List of town tramway systems in Greece

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Greece. It includes all tram systems in Greece, 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.

Location Name of System Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Athens and Piraeus Trams in Athens Horse 1882 1908 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Steam 1887 1908 Electrified and incorporated into Athens tramway network
Electric 1908 1960 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Athens Athens Tram Electric 19 Jul 2004   Two modern tramlines.
Piraeus Piraeus Harbour Tramway Horse 1883 1908  
Electric 1910 1960  
PiraeusPerama Piraeus-Perama light railway Electric 1936 1977  
Thessaloniki Trams in Thessaloniki Horse 1893 1907  [1]
Electric 1907 1957  
Patras   Horse ? ?  
Steam ? ?  
Electric 1902 1917 First electric tramway in Greece, Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Herakleion Crete Trams in Herakleion Crete Horse ? ?  
Steam 1922 1937 Industrial railway
Electric ? ?  
Kalamata   Electric 1910 1940 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)  
Karlovasi, Samos   Horse 1905 1939  
Volos   Steam ? ? Gauge: 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in)

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