List of town tramway systems in Ukraine

Tatra T3SU trams in Odessa, Ukraine

This is a list of town tramway systems in Ukraine by oblast. It includes all tram systems, past and present; cities with currently operating systems are indicated in bold. 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.

Chernihiv Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Nizhyn	Nizhyn	Horse	1915	1920s?

Chernivtsi Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Chernivtsi	Electric	18 Jul 1897	20 Mar 1967	Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Yevpatoria (Eupatoria)	Electric	23 May 1914		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in). Note for Eupatoria: Operation suspended 1919 – 1923 because of war. Operated only during summer season, 1923 – 1941. Operation suspended 1941 – 1944 because of war. Operation resumed 1944, then suspended 1944 – 1947.
Kerch	Electric	7 Nov 1935	Nov 1941	Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
Molochne	Electric	18 Aug 1989		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in). Note for Molochne: Built by the Pension Bérégovoy resort to provide transportation between the guest-house complex and the beach (on the Black Sea). Operates only during summer season.
Simferopol	Electric	13 Aug 1914	1 Dec 1970	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) Operation suspended 1941 (or 1942) – 1944 because of war.

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Notes
Dniprodzerzhinsk	Electric	27 Nov 1935	Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Dnipropetrovsk	Electric	26 Jun 1897	Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended Oct 1919 – Sep 1921 because of war.
Kryvyi Rih	Electric	2 Jan 1935	Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended Aug 1941 – 6 Nov 1946 because of war. Express tramway opened 26 Dec 1986 (see Kryvyi Rih Metrotram).

Donetsk Oblast

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Avdiyivka	Electric	23 Aug 1965		Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Donetsk	Electric	15 Jun 1928		Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Druzhkivka	Electric traction	5 Dec 1945		Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Horlivka	Electric	7 Nov 1932		Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 10 May 1945 because of war.
Konstantinovka	Electric	23 Aug 1931		Operation suspended Oct 1941 – 1 May 1944 and Jun 2004 – 2008. Unconnected line opened 1933, connected to original system 1965. Reopening in 2008.
Kramatorsk	Electric	12 May 1937		Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Makiivka	Electric	21 Aug 1927	2006	Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
♦ Shchehlovka	Electric	23 Nov 1924 1956	1941	Reopened and connected with the main Makiivka system, 1956.
Mariupol	Electric	1 May 1933		Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Slavyanohirsk	Petrol (gasoline) traction	1930(?)	1941
Sloviansk	Steam	1894	1941(?)
Yenakiieve	Electric	24 May 1932		Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 8 Sep 1944 because of war.

Kharkiv Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Kharkiv	Horse	24 Sep 1882	?
	Kharkiv	Electric	16 Jul 1906		Operation suspended 1 Jan 1920 – Jun 1921 because of war.

Kirovohrad Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Kropyvnytskyi	Electric	25 Jul 1897	Aug 1941(?)	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) Operation suspended because of war, not restored.

Kiev Municipality

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Kiev	Kiev	Horse	11 Aug 1891	1896
		Steam	19 Feb 1892	1904
		Electric	13 Jun 1892		First electric tramway in Russian Empire (and thus in Ukraine). Express tramway opened 1979.
	♦ Darnytsya	Petrol (gasoline)	May 1912	1934	Operation suspended 1920 – 1925.
	♦ Darnytsya	Electric	1926		Connected to main Kiev system 1925. (Darnytsya is on the left bank of the Dnieper River. Tramway segment on Paton Bridge closed 9 Jun 2004, dividing the Kiev system into two portions.)
	♦ Demiyivka	Electric	1909 1926	1919 ?	Connected with main Kiev system 1926.
	♦ Svyatoshin	Horse	1898	1901
	♦ Svyatoshin	Electric	1901	?	Connected with main Kiev system 1923.
	♦ Darnytsya - Brovary / Бровари	Petrol (gasoline)	1912	1934

Luhansk Oblast

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Luhansk	Electric	3 May 1934		Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war.
♦ Kamyany Brid	Electric	May 1935	18 February 2008	Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war. Connected with main Luhansk system 1965, disconnected and closed down in 2008.
Stakhanov	Electric	15 Dec 1937	Dec 2007	Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)

Lviv Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Lviv	Lviv	Horse	5 May 1880	1908(?)
Trams in Lviv	Lviv	Electric	31 May 1894		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) Construction of tramway tunnel started ca. 1989, stopped 1992.

