Trams in Bangkok

Bangkok tramway system
รถรางกรุงเทพ
Tram in Bangkok, 1912
Operation
LocaleBangkok, Thailand
Open22 September 1888
Close11 October 1968
StatusClosed
Lines11
Infrastructure
Track gauge1,000mm metre gauge (electric system), unknown (horse system)
Electrification600 V DC overhead line
Statistics
Route length53.5 km
Horse tram era: 1888–1892
Status Closed
Lines 1
Operator(s) John Lofton (1888-1889)
Bangkok Tramways Co. Ltd. (1889-1892)
Route length 9.2 km
Electric tram era: 1892–1968
Status Closed
Lines 11
Operator(s) Unspecified Danish Company (1892-1894)
Electricity Co. Ltd. (1900-1908)
Thai Tram Co. Ltd. (1905-1908)
Siam Electricity Co. Ltd. (1908-1927)
Thai Electricity Corporation (1927-1950)
Bangkok Electrical Co. Ltd. (1950-1968)
Route length 53.5 km
Trams in front of an unspecified temple, 1904

The Bangkok tram system (รถรางกรุงเทพ) was a transport system in Bangkok, Thailand. Its first-generation tram network first operated as a horse tram system, and was eventually converted to electric trams in the late nineteenth century.