[1] The first section of the network opened in 1909 as the "Sapporo Stone Horsecar Railway" (札幌石材馬車鉄道, Sapporo sekizai basha tetsudō); it was electrified in 1918.

Since 2020, it has been managed by a subsidiary company, Sapporo Transportation Service Promotion Corporation (札幌市交通事業振興公社, Sapporo-shi kōtsū jigyō shinkō kōsha).

[2] At its peak in 1958, the network was 25 kilometers (16 mi) in length with 11 lines and 7 routes.

However, the network shrank due to increased automobile ownership and the opening of the Sapporo Municipal Subway.

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