List of town tramway systems in Africa
This is a list of African cities and towns that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system.
Algeria
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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el-Jazair ولاية الجزائر /Algiers | Steam | 12 Sep 1894 | 1935 | ||
Electric | 14 Apr 1898 | 3 Sep 1959 | |||
Algiers tramway | Electric | 8 May 2011 | |||
Annaba عنّابة | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Qacentina قسنطينة /Constantine | Constantine tramway | Electric | 4 July 2013 | ||
Biskra بسكرة | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Sidi Bel Abbès سيدي بلعباس | Sidi Bel Abbès tramway | Electric | 26 Jul 2017 | ||
Blida البليدة | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Miliana مليانة | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Mestghanem مستغانم /Mostaganem | Mostaganem Tramway | Electric | 18 Feb 2023 | ||
Wahrān وهران /Oran | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1898 | 1950 | |||
Oran tramway | Electric | 1 May 2013 | |||
Ouargla ورقلة | Horse | 1911 | 1941 | Narrow gauge. From Ksar to Bordj Lutaud, around 1500 metres. | |
Ouargla tramway | Electric | 20 Mar 2018 | |||
Sétif سطيف | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Sétif tramway | Electric | 8 May 2018 | |||
Touggourt تقرت | Horse | ? | ? |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Boma | Steam | 4 Mar 1890 | ca. 1900 |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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el-Iskandariya الإسكندرية /Alexandria – Urban system | Alexandria Tram | Horse | 1860 | 1902? | |
Electric | 1902 | ||||
♦ Ramleh (suburban) system | Alexandria Tram | Horse | 1869 | ? | |
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | Dec 1903 | ||||
el-Qāhirah القاهرة /Cairo | Trams in Greater Cairo | Electric | 12 Aug 1896 | ca. 2015 | In autumn 2015 the operation very short path length of about 3 km, which was supposed to close at the end of that year. It was finally closed in 2019. Metre gauge See Transport in Cairo |
♦ Miṣr el-ǧidīdah مصر الجديدة /Heliopolis | Trams in Greater Cairo | Electric | 9 May 1908 | July 2018[1] | Cairo system extended to serve Heliopolis in 1908. Express tramway between Cairo main station and Heliopolis opened 11 Jul 1910. |
Hulwan /Helwan | Electric | 19 Feb 1981 | ca. 2011 | Metre gauge; Ceased operation in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. By the end of 2015, trams were finally removed from the depot, located in Arab al-Fawarsa. | |
Būr Saʻīd بور سعيد /Port Said | Horse | 22 Sep 1900 | 1932 | Metre gauge |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Massawa | Steam | ? | ? |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Addis Ababa | Addis Ababa Light Rail | Electric | 20 September 2015 |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Accra | Steam | 1906 | 1941 |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Mombasa | human | 1890s | 1921 | In Mombasa's Fort Jesus you can find a historic car |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Banġāzī بنغازي /Benghazi | Horse | ? | ? |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Antananarivo | (Steam) | Construction started after 1921, not completed. | |||
Toamasina | Horse | ? | ? |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Port-Louis | Metro Express | Electric | Dec 2019[2] |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Casablanca | Casablanca tramway | Electric | 12 Dec 2012 | ||
Marrākiš مراكش /Marrakech | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Rabat | Steam | 1917[3] | 1930 | ||
Rabat-Salé tramway | Electric | 23 May 2011[4] |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Maputo | Electric | Feb 1904 | 30 Nov 1936 |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Lagos | Steam | 23 May 1902 | 31 Dec 1913 |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Freetown | Steam | ? | ? |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Cape Town – Urban | Trams in Cape Town. | Horse | 1 May 1863 | ? | |
Electric | 6 Aug 1896 | 28 Jan 1939 | |||
♦ Suburban tramway | Electric | Nov 1901 | 17 Feb 1930 | Sea Point – Camps Bay – Burnside Road See also Trams in Cape Town. | |
Durban | Trams in Durban | Horse | 1881 | ? | |
Electric | 1 May 1902 | 1 Aug 1949 | |||
♦ Isipingo | Horse | 1905 | 1910s | Closed during World War I. | |
East London | Electric | 25 Jan 1900 | 25 Oct 1935 | ||
Johannesburg | Trams in Johannesburg | Horse | 2 Feb 1891 | ? | |
Electric | 14 Feb 1906 | 18 Mar 1961 | |||
Kimberley | Trams in Kimberley, Northern Cape | Mule | 1887 | ? | |
Steam | 1900 | ? | |||
Electric | 1906 | 1947 | |||
Electric Heritage tram | 1985 | ||||
Pietermaritzburg | Trams in Pietermaritzburg | Electric | 2 Nov 1904 | Dec 1936 | |
Port Elizabeth | Trams in Port Elizabeth | Horse | 1881 | ? | |
Electric | 16 Jun 1897 | 16 Dec 1948 | |||
Pretoria | Horse | 1897 | ? | ||
Electric | 1910 | 19 Aug 1939 |
See List of town tramway systems in Spain.
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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al-Ḫarṭūm الخرطوم /Khartoum | Steam | 1904 | ? | ||
Electric | 16 Jan 1928 | Feb 1962 |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Zanzibar | Animal | 1907 | ? | Domesticated zebras used at opening. See also History of rail transport in Zanzibar. | |
Steam | 1911 | 1928 |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Manzil Bourgueeba منزل بورقيبة /Menzel Bourguiba | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Tūnis تونس /Tunis | Horse | 1885 | ? | ||
Electric | 1900 | 20 Apr 1960 | |||
Métro léger de Tunis | Electric | 15 Sep 1985 |
Location | Name of System | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Mutare | Horse | 22 Aug 1901 | by 1920 |
See also
- List of town tramway systems in Africa
- List of town tramway systems in Asia
- List of town tramway systems in Central America
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of town tramway systems in Oceania
- List of town tramway systems in South America
- List of town tramway systems
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
- List of trolleybus systems
- Template:Suburban railways in Africa – current rail based systems in Africa.
References
- ^ EJOLT. "Heliopolis Municipality Completely Removes Tram Line, Egypt | EJAtlas". Environmental Justice Atlas. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Metro Express Limited launches Free Passenger Service" (Press release). Government Information Service – Mauritius govt. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Rabat. Les lignes de "tramway" en ville". Les chemins de fer au Maroc au temps du protectorat. Serre Éditeur. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ "Rabat Trams: Routes and times". railwaysafrica.com. Railways Africa Magazine. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.