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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
Škoda Transportation

Finland

Škoda Transtech

France

Alstom

Germany

Siemens

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Tramways

Hungary

Ganz (subsidiary of Škoda 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

Electron (concern)
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

See also

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

References

Middleton, William D. (1967). The Time of the Trolley, pp. 420–425. Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-013-2.^

, 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,[1] 1909–1913; 1940s
Ottawa Car Company - Ottawa, Ontario, 1891–1948[1]
Preston Car Company - Preston, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario), 1908–1921, bought by Brill[1]
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 (Rīgas Vagonu Rupnīca) (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)[1]
JG Brill Company (1868–1956, but streetcar production ended in 1941)[1]
Cincinnati Car Company (1902–1938)[1]
Edwards Rail Car Company (1997–2008) – Historic-streetcar replicas
Gilbert Car Company (1840s–1895)[1]
W. L. Holman Car Company (1883–1913)[1]
Jewett Car Company (1894–1918)[1]
G. C. Kuhlman Car Company (1892–1932)[1]
Niles Car and Manufacturing Company (1901–1917)
Pullman Company/Pullman Standard (1891–1952 for streetcars)
St Louis Car Company (1887–1973)[1]
John Stephenson Company (1831–1917)[1]
Perley A. Thomas Car Works (1917–1936; bus manufacturer from 1936 on)
United Streetcar (2005–2015) – Low-floor modern streetcars