Tramway systems in the Netherlands

This is a list of town tramway systems in the Netherlands by province.
It includes all tram systems, past and present.

Gelderland

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Apeldoorn	Horse	1897	1917
		Petrol (gasoline)	1919	1922
GETA	Arnhem	Horse	1880	?
		Electric	1911	17 Sep 1944	Because of WWII closed – replaced by trolleybus. Heritage tramway opened in National Heritage Museum, Arnhem, 1996.
	Groenlo	Horse	?	?
		Steam	?	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	?	?
GTN	Nijmegen	Horse	1889	1911	Replaced by trolleybus
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	1911	1955
	Zaltbommel	Horse	?	?
	Zutphen	Horse	?	?

Groningen

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
GTG	Groningen	Horse	1880	1910	Gemeente Tram Groningen
		Petrol (gasoline)	?	?
		Electric	1910	1949	Reintroduction planned as part of the Kolibri-plan to improve public transport in region and city: see [1]

Limburg

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
LTM	Heerlen	Steam	?	?	Limburgsche Tramweg-Mij
		Electric	1923	14 May 1950
LTM	♦ Heerlen - Hoensbroek	Steam	?	1923
		Electric	1923	?
LTM	♦ Hoensbroek - Sittard	Electric	1923	?
LTM	♦♦ branch to Brunssum	Electric	24 Mar 1924	?
LTM	♦ Heerlen - Kerkrade Holz (German frontier)	Electric	18 Aug 1926	?
LTM	♦ branch Valkenhuizen - Locht (German frontier)	Electric	15 May 1928	?
MatT	Maastricht	Petrol (gasoline)	22 Apr 1896	1902	Maastrichtsche Tram
		Horse	1903	15 Aug 1914	Closed for WWI
		Electric (LRT)			Light rail (LRT), in planning, from Hasselt, Belgium, all to Maastricht) Flemish TVnews, 12 Febr. 2007 To be operated by Flemish Public Transport: De Lijn
	Venlo - Steyl	Horse	?	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	?	?
	Venray	Horse	?	?

Noord-Brabant (North Brabant)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Breda	Horse	?	?
	Eindhoven	Horse	?	?
	Geertruidenberg	Horse	?	?
	's-Hertogenbosch	Horse	?	?
		Steam	?	?
	Vught	Horse	?	?
		Steam	?	?

Noord-Holland (North Holland)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Alkmaar	Horse	?	?
GVBA	Amsterdam	Horse	3 Jun 1875	7 Aug 1916	Amsterdamse Omnibus Maatschappij
		Electric	14 Aug 1900		Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf
NZH	♦ Amsterdam - Edam - Volendam	Steam	13 Dec 1888	?	N-Z Hollandsche stoomTramweg-Mij: Blauwe Tram
		Electric	?	30 Sep 1956	Edam - Volendam from: 1 Dec 1932.
NZH	♦♦ branch to Purmerend	Steam	22 Jun 1894	?
		Electric	?	14 May 1949
NZH	♦ Amsterdam - Haarlem - Zandvoort	Electric	3 Jul 1899	31 Aug 1957	The first Electric overhead tramway in the Netherlands.
	Bergen	Horse	?	?
	Castricum	Horse traction	?	?
		Electric	?	?
	Den Helder	Steam	?	?
	Haarlem	Horse	28 May 1878	1911
		Electric	1911	31 Oct 1948
	Hilversum	Horse	?	?
	Zandvoort	Horse	?	?

Overijssel

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Deventer	Horse	?	?
	Enschede	Electric	5 Jul 1908	28 Feb 1933
	Zwolle	Horse	?	?

Zuid-Holland (South Holland)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Capelle (aan den IJssel)	Steam	?	?
	Dordrecht	Horse traction	?	?
	Leiden	Horse	1871	1911
		Electric	1911	7 Oct 1960	Reintroduction planned see also → RijnGouweLijn
NZH	♦ Leiden - Haarlem	Steam	16 May 1881	?
		Electric	?	2 Jan 1949	N-Z Holland Tram = " Blue Tram "
NZH	♦ Leiden - Noordwijk aan Zee	Steam traction	21 Jun 1885	7 Oct 1960
NZH	♦ Leiden - Katwijk aan Zee	Steam	4 Jun 1881	7 Oct 1960
RTM & RET	Rotterdam	Horse	1 Jun 1879	18 May 1925
		Steam	?	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	19 May 1924	25 Oct 1928
		Electric	18 Sep 1905		see also: → RandstadRail.
RTM	Schiedam	Horse	?	?
HTM	The Hague = ♦ Den Haag - Scheveningen	Horse	25 Jun 1864	1907
		Steam	1 Jul 1879	1924
		Accumulator with Lead-acid battery	2 Aug 1890	1904	One of the first electric vehicles in the world
		Electric	6 Aug 1904		First segment "Semimetro": RandstadRail opened at 16 October 2004
HTM	♦ Den Haag - Delft	Horse	24 Jun 1866	1887
		Steam	1887	1924
		Electric	1924		branch to Voorburg, opened 1934.
NZH	♦ Den Haag - Voorburg - Leiden	Steam	1881	1924
		Electric	25 Jan 1924	9 Nov 1961	Blue Tram (Blauwe Tram)
HTM	♦ Den Haag - Wassenaar - Leiden	Electric	3 June 1923	9 Nov 1961	Yellow Tram (Gele Tram)

Utrecht

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Amersfoort	Horse	1901	1917
	Baarn	Horse	?	?
		Steam	?	?
	Oudewater	Horse	?	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	?	?
	Soest	Horse	1895	1922
		Petrol (gasoline)	?	1925
UTM	Utrecht	Horse	1879	1906
GTU	Utrecht	Electric	20 Jun 1906	15 Jan 1939
NBM	♦ Utrecht - De Bilt - Zeist	Horse	29 Apr 1879	1909 ?	Initial segment opened 1879 did not extend to Zeist.
		Electric	1909	2 May 1949	Nederlandsche Buurtspoorweg-Maatschappij (NBM)
NBM	♦ Amersfoort - Zeist - Driebergen - Rhenen - Arnhem	Horse	1882	?	Zeist - Driebergen.
		Steam	1883	1931	(Zeist -) Driebergen - Doorn - Amerongen. Extended Elst - Rhenen - Wageningen - Oosterbeek - Arnhem in 1884 - 1887. Zeist - Huis ter Heide - Amersfoort opened 1910. Branch, Doorn - Wijk bij Duurstede, opened 1885, closed 1931, not electrified.
		Petrol (gasoline)	1910	1931 (?)
		Electric	1911	2 May 1949	Zeist – Driebergen electrified 1911. Rhenen - Arnhem electrified 1922. Remainder of Amersfoort - Zeist - Rhenen - Arnhem electrified 1924. Rhenen - Arnhem closed 1937. Remainder closed 1949, last segment in operation was Amersfoort - Zeist - Doorn.
	♦ Utrecht – Nieuwegein – IJsselstein	Electric	17 Dec 1983		Connexxion
	Utrecht – Vreeswijk	Steam	1882	?
		Horse	1893	1929
		Petrol (gasoline)	1923	1929

Zeeland

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Tholen	Steam	?	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	?	?
	Vlissingen - Middelburg	Steam	1885	1910
		Electric	1910	1944

References

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