A proposal for the construction of an electric tram line was submitted to the Zemstvo Assembly from the Aleksandriv City Duma.
According to the project of the Odesa businessman Brodsky, the line was supposed to run from the city through the Schoenwiese colony to the station of the Kursk-Kharkiv-Sevastopol railway.
The idea was received positively, but the matter did not reach construction[2] Later, attempts to arrange a tram in Aleksandriv were also accepted by the mayor Felix Movchanovsky.
They considered Mr. Niebuhr's project to connect the city with the Aleksandriv Sanatorium by electric tram.
With the beginning of the construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, the issue of transportation for the city's residents arose, because of the town's rapid growth.
On 17 July 1932, at 05:00 in the morning, the first carriages started regular flights between the old city (from Volya Square) and the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.
[4] The trams at this time had steering wheels at the back and front, the driver changed positions at the terminuses.
[9] During the year following the liberation of the city from the German troops, work continued on the restoration of the tram system.
[10] In the months following the war, 35 km of track and contact network were rebuilt, a traction substation was put into operation, and 10 wagons were repaired.
[17] In 1988, the Zaporizhia Tram and Trolleybus Administration (ZTTU) received a batch of 20 new-generation Tatra T6B5 cars with a thyristor-impulse control system.
In 2000, the Zaporizhia Executive Committee headed by the newly elected mayor Oleksandr Polyak initiated the liquidation of the tram line on Lenin Avenue (Soborny) on the section from Lermontov Street to the river port.
This decision was opposed by labor groups, public organizations, residents of the city, and the body of deputies.
[18] However, a year later, on 25 September 2002, the Zaporizhia City Council of the next convocation decided to stop tram traffic.
The proliferation of private automobiles, various municipal financial issues and the growth of informal forms of transport caused ridership and demand to decline.
In April 2005, the tram crossing at the intersection of Lermontova Street and Soborny Avenue was reconstructed, with the track being paved with cast iron tiles.
[26] In 2012, at the initiative of People's Deputy of Ukraine Vyacheslav Boguslaev, cooperation between the enterprises "Motor Sich" and "Zaporizhelektrotrans" began.
In general, during the years 2012–2015, the Dnipro-Sich Bank provided 6,458,000 ₴ of financial support for major repairs of Tatra T6B5 trams.
[28] In February 2021, Zaporizhia Electrotrans, based on the results of open tenders, concluded a contract with LLC TD LITAN on the purchase of 12 Tatra KT4D tram cars for the amount of 38,156,400 ₴.
[29] Service continued on the tram system despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present) and extensive attacks on Zaporizhia.
Targeted strikes on Ukraine's infrastructure caused the city to reduce tram service in an attempt to conserve electricity.
On 23 February 2023, electric transport was fully restored in Zaporizhzhia, which had been operating in a reduced mode since 16 November 2022.
2 30 traction substations provide power for the contact network of tram and trolleybus lines of KP Zaporizhelektrotrans.