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Trams of Azerbaijan
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Routes and rails

Network

In its best years the tram tracks ran all across Baku — from the centre to the far settlements. The network grew along with the city and its oil industry.

Baku's tram network took shape over decades: new lines linked districts, depots served the fleet, and routes covered both the centre and the outskirts.

Network

A hundred and seventeen kilometres

The network grew fast: by 1939 the length of tram track in Baku reached its peak — about 117 kilometres. The tram became the city's main means of transport.

Lines ran along the central streets and stretched to workers' settlements and oilfields. By 1980 the network length was already about 70 kilometres.

Map of the Baku tram network (1980s)

Network timeline

How the network changed

The main milestones of Baku's tram network.

1889
The first horse-tram line.
1924
The first electric route, 6.6 km.
1939
Network peak — about 117 km of track.
1980
The network shrank to about 70 km.
2004
Closure of the last route.

Network

City and rails

The tram was part of the cityscape: rails on the seafront, wires above the avenues, stops by the squares. It shaped the familiar picture of 20th-century Baku.

Through its routes one can read the history of the city — how it grew, where people worked and where they travelled every day.

The Baku seafront

The length of the network and the number of routes changed over the years; figures are given from open sources.