Trams in Lviv

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The Lviv tramway network (Ukrainian: Львівський трамвай, romanized: Lvivskyi tramvai) is an electric tram system in Lviv, Ukraine. It is one of two tram systems in Western Ukraine (the other one is in Vinnytsia), and the largest narrow-gauge tram system in Ukraine. From 1880 to 1908, the trams used a horse-drawn system, converting to an electric system after 1894. It was the first in the territory of modern Ukraine to have a system of horse-drawn trams, or any type of tram, as well as the second one after the Kyiv trams to use electricity. The tram system reached its peak on the eve of World War II, when it was the city's main transport system; from the middle of the 20th century it gradually lost its position. In 2010, the trams accounted for 24.4% of passenger traffic in the city. As of January 1, 2022, there were 8 routes in the system, operated by the utility "LKP Lvivelectrotrans". In 2021, 24,678,300 paying passengers (including 2,785,623 students) used the tram and trolleybus services. In 2021, trams made 3.79 million vehicle-km of journeys. The length of the tracks and contact network is 81.85 km (2022), and the route network is 99.1 km (2022). In January 2024, 1 243 959 passengers were transported by eight tram routes. It is planned that in the future the tram will become a primary mode of transport in Lviv.