Ploiești Tramway

The tram in Ploiești was built in 1987 (some sources cite start of construction in 1986) as part of the tram systems that opened in 1980s Romania, and it had at its opening 6 routes.

The tram was built in a hurry due to Elena Ceaușescu's visit to the town, explaining the bad quality of the tram tracks and the "destruction" of the asphalt next to the tram tracks, according to the town's last communist mayor, Alexandru Apostol.

In the 2010s the quality of the tram tracks was considered so bad, that modernisation works were started around 2014.

In 2016 the tram system was reopened, with modernised and up to date infrastructure.

At the opening in 1987 the fleet consisted of Timiș 2 (made by Electrometal Timișoara) and V3A (made by ITB București Main Workshops) trams, but most were retired by the late 1990s and early 2000s.