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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 bus]]es are not listed.
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 bus]]es are not listed.
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==By country==


{| class="toccolours"
==={{flag|Argentina}}===
! bgcolor=c0c090 | Africa
* [[CATITA]]
|
|-
! bgcolor=c0c090 | Asia/Pacific
| [[#Australia|Australia]]{{dot}} [[#China|China]]{{dot}} [[#Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]{{dot}} [[#India|India]]{{dot}} [[#Japan|Japan]]{{dot}} [[#New Zealand|New Zealand]]{{dot}} [[#South Korea|South Korea]] {{dot}} [[#Turkey|Turkey]]
|-
! bgcolor=c0c090 | Europe
| [[#Belarus|Belarus]]{{dot}} [[#Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]{{dot}} [[#Croatia|Croatia]]{{dot}} [[#Czech Republic|Czech Republic]]{{dot}} [[#Finland|Finland]]{{dot}} [[#France|France]]{{dot}} [[#Germany|Germany]]{{dot}} [[#Hungary|Hungary]]{{dot}} [[#Italy|Italy]]{{dot}} [[#Latvia|Latvia]]{{dot}} [[#Netherlands|Netherlands]]{{dot}} [[#Poland|Poland]]{{dot}} [[#Romania|Romania]]{{dot}} [[#Russia|Russia]]{{dot}} [[#Spain|Spain]]{{dot}} [[#Sweden|Sweden]]{{dot}} [[#Switzerland|Switzerland]]{{dot}} [[#Ukraine|Ukraine]]{{dot}} [[#United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|-
! bgcolor=c0c090 | North America
| [[#Canada|Canada]]{{dot}} [[#United States|United States]]
|-
! bgcolor=c0c090 | South America
| [[#Argentina|Argentina]]{{dot}} [[#Brazil|Brazil]]
|-
! bgcolor=c0c090 | Defunct
| colspan=2 | <hr>
|-
| colspan=2 | [[#See also|See&nbsp;also]]
|}

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==Argentina==
* [[Fabricaciones Militares]]
* [[Fabricaciones Militares]]
* {{ill|es|Materfer}}
* [[Materfer]]


==={{flag|Australia}}===
==Australia==
* [[Randwick Bus Depot|Randwick Tramway Workshops]], [[Sydney]], NSW

* [[Randwick Tramway Workshops]], Sydney, NSW
* Hudson Brothers, Sydney, NSW
* Hudson Brothers, Sydney, NSW
* [[Clyde Engineering]], Sydney, NSW
* Bignall and Morrison, Sydney, NSW
* Bignall and Morrison, Sydney, NSW
* Ritchie Brothers, Auburn, Sydney, NSW
* E. Chambers, Sydney, NSW
* E. Chambers, Sydney, NSW
* Walsh Island Dockyard, Newcastle, NSW
* [[Eveleigh Railway Workshops]], Sydney, NSW
* [[Newstead Tram Cars]] – Historic-tramcar replicas
* [[Newstead Tram Cars]] – Historic-tramcar replicas
* [[Bendigo Tramways]] Historic-tramcar replicas
* [[Bendigo Tramways]] Historic-tramcar replicas
* [[Holden|Holden Motor Body Builders]]. Later to become General Motors Holden.
* [[Duncan and Fraser]], Adelaide
* [[Commonwealth Engineering]]
* [[Meadowbank Manufacturing Company]], Sydney, NSW
* [[Holden|Holden Motor Body Builders]]. Later to become GM Holden.


==Belarus==
==={{flag|Austria}}===
* [[Simmering-Graz-Pauker]] (SGP)

==={{flag|Belarus}}===
* [[Belkommunmash]]
* [[Belkommunmash]]


==={{flag|Brazil}}===
==Brazil==
* [[Bom Sinal]]
* [[Bom Sinal]]


==={{flag|Bulgaria}}===
==Bulgaria==
* [[TRAMKAR]]
* [[Tramkar]]


==={{flag|Canada}}===
==Canada==
* [[Bombardier Transportation]] - [[Thunder Bay, Ontario]]
* [[Bombardier Transportation]] - [[Thunder Bay, Ontario]] - Sold to Alstom in 2020.

