List of tram builders
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This is a worldwide list of tram builders. Trams may also be called streetcars or trolleys in certain countries. These companies are, or at one time were, manufacturers of genuine trams/streetcars. Makers of replica-tram buses are not listed.
| Africa | ||
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Pacific | Australia · China · Hong Kong · India · Japan · New Zealand · South Korea · Turkey | |
| Europe | Belarus · Bulgaria · Croatia · Czech Republic · Finland · France · Germany · Hungary · Italy · Latvia · Netherlands · Poland · Romania · Russia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Ukraine · United Kingdom | |
| North America | Canada · United States | |
| South America | Argentina · Brazil | |
| Defunct | ||
| See also | ||
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Argentina
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Randwick Tramway Workshops, Sydney, NSW
- Hudson Brothers, Sydney, NSW
- Bignall and Morrison, Sydney, NSW
- E. Chambers, Sydney, NSW
- Newstead Tram Cars – Historic-tramcar replicas
- Bendigo Tramways Historic-tramcar replicas
- Holden Motor Body Builders. Later to become General Motors Holden.
Belarus
[edit]Brazil
[edit]Bulgaria
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Bombardier Transportation - Thunder Bay, Ontario - Sold to Alstom in 2020.
China
[edit]- Bombardier Transportation, China
- CRRC
Croatia
[edit]- Crotram
- Đuro Đaković (factory) (produced trams, 1957–1993)
- ZET Zagreb (produced trams, 1922–1951)
Czech Republic
[edit]Finland
[edit]France
[edit]Germany
[edit]- Adtranz (also in Sweden; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)
- Bremer Waggonbau (founded 1975, closed 1995)
- Duewag (sold to Siemens in 1999)
- Gothaer Waggonfabrik
- Hansa Waggonbau (established 1946, closed 1975)
- Norddeutsche Waggonfabrik (established 1908, closed 1930)
- Siemens
Hong Kong
[edit]Hungary
[edit]- Ganz (subsidiary of Škoda Transportation)
India
[edit]Italy
[edit]- AnsaldoBreda - Sold to Hitachi Rail in 2015.
- Firema Trasporti SpA
- Officine Ferroviarie Meridionali
- Carminati & Toselli
- Officine Meccaniche della Stanga
Japan
[edit]- ALNA Sharyo
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company
- Kinki Sharyo
- Niigata Transys Company
- Nippon Sharyo
- Hitachi
- Sapporo Sougou Tekkou Kyodoukumiai
New Zealand
[edit]- DSC Cousins & Cousins, formerly Cousins & Atkins
- Henderson & Pollard, Auckland
- Auckland City Corporation Tramways
- Auckland Transport Board
- Boon & Co, Christchurch
- Lyons and Co, Wellington
- Rouse & Hurrell, Wellington
- Rouse and Black, Wellington
- Wellington City Corporation
- Dunedin City Corporation Tramways
Poland
[edit]Romania
[edit]Russia
[edit]Spain
[edit]South Korea
[edit]Sweden
[edit]- Adtranz (also in Germany; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)
Switzerland
[edit]Turkey
[edit]Ukraine
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]United States
[edit]- Brookville Equipment Corporation (2002–)
- Gomaco Trolley Company (1982–) – Historic-streetcar replicas
- TIG/M Self-powered electric and hydrogen streetcars
Defunct
[edit]Argentina
[edit]Austria
[edit]- Simmering-Graz-Pauker (SGP)
Australia
[edit]- Clyde Engineering, Sydney, NSW
- Commonwealth Engineering
- Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide, SA
- Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Sydney, NSW
- Meadowbank Manufacturing Company, Sydney, NSW
- Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, Preston Workshops, Victoria.
- Ritchie Brothers, Auburn, Sydney, NSW
- Walsh Island Dockyard, Newcastle, NSW
Canada
[edit]- Urban Transportation Development Corporation - Thunder Bay, Ontario 1973–1990s (used old CC&F plant)
- Hawker Siddeley Canada - Thunder Bay, Ontario, 1962–2001 (old CC&F plant)
- Canadian Car and Foundry - Montreal, Quebec,[2] 1909–1913; 1940s
- Ottawa Car Company - Ottawa, Ontario, 1891–1948[2]
- Preston Car Company - Preston, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario), 1908–1921, bought by Brill[2]
- Toronto Railway Company - Toronto, Ontario, 1891–1920, wooden cars for mostly in-house use only, but built some cars for Mexico and Western Canadian operators by subsidiary Convertible Car Company of Toronto
- James Crossen-Cobourg Car Works - Cobourg, Ontario, 1890–1915
Czech Republic
[edit]- ČKD (1951–1999)
- Vagónka Tatra Česká Lípa (produced trams, 1929–1954)
- Vagónka Tatra Studénka (produced trams, 1902–1951)
- Královopolská strojírna (produced trams, 1903–1951)
Latvia
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]New Zealand
[edit]Poland
[edit]Romania
[edit]- Societatea de Transport Public Timișoara (1921–1977)
- Electrometal Timișoara (Eltim) (1977–1990)
- Electroputere Craiova (1954–1982)
Russia
[edit]Switzerland
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]United States
[edit]- American Car Company (1891–1931)[2]
- JG Brill Company (1868–1956, but streetcar production ended in 1941)[2]
- Cincinnati Car Company (1902–1938)[2]
- Edwards Rail Car Company (1997–2008) – Historic-streetcar replicas
- Gilbert Car Company (1840s–1895)[2]
- W. L. Holman Car Company (1883–1913)[2]
- Jewett Car Company (1894–1918)[2]
- G. C. Kuhlman Car Company (1892–1932)[2]
- Niles Car and Manufacturing Company (1901–1917)
- Pullman Company/Pullman Standard (1891–1952 for streetcars)
- St Louis Car Company (1887–1973)[2]
- John Stephenson Company (1831–1917)[2]
- Perley A. Thomas Car Works (1917–1936; bus manufacturer from 1936 on)
- United Streetcar (2005–2015) – Low-floor modern streetcars
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Modertrans
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Middleton, William D. (1967). The Time of the Trolley, pp. 420–425. Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-013-2.