List of town tramway systems in Africa

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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. Other geographic regions:

Sources, references and external links:

Algeria

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Algiers tramway el-Jazair ولاية الجزائر /Algiers Steam 12 Oct 1896 Dec 1959 (?)  
Electric 2011 Operating rebuilding of 30 km (line 1) ongoing, (partial) opened on 8 May 2011[1]
  Annaba عنّابة Steam  ?  ?  
  Qacentina قسنطينة /Constantine Electric 2013 Operating opened on 4 July 2013
  Biskra بسكرة Horse  ?  ?  
  Blida البليدة Steam  ?  ?  
  Miliana مليانة Steam  ?  ?  
  Wahrān وهران /Oran Steam 1898 1950  
    Electric 2013 Operating rebuilding of line 1, opened on Wednesday, 1 May 2013
  Ouargla ورقلة Horse  ?  ?  
  Sétif سطيف Electric  ?  ? Under Construction
  Touggourt تقرت Horse  ?  ?  

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Boma Steam 4 Mar 1890 ca. 1900  

Egypt

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Alexandria Tram el-Iskandariya الإسكندرية /Alexandria - Urban system Horse 1860 1902? Standard gauge
Electric 1902    
  ♦ Ramleh (suburban) system Horse 1869  ? Standard gauge
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric Dec 1903  
  el-Qāhirah القاهرة /Cairo Electric 12 Aug 1896 December 2004 ? Metre gauge
 See Transport in Cairo
  ♦ Miṣr el-ǧidīdah مصر الجديدة /Heliopolis Electric 9 May 1908 Operating 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. Tramcars are still parked at the depot, located in Arab al-Fawarsa.
  Būr Saʻīd بور سعيد /Port Said Horse 22 Sep 1900 1932 Metre gauge

Eritrea

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Massawa Steam  ?  ?  

Ghana

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Accra Steam 1906 1941  

Kenya

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Mombasa human 1890s 1921 In Mombasa's Fort Jesus you can find a historic car

Libya

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Banġāzī بنغازي /Benghazi Horse  ?  ?  

Madagascar

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Antananarivo (Steam)     Construction started after 1921, not completed.
  Toamasina Horse  ?  ?  

Morocco

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Rabat-Salé tramway Rabat Steam 1917 [2] 1930  
Electric 23 May 2011[3] Operating  
Casablanca tramway Casablanca Electric 13 December 2012 Operating  
Fes tramway Fes Electric Project [4]    
Agadir tramway Agadir Electric Project  
Meknes tramway Meknes Electric Project [4]    

Mozambique

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Maputo Electric Feb 1904 30 Nov 1936  

Nigeria

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Lagos Steam 23 May 1902 31 Dec 1913  

Sierra Leone

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Freetown Steam  ?  ?  

South Africa

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Cape Town - Urban Horse 1 May 1863  ? See also Trams in Cape Town.
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 Horse 1881  ? See also Trams in Durban.
Electric 1 May 1902 1 Aug 1949
  ♦ Isipingo Horse 1905 191_ Closed during World War I.
  East London Electric 25 Jan 1900 25 Oct 1935  
  Johannesburg Horse 2 Feb 1891  ? See also Trams in Johannesburg.
Electric 14 Feb 1906 18 Mar 1961
  Kimberley Mule 1887  ? See also Trams in Kimberley, Northern Cape.
Steam 1900  ?
Electric 1906 1947
Heritage 1985  
  Pietermaritzburg Electric 2 Nov 1904 Dec 1936 See also Trams in Pietermaritzburg.
  Port Elizabeth Horse 1881  ? See also Trams in Port Elizabeth.
Electric 16 Jun 1897 16 Dec 1948
  Pretoria Horse 1897  ?  
Electric 1910 19 Aug 1939  

Spain (Islas Canarias / Canary Islands)

See List of town tramway systems in Spain.

Sudan

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  al-Ḫarṭūm الخرطوم /Khartoum Steam 1904  ?  
Electric 16 Jan 1928 Feb 1962  

Tanzania

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Zanzibar Animal 1907  ? Domesticated zebras used at opening.
See also History of rail transport in Zanzibar.
Steam 1911 1928

Tunisia

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Manzil Bourgueeba منزل بورقيبة /Menzel Bourguiba Steam  ?  ?  
Métro léger de Tunis Tūnis تونس /Tunis Horse 1885  ?  
Electric 1900

15 Sep 1985

 20 Apr 1960

operating

 See Trams in Tunis for first generation tramway.

Zimbabwe

Name of System Location Traction
Type		 Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Mutare Horse 22 Aug 1901 by 1920  

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gRmjq5v2XKQ0Rjavh6VTDbcQ_Eiw?docId=CNG.526e791b2e6e203d08bcbb0308c6c8bc.431
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