** [[Urban Transportation Development Corporation]] - [[Thunder Bay, Ontario]] 1973–1990s (used old CC&F plant)
==China==
** [[Hawker Siddeley Canada]] - [[Thunder Bay, Ontario]], 1962–2001 (old CC&F plant)
* [[Bombardier Transportation]], China
** [[Canadian Car and Foundry]] - [[Montreal, Quebec]],<ref name="middleton">Middleton, William D. (1967). ''The Time of the Trolley'', pp. 420–425. Milwaukee: [[Kalmbach Publishing]]. ISBN 0-89024-013-2.</ref> 1909–1913; 1940s
* [[CRRC]]
* [[Ottawa Car Company]] - [[Ottawa, Ontario]], 1891–1948<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Preston Car Company]] - [[Preston, Ontario]] (now [[Cambridge, Ontario]]), 1908–1921, bought by Brill<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[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


==={{flag|Croatia}}===
==Croatia==
* [[Crotram]]
* [[Crotram]]
* [[Đuro Đaković (factory)]] {{CRO}} (produced trams, 1957–1993)
* [[Đuro Đaković (factory)]] (produced trams, 1957–1993)
* [[Zagrebački električni tramvaj|ZET Zagreb]] (produced trams, 1922–1951)
* [[Zagrebački električni tramvaj|ZET Zagreb]] (produced trams, 1922–1951)


==={{flag|Czech Republic}}===
==Czech Republic==
* [[ČKD (company)|ČKD]] (1951–1999)
* [[Inekon Trams]]
* [[Inekon Trams]]
* [[Pragoimex]]
* [[Pragoimex]]
* [[Škoda Works|Škoda]]
* [[Škoda Transportation]]

* [[Tatra (company)|Tatra]]
==Finland==
* [[Škoda Transtech]]


==={{flag|France}}===
==France==
* [[Alstom]]
* [[Alstom]]


==={{flag|Germany}}===
==Germany==
* [[Adtranz]] (also in Sweden; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)
* [[Adtranz]] (also in Sweden; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)
* [[DUEWAG]] (sold to Siemens in 1999)
* [[Bremer Waggonbau]] (founded 1975, closed 1995)
* [[Duewag]] (sold to Siemens in 1999)
* [[Gothaer Waggonfabrik]]
* [[Gothaer Waggonfabrik]]
* [[Hansa Waggonbau]] (established 1946, closed 1975)
* [[Siemens AG|Siemens]]
* [[Norddeutsche Waggonfabrik]] (established 1908, closed 1930)
* [[Siemens Mobility|Siemens]]


==={{flag|Hong Kong}}===
==Hong Kong==
* [[Hong Kong Tramways]]
* [[Hong Kong Tramways]]


==={{flag|Hungary}}===
==Hungary==
* [[Ganz]], now subsidiary of [[Skoda Works#Present production|Škoda]]
* [[Ganz]] (subsidiary of [[Škoda Transportation]])


==={{flag|India}}===
==India==
* [[Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.]]
* [[BEML|Bharat Earth Movers]]
* [[Jessop India Ltd.]]
* [[Jessop India]]
* [[Premier Manufacturer]]
* [[Premier Manufacturer]]


==={{flag|Italy}}===
==Italy==
* [[AnsaldoBreda]]
* [[Hitachi Rail Italy|AnsaldoBreda]] - Sold to Hitachi Rail in 2015.
* {{ill|it|Firema Trasporti}} SpA
* {{Interlanguage link multi|Firema Trasporti|it}} SpA
* [[Officine Ferroviarie Meridionali]]
* Carminati & Toselli
* Officine Meccaniche della Stanga


==={{flag|Japan}}===
==Japan==
* {{ill|ja|ALNA Sharyo|アルナ車両}}
* {{Interlanguage link multi|ALNA Sharyo|ja|3=アルナ車両}}
* [[Japan Transport Engineering Company]]
* [[Japan Transport Engineering Company]]
* [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company]]
* [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company]]
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* [[Niigata Transys Company]]
* [[Niigata Transys Company]]
* [[Nippon Sharyo]]
* [[Nippon Sharyo]]
* [[Hitachi]]
* [[Sapporo]] Sougou Tekkou Kyodoukumiai
* [[Sapporo]] Sougou Tekkou Kyodoukumiai


==New Zealand==
==={{flag|Latvia}}===
* [[DSC Cousins & Cousins]], formerly Cousins & Atkins
* [[Rīgas Vagonu Rupnīca|RVR (Rīgas Vagonu Rupnīca) (ex—"Fenikss")]]
* [[Henderson & Pollard]], Auckland

