List of tram builders

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.

Argentina

• Fabricaciones Militares
• Materfer

Australia

• Bignall and Morrison, Sydney, New South Wales
• E. Chambers, Sydney
• Hudson Brothers, Sydney
• J.A. Lawton & Sons, Adelaide
• Noyes Brothers (Melbourne) Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria
• Randwick Tramway Workshops, Sydney

Belarus

• Belkommunmash (produced trams, ?–2022)

Brazil

• Bom Sinal

Bulgaria

• Tramkar

China

• CRRC

Croatia

• Crotram
• Đuro Đaković (factory) (produced trams, 1957–1993)
• ZET Zagreb (produced trams, 1922–1951)

Czech Republic

• Pragoimex
• Å koda Transportation

Finland

• Å koda Transtech

France

• Alstom

Germany

• Siemens

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Tramways

Hungary

• Ganz (subsidiary of Å koda Transportation)

India

• Bharat Earth Movers
• Jessop India
• Premier Manufacturer

Italy

• AnsaldoBreda - Sold to Hitachi Rail in 2015.
• SpA
• Carminati & Toselli
• Officine Meccaniche della Stanga

Japan

• Japan Transport Engineering Company
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company
• Kinki Sharyo
• Niigata Transys Company
• Nippon Sharyo
• Hitachi
• Sapporo Sougou Tekkou Kyodoukumiai

New Zealand

• 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

• FPS "Cegielski"
• Konstal
• Newag
• Pesa Bydgoszcz
• Solaris
• Modertrans

Romania

• Astra Vagoane Arad
• Electroputere VFU Pașcani
• URAC Bucharest

Russia

• PK Transportnye Sistemy
• Sinara Transport Machines
• Ust-Katav Vagon-Building Plant
• Uraltransmash

Spain

• Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF)

South Korea

• Hyundai Rotem

Switzerland

• Schindler Waggon
• SIG Combibloc Group
• Stadler

Turkey

• Durmazlar (Durmaray)
• Bozankaya

Ukraine

• Tatra-Yug

United Kingdom

• Tram Power

United States

• Brookville Equipment Corporation (2002–)
• 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
• Holden Motor Body Builders, Adelaide
• Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Sydney, NSW
• Meadowbank Manufacturing Company, Sydney, NSW
• Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, Preston Workshops, Victoria.
• Municipal Tramways Trust, Adelaide
• A. Pengelley & Co, Adelaide
• Ritchie Brothers, Auburn, Sydney, NSW
• Walsh Island Dockyard, Newcastle, NSW

Canada

• Bombardier Transportation - Thunder Bay, Ontario - Sold to Alstom in 2020.
• 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, 1909–1913; 1940s
• Ottawa Car Company - Ottawa, Ontario, 1891–1948
• Preston Car Company - Preston, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario), 1908–1921, bought by Brill
• 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

China

• Bombardier Transportation, China

Czech Republic

• ČKD (1951–1999)
• Vagónka Tatra Česká Lípa (produced trams, 1929–1954)
• Vagónka Tatra Studénka (produced trams, 1902–1951)
• Královopolská strojírna (produced trams, 1903–1951)
• Inekon Trams (2001–2018)

Germany

• 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)

Italy

• Officine Ferroviarie Meridionali

Latvia

• RVR (RÄ«gas Vagonu RupnÄ«ca) (ex—"Fenikss")

Netherlands

• Allan
• Beijnes
• Werkspoor

New Zealand

• Auckland Electric Tramways

Poland

• Protram

Romania

• Societatea de Transport Public Timișoara (1921–1977)
• Electrometal Timișoara (Eltim) (1977–1990)
• Electroputere Craiova (1954–1982)

Russia

• Saint Petersburg Tramway-Mechanical Plant

Sweden

• Adtranz (also in Germany; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)

Switzerland

• Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich (SWS)

United Kingdom

• Brush Electrical Engineering Company
• Dick, Kerr & Co
• English Electric
• Maley & Taunton

United States

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

See also

• List of rolling stock manufacturers
• List of locomotive builders
• List of railway companies

References