List of town tramway systems in Germany

This is a list of town tramway systems in Germany by Land. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

Rhine-Ruhr (Rhein-Ruhr)
Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr Area) towns in geographic order, west to east:

'Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Region) and 'Bezirksregierung Arnsberg (Arnsberg Region) towns not tabulated above, in geographic order, west to east:

Note for Rheydt: Amalgamated with Mönchengladbach from 29 July 1929 to 31 July 1933, and again from 1 January 1975.

Note for Mettmann: Line extended Düsseldorf (Auf der Hardt) – Mettmann (closed 9 December 1936) – Wülfrath (closed 14 May 1938) – Tönisheide (closed 14 May 1938), and Mettmann – Wieden (closed 17 May 1952). Separate undertaking to 1 April 1937.

Note for Wuppertal: Town tramway system ranked as fifth-largest in Germany, with peak system length of 175 km, c.1948.

Bezirksregierung Köln (Cologne Region) towns in geographic order, north to south:

Schleswig-Holstein
Light railway (kleinbahn) operating under tramway (straßenbahn) concession (from 1952–1953):