List of town tramway systems in Spain

This is a list of town tramway systems in Spain by the autonomous community. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with current operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

Andalucia[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Cádiz	Mule	18__	?
	Cádiz	Electric	190_	22 Aug 1964	Reintroduction planned.^{[citation needed]}
	Granada	Electric	7 Jul 1904	14 Feb 1974	Heritage tramway planned.^{[citation needed]}
	♦ Granada – Sierra Nevada	Electric	21 Feb 1925	20 Jan 1974
Jaén Tram	Jaén	Electric	2 May 2011	May 2011	Operation suspended only about two weeks after system opened, for financial reasons, and still suspended as of 2013^[update].^[1]
	Málaga	Mule	1881	1903
	Málaga	Electric	1903	31 Dec 1961	Málaga Metro light metro/light rail system opened 30 July 2014.
	Linares – Baeza	Electric	1 Aug 1904	15 Jan 1966
	♦ Linares – La Loma	Electric	8 Dec 1907	15 Jan 1966
	Marmolejo	Mule	1916	Jul 1936	Operated only during spa season.
	Motril	Mule	1884	8 Oct 1922
	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	Horse	188_	19__	Operated only during summer season.
	Seville	Mule	5 Sep 1887	1899	Transitioned to electric tram. The power plant for the electric trams was built over the old stables.
		Electric	1899	8 May 1960	Replaced by a fleet of Leyland Worldmaster buses from 1959.
MetroCentro		Electric	28 Oct 2007		New line built initially to preserve World Heritage places from direct traffic pollution.
Vélez-Málaga Tram	Vélez-Málaga	Electric	16 Oct 2006	4 Jun 2012	Service suspended in June 2012 because of financial crisis;^[2] tram cars subsequently leased to Australia where they began operation in March 2014.^[3]

Aragon[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Zaragoza	Horse	19 Oct 1885	1903	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	9 Oct 1902	22 Jan 1976	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in); 600 V DC Trolley pole. Single, double truck & articulated "boston style"; trailers and open cars used.
Zaragoza tram		Electric	19 Apr 2011		Standard gauge; one line in operation (Mago de Oz–Avenida Academia), and 2 planned lines. Trams model: CAF Urbos 3

Asturias[edit]

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Arriondas – Covadonga	Horse	1 Jan 1908	1930
Gijón	Mule	30 Mar 1890	1909
Gijón	Electric	1909	10 May 1964
Mieres	Mule	18__	19__
Oviedo	Horse	18__	1922
Oviedo	Electric traction	1922	1957	Three lines: 1. Ayuntamiento-Lugones; 2. Colloto-Buenavista; 3. La Argañosa-San Lázaro
Santullano	Mule	18__	1917	^[4]
Santullano	Steam	1917	28 Sep 1934
Avilés	Horse	1892	1924
Avilés	Electric	1924	1955(?)

Balearic Islands[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Alaró – Consell (Majorca)	Mule	5 May 1881	1922
	Alaró – Consell (Majorca)	Petrol	1922	24 Feb 1935	Sporadic operation during 1936–1939.
Trams in Palma	Palma (Majorca)	Mule	9 Sep 1891	?
		Steam	?	?
		Petrol	14 Oct 1921	1940
		Electric	9 Sep 1891	Jan 1959	Reintroduction planned^{[citation needed]}
Tranvía de Sóller	Sóller (Majorca)	Electric	4 Oct 1913		Gauge: 914 mm (3 ft) This and Barcelona's Tramvia Blau are Spain's only surviving first-generation tramlines.