* [[Auckland City Corporation Tramways]]
==={{flag|New Zealand}}===
* [[DSC Cousins and Cousins Ltd]], formerly Cousins and Atkins Ltd
* [[Henderson and Pollard Ltd]], Auckland
* [[British Electric Traction|Auckland Electric Tramways]]
* [[Auckland Transport Board]]
* [[Auckland Transport Board]]
* [[Boon & Co]], Christchurch
* [[Boon & Co]], Christchurch
* [[Lyons and Co]], Wellington
* [[Lyons and Co]], Wellington
* [[Rouse and Hurrell Ltd]], Wellington
* [[Colonial Motor Company|Rouse & Hurrell]], Wellington
* [[Rouse and Black]], Wellington
* [[Wellington City Corporation]]
* [[Wellington City Corporation]]
* [[Dunedin City Corporation Tramways]]
* [[Dunedin City Corporation Tramways]]


==={{flag|Poland}}===
==Poland==
* [[H. Cegielski - Poznań|FPS "Cegielski"]]
* [[H. Cegielski - Poznań|FPS "Cegielski"]]
* [[Konstal]]
* [[Konstal]]
* [[Newag]]
* [[Newag]]
* [[PESA SA|PESA Bydgoszcz]]
* [[Pesa SA|Pesa Bydgoszcz]]
* [[Protram]]
* [[Solaris Bus & Coach|Solaris]]
* [[Solaris Bus & Coach|Solaris]]
* {{ill|Modertrans|pl|Modertrans Pozna%C5%84|vertical-align=sup}}<ref>[http://www.modertrans.pl/ Modertrans]</ref>


==={{flag|Romania}}===
==Romania==
* Astra Arad
* [[Astra Vagoane Arad]]
* [[Electroputere VFU]] Pașcani
* [[Electro Putere Craiova]]
* [[Societatea de Transport București|URAC Bucharest]]
* [[Electrometal Timisoara]], 1972–1990
* [[U.R.A.C. Bucharest]]


==={{flag|Russia}}===
==Russia==
* [[PC Transport Systems|PK Transportnye Sistemy]]
* [[PTMZ|Saint Petersburg Tramway-Mechanical Plant]]
* [[Sinara Transport Machines]]
* [[UKVZ|Ust-Katav Vagon-Building Plant]]
* [[UKVZ|Ust-Katav Vagon-Building Plant]]
* [[Uraltransmash]]
* [[Uraltransmash]]


==={{flag|Spain}}===
==Spain==
* [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles]] (CAF)
* [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles]] (CAF)


== South Korea ==
==={{flag|Sweden}}===

* [[Hyundai Rotem]]

==Sweden==
* [[Adtranz]] (also in Germany; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)
* [[Adtranz]] (also in Germany; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)


==={{flag|Switzerland}}===
==Switzerland==
* [[Schindler Waggon]]
* [[Stadler Rail|Schindler Waggon]]
* [[SIG Combibloc Group]]
* [[Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft]] (SIG)
* [[Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich]] (SWS)
* [[Stadler Rail|Stadler]]
* [[Stadler Rail|Stadler]]


==={{flag|Turkey}}===
==Turkey==
* [[Durmazlar (Bursa Silkworm)]]
* [[Durmazlar|Durmazlar (Durmaray)]]
* [[Bozankaya]]


==={{flag|Ukraine}}===
==Ukraine==
* {{ill|Electron (concern)|uk|Електрон_(концерн)|vertical-align=sup}}
* [[Yuzhmash]]
* [[Tatra-Yug]]


==={{flag|United Kingdom}}===
==United Kingdom==
* [[Brush Traction|Brush Electrical Engineering Company]]
* [[Dick, Kerr & Co.]]
* [[English Electric Company]]
* [[Tram Power]]
* [[Citytram|TRAM Power Ltd—Citytram]]


