This is a list of town tramway systems in Hungary. It includes all tram systems in Hungary, 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.
Name of system | Location | Traction type | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
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Trams in Budapest | Budapest | Horse | 30 Jul 1866 | 10 Apr 1928 | |
Electric | 30 Jul 1889 | - | Operation suspended 25 December 1944 – 6 February 1945 because of the war (Siege of Budapest). | ||
Trams in Debrecen | Debrecen | Steam | 2 Oct 1884 | 1911 | |
Horse | 7 Oct 1888 | 1911 | |||
Electric | 15 Mar 1911 | - | |||
Trams in Miskolc | Miskolc | Electric | 10 Jul 1897 | - | |
Steam | 11 Jun 1906 | 1909 | |||
Nyíregyháza | Electric | 7 Aug 1911 | 31 May 1969 | Gauge: 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in). Narrow gauge trams shared the tracks with the narrow gauge railway of Nyíregyháza (Nyírvidéki Kisvasút). In 1969 the inner-city tram tracks were lifted, but the railway was rerouted and continued operating until 9 December 2009. | |
Pécs | Electric | 20 Oct 1913 | Aug 1960 | ||
Sopron | Electric | 28 Apr 1900 | 31 May 1923 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
Trams in Szeged | Szeged | Horse | 1 Jul 1884 | 1908 | |
Electric | 1 Dec 1908 | - | |||
Trams in Hódmezővásárhely | Hódmezővásárhely | Electric (city section) / Diesel (tram-train section) | 29 November 2021[1] | Tram-train line connected to the Szeged tram network. Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |
Szombathely | Electric | 5 Jun 1897 | 20 Aug 1974 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
See also
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edit- ^ "November 29-én indul a tram-train" (in Hungarian). MÁV. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.