Basque Country[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bermeo–Sukarrieta^[5]	Horse	1896	1918	Gauge: 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
	Bilbao	Mule	9 Sep 1876	4 Sep 1909	The interurban Bilbao–Getxo tram opened in 1876, the line from Bilbao to Santurtzi opened in 1882. They were built to a gauge of 1,365 mm (53+3⁄4 in). These two lines were electrified in 1896. The first urban line in Bilbao opened in 1888 with a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge. The urban lines were electrified and regauged to 1,365 mm (53+3⁄4 in) between 1907 and 1909. The last urban line closed in 1955, the Bilbao–Santurtzi line closed in 1959.^[6]
		Electric	1 Feb 1896	7 Oct 1959
Bilbao tram		Electric	18 Dec 2002		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Bilbao–Durango–Arratia tram	Bilbao, Basauri, Amorebieta-Etxano, Lemoa, Durango, Igorre, Zeanuri	Electric	2 Sep 1899^[7]	30 Nov 1964^[8]	Gauge: 1,365 mm (53+3⁄4 in)
	Donostia / San Sebastián	Mule	18 Jul 1887	1897
	Donostia / San Sebastián	Electric	1897	11 Jul 1958	Reintroduction planned.^{[citation needed]}
	Irun / Irún - Hondarribia / Fuenterrabía	Mule	1 Nov 1893	1919
	Irun / Irún - Hondarribia / Fuenterrabía	Electric	1919	18 Jun 1953
Vitoria-Gasteiz tram	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Electric	23 Dec 2008		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Canary Islands[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Las Palmas (de Gran Canaria)	Steam	1891	1910	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Las Palmas (de Gran Canaria)	Electric	1910	1935	Operation restored with steam traction, one steam locomotive pulling trains of tramcars, 1940–1941. Reintroduction planned.^{[citation needed]}
	(Santa Cruz de) Tenerife	Steam / Electric	8 Apr 1901	1956	Gauge: 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)(?)
Tenerife Tram	(Santa Cruz de) Tenerife	Electric	2 Jun 2007

Cantabria[edit]

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)
Santander	Steam	1873	1875
	Horse	1875	1908
	Electric	1908	11 Jul 1951

Castile and León[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Valladolid	Valladolid	Mule	22 Dec 1881	18 Apr 1911
Trams in Valladolid	Valladolid	Electric	7 Sep 1910	6 Nov 1933

Catalonia[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Barcelona	Barcelona	Mule	26 Jun 1872	1907
		Steam	1877	1907
		Electric	26 Jan 1899	19 Mar 1971	Note: Closure date does not include the Tramvia Blau line.
Tramvia Blau		Electric	29 Oct 1901
Trambaix		Electric	5 April 2004
Trambesòs		Electric	8 May 2004
	♦ Arrabassada	Electric	19 Jul 1911	1938
	♦ Mataró – Argentona	Electric	27 May 1928	9 Oct 1965
	♦ Montgat – Tiana	Electric	1 Nov 1916	30 Sep 1955
	Tarragona	Mule	9 Apr 1883	13 Jan 1896
	Tortosa – Roquetes	Mule	20 Sep 1885	1928

Extremadura[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Badajoz	Horse	23 Mar 1889	1912 (?)

Galicia[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	A Coruña (La Coruña)	Mule	1 Jan 1903	1913
		Electric	1913	Jul 1962
A Coruña tourist tram		Electric	Dec 1997^[9]		Heritage tramway opened 10 May 1997.^{[citation needed]} Light rail system in planning.^{[citation needed]}
	Ferrol	Electric	?	1962
	Pontevedra	Steam	12 Jun 1889	1924
	Pontevedra	Electric	1924	1943
	Verín	Mule	1909	192_
	Vigo	Electric	10 Aug 1914	30 Dec 1968	Reintroduction planned.^{[citation needed]}

Madrid[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	El Escorial	(Electric)	-	-	Construction started 1929, not completed.^[10]
Parla Tram	Parla	Electric	6 May 2007	-
Trams in Madrid	Madrid	Mule	31 May 1871	?
		Steam	1878	?
		Electric	1898	1 Jun 1972
Metro Ligero		Electric	24 May 2007		Light rail

Region of Murcia[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Cartagena	Mule	Sep 1892	1907
	Cartagena	Electric	1907	1959	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Murcia	Mule	Oct 1896	1902
		Steam	1902	1906
		Electric	1906	29 Apr 1929
Murcia tram		Electric	29 Apr 2007

Navarre[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Pamplona	Electric	23 Sep 1911	?

