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List of town tramway systems in Japan
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This is a list of town tramway systems in Japan, past and present, by region. Regions and towns are arranged in geographic order, northeast to southwest.
Hokkaidō
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Gauge | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asahikawa Shigai Kidō (旭川市街軌道) |
Asahikawa | Electric (600 V DC) | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 3 November 1929 | 8 June 1956 | [1] |
| Asahikawa Denki Kidō (旭川電気軌道) |
Asahikawa - Higashikawa (東川) and Asahiyama (旭山) | Electric (600 V DC) | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 8 January 1927 | 31 December 1972 | [1] |
| Hakodate City Transportation Bureau | Hakodate | Horse | 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 12 December 1897 | 1913 | |
| Electric (600 V DC) |
1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 31 October 1913 | [2] | |||
| Sapporo Street Car | Sapporo | Horse | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 1 May 1910 | 1918 | |
| Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 4 August 1918 | [3] |
Tōhoku region
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Gauge | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akayu | Human | 3 May 1919 [citation needed] | 30 June 1924 [citation needed] | Connected hot-spring resorts in Akayu village with Akayu railway station. Operation suspended because of depot (carbarn) fire. Restoration of service planned, not carried out. Electrification planned ca. 1926, not carried out [citation needed]. | ||
| Akita Basha Tetsudō (秋田馬車鉄道) |
Akita to Tsuchizaki (土崎) | Horse | 1,391 mm (4 ft 6.8 in) | 14 July 1899 | 1922 | [1] |
| Akita City Transportation Bureau (秋田市電) |
Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 21 January 1922 | 30 March 1966 | ||
| Hanamaki Dentetsu (花巻電鉄) |
Hanamaki - Nishi-Namari-onsen (西鉛温泉) | Electric (600 V DC) |
762 mm (2 ft 6 in) | 16 September 1915 | 31 August 1969 | Horse traction used on some segments on temporary basis, 1920 - 1926. Connected Hanamaki town with Shidohira (志戸平), Ōzawa (大沢), and Namari (鉛) hot-spring resorts.[1] |
| Matsuyama Jinsha Kidō (松山人車軌道) |
Matsuyama | Human | 22 November 1922 [citation needed] | 1 January 1930 [citation needed] | Connected Matsuyama railway station with Chiishi (千石). Last jinsha (human-powered tramway) in Japan to carry passengers. Heritage jinsha tramway operates at Cosmos Garden, within Gohommaru Park, Matsuyama, with replica vehicle (built 1992) [citation needed]. | |
| Sendai City Transportation Bureau (仙台市電) |
Sendai | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 25 November 1926 | 31 March 1976 | [4] |
| Akiu Denki Tetsudō (秋保電気鉄道) |
Nagamachi (長町), Sendai - Akiu-onsen (秋保温泉) | Horse | 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) | 23 December 1914 | 1925 | [1] |
| Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 14 June 1925 | 8 May 1961 | |||
| Matsushima Densya (松島電車) |
Matsushima | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 4 February 1922 | by 1938 (or 22 January 1938) | Closed because construction of Sendai - Matsushima - Ishinomaki electric railway (opened in stages 1925 - 1928) ended the need for the tramway.[1] |
Kantō region
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Gauge | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musashi Chūō Denki Tetsudō (武蔵中央電気鉄道) |
Hachiōji | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 23 November 1929 | 30 June 1939 | |
| Kawasaki City Transportation Bureau (川崎市電) |
Kawasaki Station - Shiohama (塩浜) | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 13 October 1944 | 1969 | Municipal town tramway. |
| Suihin Densha (水浜電車), later Ibaraki Kōtsū |
Mito | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 28 December 1922 | 1 June 1966 | Connected Mito, Ōarai and Minato.[1] |
| Seisō Denki Kidō (成宗電気軌道) |
Narita | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 11 December 1910 | 10 December 1944 | [1] |
| Tōbu Nikkō Tramway (日光電気軌道) |
Nikkō | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 10 August 1910 | 24 February 1968 | Connected Nikkō Station and Umagaeshi (馬返). [1] |
