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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 buses are not listed.
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Argentina
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
China
Croatia
- Crotram
- Đuro Đaković (factory) (produced trams, 1957–1993)
- ZET Zagreb (produced trams, 1922–1951)
Czech Republic
- Pragoimex
- Škoda Transportation
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Hungary
- Ganz (subsidiary of Škoda Transportation)
India
- Bharat Earth Movers
- Jessop India
- Premier Manufacturer
Italy
- AnsaldoBreda - Sold to Hitachi Rail in 2015.
- Firema Trasporti SpA
- Carminati & Toselli
- Officine Meccaniche della Stanga
Japan
- ALNA Sharyo
- 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
Romania
Russia
Spain
South Korea
Switzerland
Turkey
- Durmazlar (Durmaray)
- Bozankaya
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
- Brookville Equipment Corporation (2002–)
- Gomaco Trolley Company (1982–) – Historic-streetcar replicas
- TIG/M Self-powered electric and hydrogen streetcars
Defunct
Argentina
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,[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
Latvia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Romania
- Societatea de Transport Public Timișoara (1921–1977)
- Electrometal Timișoara (Eltim) (1977–1990)
- Electroputere Craiova (1954–1982)
Russia
Sweden
- Adtranz (also in Germany; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)
Switzerland
United Kingdom
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
See also
References
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