The Wrocław tram system () is the

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

system in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

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. Having first opened for service on 10 July 1877 with

horsecar A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is a tram or streetcar pulled by a horse. Summary The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public transport, public rail transport, ...

s, it is the third oldest tramway in Poland (after

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

and

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). The system uses and is operated by ''Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne we Wrocławiu (MPK Wrocław)''. The network consists of 25 lines with a total track length of and

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of , six depots and 20 loops.

Network

Below is a table of permanent routes as of the June 8 2025 schedule:Rozkłady jazdy MPK Wrocław
/ref> ''lines on diversion''

Rolling stock

Currently eight types of trams are operating in

Konstal 105Na The Konstal 105Na are a class of Polish trams manufactured from 1979 to 1992 in workshops Konstal Chorzów, Poland. The Metre-gauge railway, metre-gauge version is designated as 805Na. As of 2016 they were still the most common trams in Poland. C ...

Protram 204 WrAs The Protram 204 WrAs is a tram produced in between 2004-2010 by the Polish company Protram. These trams are simillar to the more common Konstal 105Na trams built in Chorzów, however they were produced in significantly smaller numbers, and featu ...

Protram 205 WrAs The Protram 205 WrAs is a Polish partial low-floor, articulated tram produced by the company Protram. Utilisation The trams of this type are currently used in Wrocław Poland (thus the "Wr" in the name). The first tram of this type was delivered ...

Škoda 16 T The Škoda 16 T (also called Elektra) is a five carbody section low-floor uni-directional tram, developed by Škoda Transportation for Wrocław. The vehicle was designed by Porsche Design Group. The 16 T has six axles, and the low-floor area re ...

Škoda 19 T The Škoda 19 T is a five carbody section low-floor bi-directional tram, developed by Škoda Transportation for Wrocław. The tram is not different from currently used Škoda 16 T trams, except for the fact that it has two driver's cabins and ...

Pesa Twist Pesa Twist is an articulated low floor tram produced in Bydgoszcz by Pesa SA. The Twist is currently operated in Częstochowa, Metropolis GZM, Kyiv, Kraków, Wrocław, Craiova and Tallinn. History In 2006 Pesa Bydgoszcz started the production ...

Moderus Beta Moderus Beta is a partially low-floor tram, available in either one or three sections, with a single or dual direction configuration. It is produced by the company Modertrans Poznań. These trams are in operation in the Metropolis GZM, Poznań, S ...

and

Moderus Gamma The Moderus Gamma is an articulated tram manufactured in Biskupice, Poland, since 2016 by Modertrans Poznań, a subsidiary of transport operator MPK Poznań. Planning began in 2008 and the prototype was completed in 2016. Variants Multiple va ...

. The 105N type wagons are subjected to various upgrades (and after the upgrade they are marked 105NWr). Wroclaw Tramwaj BabaJaga

In the period from 1991 to 2004, no new trams were bought; only repairs and upgrades of models Konstal 105N and Konstal 105Na were performed. During 1978–1993, six two-wagon Protram 204 WrAs and ten low-floor Protram 205 WrAs vehicles were bought, all produced by RMT Protram Wrocław. In March 2005, Wrocław decided to purchase eight Skoda 16T vehicles. This was later expanded to 17 vehicles, all of which were delivered between December 2006 and November 2007. In 2009 Wrocław bought 31 Skoda 19T trams to operate on new PLUS lines connecting Gaj and Sępolno to the

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, which was built to host the

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games. In 2014 the concept of PLUS lines was scrapped. As of 2024 these are the only bidirectional trams operated by MPK Wrocław, and as such they are the only trams that can operate on lines 18 and 21. In recent years, purchases and modernisation of rolling stock have been used to withdraw and scrap older trams like Protram 105NWr or Protram 204WrAs. 205WrAs Wroclaw 2701

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