - electric traction, November 10th, 1901 - 1990.
Ho-Chi-Minh-City - traction vapor, December 27th, 1881 -? ; electric traction, August 4th, 1923 - about 1953.

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