A horse tramway was opened at Shenyang in 1907. The Japanese - who operated the railways - started electrification in March 1924 even before the creation of the
Manchukuo puppet state, and finally the electric tramway opened in October 1925 from Huaiyangmen via Taiqinggong to Xiaoxibianmen. In November 1925, the section between Xiaoxibianmen to
Xita started operating. In 1926 Sino-Japanese joint venture opened a tramway, starting at
Mukden Railway Station to Xiaoxibianmen. From 1920s to 1945 a total of six tram routes was put into operation in Shenyang. The
Chinese Civil War and
Second Sino-Japanese War had great impact to tramway operations with power shortages and bombing causing the tram service to be suspended numerous times. By December 12, 1948, all six routes were fully rebuilt. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Shenyang had 170 tramcars, making it the largest in the country. The number of private cars greatly increased leading to major traffic congestion and delays to tram services. With the emergence of the first
trolleybus line in Shenyang, the development of the tram gradually gave way to the trolleybus. On August 1, 1974, the last tram lines from
Shenyang Railway Station to Taiqinggong were removed.
History • 1925 - Electric tram started running from 15 March. • 1945 - Total six routes opened as a maximum extension of the network. • 1974- The last tram ran. • 2013 - Tram returned as modern system. ==Fleet==