| Noda | Human | 18 December 1900 [citation needed] | 13 October 1926 [citation needed] | |||
| Odawara Denki Tetsudō (小田原電気鉄道),later Hakone Tozan Railway |
Odawara | 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 1 October 1888 | 1900 | Operation suspended 21 December 1944 – 12 September 1946. Tramway extended between Kōzu Station, Odawara and Hakone-Yumoto as built. Odawara - Kōzu segment closed 6 December 1920. Replaced by railway line. Odawara - Hakone-Yumoto segment closed 31 May 1935. Replaced by railway line. [1] | |
| Electric (600 V DC) |
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 21 March 1900 | 31 May 1956 | |||
| Kawagoe Denki Tetsudō (川越電気鉄道) |
Ōmiya - Kawagoe | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 16 April 1906 | ? | Formally closed from 25 February 1941.[1] |
| Utsunomiya Light Rail (宇都宮ライトレール） |
Utsunomiya - Haga | Electric (750 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 26 August 2023 |
Tokyo
| Location | Name of system | Traction type |
Gauge | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | Tokyo Toden (東京都電) |
Horse | 25 June 1882 | 1903[5] | Electric traction demonstrated at exhibition in Ueno Park, 3 May - 1 July 1890; introduction of electric traction to Japan. First electric tramway within Tokyo opened 22 August 1903. Last lines of historic “municipal” system closed 11 November 1972. Current line is one of the company systems taken into municipal ownership from 1 February 1942. These served areas that were outside of the Tokyo municipal boundary until annexations in 1932. | |
| Electric | 22 August 1903[6] | 11 November 1972 [citation needed] | ||||
| Arakawa lines (part of lines 27 and 32) 荒川ライン（ライン27および32の一部） |
Electric | 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 1 April 1913[7] | The surviving portion of this system is today's Toden Arakawa Line. | ||
| Jōtō Denki Kidō (城東電気軌道) |
Electric (600 V DC) |
1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 30 December 1917 | ? | Connected with municipal network from 7 May 1929.[1] | |
| Higashi - Arakawa (東荒川) - Imaibashi (今井橋) | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 31 December 1925 | 19 May 1952 | Unconnected line of the Jōtō system, located east of the Arakawa drainage canal. Replaced by trolleybus.[1] | |
| Suginami Line (杉並線) |
Electric | 26 August 1921 [citation needed] | 10 December 1963 [citation needed] | |||
| Tamagawa Denki Tetsudō (玉川電気鉄道) |
Tamagawa Line (玉川線) | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 6 March 1907 | 11 May 1969 | Built by predecessor of today's Tokyu Corporation. Not taken into municipal ownership (excepting short segments lying northeast of Shibuya.[1] |
| Setagaya | Tōkyū Setagaya Line | Electric | 18 January 1925 [4] | Surviving portion of Tōkyū Tamagawa Line. | ||
| Kanamachi (金町) | Human | 7 December 1899 [citation needed] | 1912 [citation needed] | Replaced by electric railway line. |
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Gauge | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yokohama City Transportation Bureau (横浜市電) |
Yokohama | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | 15 July 1904 | 31 March 1972 | [1] |
Chūbu region
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Gauge | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meitetsu Gifu Lines (名鉄岐阜市内線) |
Gifu | Electric | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)[8] | 11 February 1911 [4] | 31 March 2005 [4] | |
| Meitetsu Okoshi-sen (名鉄起線) |
Ichinomiya | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 1 February 1924 | 31 May 1954 | Service suspended from 1 June 1953, and formally closed from 1 June 1954. |
| Kanazawa Denki Kidō (金沢電気軌道), later Hokuriku Tetsudō |
Kanazawa | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 2 February 1919 | 10 February 1967 | [9] |
| Matsumoto Electric Railway | Matsumoto | Electric | 19 April 1924 [4] | 31 March 1964 [4] | ||
| Nagoya City Tram (名古屋市電) |
Nagoya | Electric | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 6 May 1898[10] | 31 March 1972[10] | |
| Meitetsu Okazaki Shinai-sen (名鉄岡崎市内線) |
Okazaki | Horse | 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) | 1 January 1899 | 1912 [citation needed] | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_Japan