Valencian Community[edit]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Alcoi	(Electric)	-	-	Construction started 1895, not completed.
Trams in Alicante	Alicante	Mule	13 Jul 1893	1902
		Steam	1902	1924
		Electric	1924	14 Nov 1969
Alicante Tram		Electric	15 Aug 2003		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Tram trial service began 17 March 1999; full service inaugurated 15 August 2003.
	Carcaixent - Dénia	Mule	8 Feb 1864	28 Nov 1881	Line upgraded from tramway to railway.
	Novelda	(Electric)			Construction started, not completed.
Trams in Valencia	Valencia	Mule	23 Jun 1876	1925
		Steam	1892	?
		Electric	1900	20 Jun 1970
Metrovalencia		Electric	21 May 1994		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Line 4 (tramway) opened in May 1994. Metrovalencia is a metre gauge system of tram, light rail, and even commuter rail, albeit with underground metro-like (subway) sections.
	♦ Burriana / Borriana - Grao / Grau	Mule	?	19__
	♦Villanueva de Castellón - La Pobla Llarga	Mule	1 Mar 1896	?
	♦Villanueva de Castellón - La Pobla Llarga	Steam	1919 1926	1926 1931	Line upgraded from tramway to railway.

References[edit]

^ "Sad future for Jaén's 'tram to nowhere'". Tramways & Urban Transit. LRTA Publishing: 125. April 2013.
^ "Eurozone crisis: The ghost tramway haunting Spain". BBC News. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ Cabezas, Eugenio (9 July 2013). "El tranvía de Vélez inicia su viaje a Sidney". SUR.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2014.
^ "Tranvía a Vapor de Santullano a Cabañaquinta (Sociedad Industrial Asturiana – SIA)". spanishrailway.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2005). El ferrocarril de Amorebieta a Bermeo (PDF) (in Spanish and Basque). EuskoTren. pp. 37–42. ISBN 8492062975.
^ Olaizola, Juanjo (2002). Bilboko tranbiak / Los tranvías de Bilbao (PDF) (in Spanish and Basque). EuskoTren. pp. 8–28. ISBN 84-920629-8-3.
^ Peris Torner, Juan (25 May 2012). "Tranvía eléctrico de Bilbao á Durango y Arratia (TBDA)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ Cárcamo, Alba (5 May 2015). "El tranvía de Arratia vuelve a Lemoa medio siglo después". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ "Tourist tram". Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña S.A. 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ "Tranvías y funiculares de El Escorial". vialibre-ffe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2023.

Bibliography[edit]

Books, Periodicals and External Links

[taut-2013apr-1] "Sad future for Jaén's 'tram to nowhere'". Tramways & Urban Transit. LRTA Publishing: 125. April 2013.

[2] "Eurozone crisis: The ghost tramway haunting Spain". BBC News. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

[3] Cabezas, Eugenio (9 July 2013). "El tranvía de Vélez inicia su viaje a Sidney". SUR.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2014.

[4] "Tranvía a Vapor de Santullano a Cabañaquinta (Sociedad Industrial Asturiana – SIA)". spanishrailway.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[5] Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2005). El ferrocarril de Amorebieta a Bermeo (PDF) (in Spanish and Basque). EuskoTren. pp. 37–42. ISBN 8492062975.

[6] Olaizola, Juanjo (2002). Bilboko tranbiak / Los tranvías de Bilbao (PDF) (in Spanish and Basque). EuskoTren. pp. 8–28. ISBN 84-920629-8-3.

[7] Peris Torner, Juan (25 May 2012). "Tranvía eléctrico de Bilbao á Durango y Arratia (TBDA)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[8] Cárcamo, Alba (5 May 2015). "El tranvía de Arratia vuelve a Lemoa medio siglo después". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[9] "Tourist tram". Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña S.A. 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

[10] "Tranvías y funiculares de El Escorial". vialibre-ffe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2023.

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