The sharp increase of urbanization’s rates at the end of the XIXth century has caused a requirement to build public transport’s system, which would be characterized by large transportation capacity and, simultaneously, by low operational costs. In order to search successful decision of this problem the Russian engineers used American experience and with financial support of foreign transport companies in big cities of the Russian Empire were built urban electrical railroad’s (tram’s) systems, which has given an opportunity to solve a problem of transport service of inhabitants for the long period of time.

Key words: urbanization, increase in the industry, urban public transport, tram, transport companies, economic indicators.