Mykolaiv Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Mykolaiv	Horse	8 Aug 1897 1918	1915 1921
	Mykolaiv	Electric	3 Jan 1915 May 1922	1918	Electric tramway operation suspended because of war.

Odessa Oblast

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi	Horse	1904	?
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi	Steam	1907	1930
Odessa	Horse	20 Jul 1880 1919	1915 Jun 1921
Odessa	Electric	24 Sep 1910		First electric tramway within Odessa opened 24 Sep 1910. Operation suspended Jan 1919 – Jun 1921 because of war.
♦ Khajibeyskiy Liman	Horse	23 May 1899	1917
♦ Kuyalnitskiy Liman	Horse	4 Jun 1888	1915
♦ Odessa - Bolshogo Fontana	Steam	23 Jul 1881 1920	Oct 1912 (electrified) 5 Sep 1922
♦ Odessa - Khajibeyskiy Liman	Steam	1893 1920	Oct 1913 (electrified) 5 Sep 1922
♦ Chernomorka	Electric	22 Aug 1907

Poltava Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Poltava	(Electric)			Construction started 1962, not completed.

Sevastopol

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Sevastopol	Electric	24 Sep 1898	1942	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
	♦ Sevastopol - Balaklava	Electric	1925	1942	Operation suspended because of war, not restored.

Sumy Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Konotop	Electric	25 Dec 1949
	Sumy	?	?	?	Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Zinoviev "Parovoz". Archived from the original on 31 Jan 2013. includes Sumy in a list of Ukrainian towns which have or had tramways, but provides no details.

Vinnytsia Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Vinnytsia	Electric	28 Oct 1913		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) Operation suspended Feb 1920 – 27 Nov 1921, and Mar 1944 – Jun 1945, because of war.

Zaporizhia Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Zaporizhia	Electric	17 Jul 1932		Operation suspended 1943 – 12 Oct 1944 because of war.

Zhytomyr Oblast

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Berdychiv	Horse	4 Aug 1892	1921	Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
	Zhytomyr	Electric	3 Sep 1899		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) Operation suspended 1918 – 10 Aug 1920 because of war.

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Urban public transport networks and systems in Ukraine

Metros	Dnipro Donetsk (cancelled) Kharkiv Kiev Kryvyi Rih (metrotram) Lviv (cancelled) Odessa (projected) Zaporizhia (projected)

Trams	Avdiivka Berdychiv Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Chernivtsi Dnipro Donetsk Druzhkivka Horlivka Kadiyivka Kamyanske Kerch Kharkiv Kiev Konotop Kostiantynivka Kramatorsk Kropyvnytskyi Kryvyi Rih Luhansk Lviv Makiivka Mariupol Molochne Mykolaiv Nizhyn Odessa Poltava Sevastopol Simferopol Sviatohirsk Sloviansk Vinnytsia Yenakiieve Yevpatoria Zaporizhia Zhytomyr

Trolleybuses	Alchevsk Antratsyt Bila Tserkva Cherkasy Chernihiv Chernivtsi Dnipro Donetsk Horlivka Ivano-Frankivsk Kerch Kiev Kharkiv Khartsyzk Kherson Khmelnytskyi Kramatorsk Kropyvnytskyi Kremenchuk Kryvyi Rih Luhansk Lutsk Lviv Lysychansk Makiivka Mariupol Mykolaiv Odessa Poltava Rivne Sevastopol Severodonetsk Simferopol–Alushta–Yalta Sloviansk Sorokyne Sumy Ternopil Vinnytsia Vuhlehirsk Zaporizhia Zhytomyr

Misсellaneous	Kiev Funicular Kiev Light Rail Odessa Funicular

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List of town tramway systems in Ukraine

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