The Guernsey Railway opened as the Guernsey Steam Tramway on 6 June 1879 with two steam tram engine

Tram engine

A tram engine is a locomotive specially built, or modified, to work on a street, or roadside, tramway.-Steam tram engines:In the steam locomotive era, tram engines had to comply with certain legal requirements, although these varied from country to country:* The engine must be governed to a maximum...

s, more being added later. It was later converted to an electric tramway

Tram

A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

, which began working on 20 February 1892. The system closed on 9 June 1934. This leaves Alderney

Alderney

Alderney is the most northerly of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The area is , making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick...

 as the only Channel Island with a working railway

Alderney Railway

The Alderney Railway in Alderney is the only working railway in the Channel Islands. It opened in 1847 and runs for about two miles , mostly following a coastal route, from Braye Road to Mannez Quarry and Lighthouse....

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List of steam tram engines:

• arr. = date arrived in Guernsey

The line was electrified in 1892 by Siemens

Siemens

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