==={{flag|United States}}===
== United States ==
* [[American Car Company]] (1891–1931)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[J. G. Brill Company]] (1868–1956, but streetcar production ended in 1941)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Brookville Equipment Corporation]] (2002–)
* [[Brookville Equipment Corporation]] (2002–)
* [[Cincinnati Car Company]] (1902-1938)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Edwards Rail Car Company (1997-2008)]] – Historic-streetcar replicas
* [[Gilbert Car Company]] (1840s–1895)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Gomaco Trolley Company]] (1982–) – Historic-streetcar replicas
* [[Gomaco Trolley Company]] (1982–) – Historic-streetcar replicas
* [[TIG/M]] Self-powered electric and hydrogen streetcars

== Defunct ==
=== Argentina ===
* [[CATITA]]

=== Austria ===
* [[Simmering-Graz-Pauker]] (SGP)

=== Australia ===
* [[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 & Engineering Works|Walsh Island Dockyard]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], NSW

=== Canada ===
* [[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]],<ref name="middleton">[[William D. Middleton|Middleton, William D.]] (1967). ''The Time of the Trolley'', pp. 420–425. Milwaukee: [[Kalmbach Publishing]]. {{ISBN|0-89024-013-2}}.</ref> 1909–1913; 1940s
* [[Ottawa Car Company]] - [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], 1891–1948<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Preston Car Company]] - [[Preston, Ontario]] (now [[Cambridge, Ontario]]), 1908–1921, bought by [[JG Brill Company|Brill]]<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[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 ===
* [[ČKD (company)|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 ===
* [[Rīgas Vagonu Rupnīca|RVR (Rīgas Vagonu Rupnīca) (ex—"Fenikss")]]

=== Netherlands ===
* [[Allan of Rotterdam|Allan]]
* [[Beijnes]]
* [[Werkspoor]]

=== New Zealand ===
* [[British Electric Traction|Auckland Electric Tramways]]

=== Poland ===
* [[Protram]]

=== Romania ===
* [[Societatea de Transport Public Timișoara]] (1921–1977)
* [[Electrometal Timișoara]] (Eltim) (1977–1990)
* [[Electroputere Craiova]] (1954–1982)

=== Russia ===
* [[PTMZ|Saint Petersburg Tramway-Mechanical Plant]]

=== Switzerland ===
* [[Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich]] (SWS)

=== United Kingdom ===
* [[Dick, Kerr & Co]]
* [[English Electric]]
* [[Maley & Taunton]]

=== United States ===
* [[American Car Company]] (1891–1931)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[JG Brill Company]] (1868–1956, but streetcar production ended in 1941)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Cincinnati Car Company]] (1902–1938)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Edwards Rail Car Company]] (1997–2008) – Historic-streetcar replicas
* [[Gilbert Car Company]] (1840s–1895)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[W. L. Holman Car Company]] (1883–1913)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[W. L. Holman Car Company]] (1883–1913)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Jewett Car Company]] (1894-1918)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Jewett Car Company]] (1894–1918)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[G. C. Kuhlman Car Company]] (1892–1932)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[G. C. Kuhlman Car Company]] (1892–1932)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Niles Car and Manufacturing Company]]
* [[Niles Car and Manufacturing Company]] (1901–1917)
* [[Pullman Company]]/Pullman Standard (1891–1952 for streetcars)
* [[Pullman Company]]/Pullman Standard (1891–1952 for streetcars)
* [[St. Louis Car Company]] (1887<ref name="middleton"/>–1973)
* [[St Louis Car Company]] (1887–1973)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[John Stephenson Company]] (1831–1917)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[John Stephenson Company]] (1831–1917)<ref name="middleton"/>
* [[Perley A. Thomas Car Works]] (1917–1936; bus manufacturer from 1936 on)
* [[Perley A. Thomas Car Works]] (1917–1936; bus manufacturer from 1936 on)
* [[United Streetcar|United Streetcar, LLC]] – Low-floor modern streetcars
* [[United Streetcar]] (2005–2015) – Low-floor modern streetcars


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Transport|Companies|Lists}}
* [[List of rolling stock manufacturers]]
* [[List of rolling stock manufacturers]]
* [[List of locomotive builders]]
* [[List of locomotive builders]]
* [[List of railway companies]]
* [[Tram#Types]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


{{Companies by industry}}
[[Category:Tram manufacturers| ]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tram builders}}
[[Category:Tram manufacturers| List of manufacturers]]
[[Category:Rail transport-related lists|Tram manufacturers]]
[[Category:Lists of manufacturers|Tram manufacturers]]

Latest revision as of 13:05, 31 October 2024

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
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  2. ^ 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.
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