Trams in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg tramway network
Tram on Moscow Gate Square in Saint Petersburg
Operation
Locale	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Horsecar era: 1854 (1854) (freight) 1854 (1854) (passengers)–1907 (1907) Status Replaced by electric trams Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric trams era: 1907 (1907)–present Status Still operational Routes 40 Operator(s) Gorelektrotrans Track gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft) (Russian gauge) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 550 V DC parallel overhead lines Track length (total) 231 km (144 mi) (System map, October, 2024) Website electrotrans.spb.ru/

Trams in Saint Petersburg are a major mode of public transit in the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Saint Petersburg once had the second-largest tram network in the world,^[1] consisting of about 340 kilometres (210 mi) of unduplicated track in the late 1980s. However, since 1995 the tramway network has declined sharply in size as major portions of track were removed, particularly in the city centre. Saint Petersburg lost its record to Melbourne, Australia.^[2] While it still had 285 kilometres (177 mi) of length in 2002, by early 2007 the tram network's had declined to just over 220 kilometres (140 mi), and by the 2010s operated on just 205.5 kilometres (127.7 mi) of network.^[3]

The system is operated by Gorelektrotrans (Russian: Горэлектротранс), a municipal organization that operates St. Petersburg's 40 tram routes, as well as the city's trolleybus [ru] network, and also by the private company TKK that runs the network in the eastern part of the city (green on the map).