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List of town tramway systems in Hungary

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

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Budapest Budapest Horse 30 Jul 1866 10 Apr 1928  
Electric 30 Jul 1889 - Operation suspended 25 December 1944 – 6 February 1945 because of the war (Siege of Budapest).
Trams in Debrecen Debrecen Steam 2 Oct 1884 1911  
Horse 7 Oct 1888 1911  
Electric 15 Mar 1911 -  
Trams in Miskolc Miskolc Electric 10 Jul 1897 -  
Steam 11 Jun 1906 1909  
Nyíregyháza Electric 7 Aug 1911 31 May 1969 Gauge: 760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 in). Narrow gauge trams shared the tracks with the narrow gauge railway of Nyíregyháza (Nyírvidéki Kisvasút). In 1969 the inner-city tram tracks were lifted, but the railway was rerouted and continued operating until 9 December 2009.
Pécs Electric 20 Oct 1913 Aug 1960  
Sopron Electric 28 Apr 1900 31 May 1923 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Trams in Szeged Szeged Horse 1 Jul 1884 1908  
Electric 1 Dec 1908 -  
Trams in Hódmezővásárhely Hódmezővásárhely Electric (city section) / Diesel (tram-train section) 29 November 2021[1] Tram-train line connected to the Szeged tram network.
Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Szombathely Electric 5 Jun 1897 20 Aug 1974 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)

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References

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  1. ^ "November 29-én indul a tram-train" (in Hungarian). MÁV. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.