List of tram and light-rail transit systems
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The following is a list of cities that have tram / light-rail systems as part of their public transport system.
See also:
- List of United States Light Rail systems by ridership
- List of town tramway systems
- List of rapid transit systems
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- List of trolleybus systems
[edit] Asia
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- New Delhi - Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System
- Mumbai - Mumbai Metro
- Bengaluru - Namma Metro
- Kolkata - CTC
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Light rail transit systems in Japan
- Fukui - Fukui Railway (Interurban streetcar)
- Hakodate - Hakodate City Transportation Bureau (tramway)
- Hiroshima - Hiroshima Electric Railway (tramway with LRV's)
- Kagoshima - Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau (tramway)
- Kamakura, Fujisawa - Enoshima Electric Railway (tramway consist of private right of way)
- Kitakyūshū - Chikuhō Electric Railroad (tramway consist of private right of way)
- Kōchi - Tosa Electric Railway (tramway)
- Kumamoto - Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (tramway)
- Kyoto - Keifuku Electric Railroad (tramway mainly consist of private right of way)
- Matsuyama - Iyo Railway (tramway)
- Nagasaki - Nagasaki Electric Tramway (tramway)
- Okayama - Okayama Electric Tramway (tramway)
- Osaka, Sakai - Hankai Electric Tramway (tramway)
- Ōtsu - Keishin Line, Ishiyama Sakamoto Line (Interurban streetcar) operated by Keihan Electric Railway
- Sapporo - Sapporo Street Car (tramway) operated by Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
- Takaoka, Shinminato - Manyō Line Corporation (tramway)
- Tokyo
- - Toden Arakawa Line (tramway) operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- - Tōkyū Setagaya Line (tramway consist of private right of way) operated by Tokyu Corporation
- Toyama
- - Toyama City Line (tramway) operated by Toyama Chihō Railway
- - Toyama Light Rail (from 29 April 2006)
- Toyohashi - Toyohashi City Line (tramway) operated by Toyohashi Railroad
[edit] Proposed Light Rail Systems in Japan
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- Manila - Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT) (two lines),
- Manila Metro Rail Transit System (MRT)
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- Yongin - EverLine Rapid Transit System (LRT)
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- Keelung - Keelung Light Rapid Transit (proposed)
[edit] Africa
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- Cairo - trams
- Alexandria - trams
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- Abuja - Phase 1 to be completed 2007 [4]
- Calabar - Monorail is being developed [5]
- Lagos - This is being developed [6] by Lemna International [7][8]
- Port Harcourt - This is being developed [9]
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[edit] Europe
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- Gmunden, Gmunden-Vorchdorf, Vorchdorf-Lambach, Lambach-Haag, Vöcklamarkt-Attersee
- Graz
- Innsbruck
- Linz, Linz-Pöstlingberg, Linz-Waizenkirchen
- Salzburg
- Wien (Vienna), Wien-Baden
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- Antwerp, operated by De Lijn
- Brussels, operated by MIVB/STIB
- Charleroi, operated by TEC
- Ghent, operated by De Lijn
- Belgian Coast Tram, operated by De Lijn
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Light rail transit systems in France
- Bordeaux - Tramway de Bordeaux
- Clermont-Ferrand - Tramway de Clermont-Ferrand
- Grenoble - Tramway de Grenoble
- Île-de-France (Paris) - Tramways in Paris
- Lille to Roubaix to Tourcoing - Transpole
- Lyon - Tramways in Lyon
- Marseille - Tramway de Marseille
- Montpellier - Tramway de Montpellier
- Mulhouse - Tramway de Mulhouse
- Nantes - Tramway de Nantes
- Nice - Tramway de Nice (Under Construction)
- Orléans - Tramway d'Orléans
- Rouen - Tramway de Rouen
- Saint-Etienne - Tramway de Saint-Etienne
- Strasbourg - Tramways in Strasbourg
- Valenciennes - Tramway de Valenciennes
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Light rail transit systems in Germany (Jan. 2003)
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- Baden-Baden, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim (linked as Stadtbahn Karlsruhe/Karlsruher Modell)
- Bielefeld
- Bochum, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Krefeld, Mülheim an der Ruhr (linked as Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr)
- Bonn, Cologne(Köln), Siegburg (linked as Stadtbahn Köln/Bonn)
- Frankfurt (Frankfurt U-Bahn is also technically a light rail transit system, see also Frankfurt Transit)
- Hanover
- Kassel
- Saarbrücken
- Stuttgart
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- Berlin
- Bochum
- Bonn
- Darmstadt
- Duisburg
- Düsseldorf
- Essen
- Frankfurt am Main
- Frankfurt (Oder) (although Line 4 is built to light-rail specifications)
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Gelsenkirchen
- Herne
- Kassel
- Leipzig
- Mainz
- Mannheim
- Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Munich
- Oberhausen
- ~50 others [10]
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- Budapest – tram lines operated by BKV
- Debrecen – tram lines operated by DKV
- Miskolc – tram lines operated by MVK Rt.
- Szeged – tram lines operated by SzKT
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- Dublin - Luas (operated by Veolia Transport)
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Light rail transit systems in Italy (July 2006)
- Genova (closed but under consideration)
- Firenze (under construction)
- L'Aquila (projected translohr)
- Messina
- Milano
- Napoli
- Padova (translohr)
- Roma
- Sassari
- Soprabolzano - Renon - Collalbo
- Torino
- Trieste - Opicina Tramway
- Venezia (translohr under construction)
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- Amsterdam - Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB)
- Rotterdam - Rotterdamse Elektrische Tramweg Maatschappij (RET)
- The Hague, Delft - Haagsche Tramweg Maatschappij (HTM)
- The Hague, Zoetermeer - Randstadrail HTM Personenvervoer (HTM)
- The Hague, Rotterdam - Randstadrail Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET)
- Gouda, Alphen aan den Rijn - Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), project of RijnGouweLijn (RGL) - partly shares tracks with NS-rapid transit
- Utrecht - Connexxion (NS-Sneltram)
- Houten - Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) in collaboration with (HTM)
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- Bergen - Bergen Light Rail (scheduled to open in 2010)
- Oslo - Oslo Tramway
- Trondheim - Trondheim Tramway
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- Bydgoszcz
- Częstochowa
- Elbląg
- Gdańsk
- Gorzów Wielkopolski
- Upper Silesia - Silesian Interurbans
- Grudziądz
- Kraków
- Łódź (also nearby cities of Pabianice and Zgierz connected)
- Poznań - Poznański Szybki Tramwaj
- Szczecin
- Toruń
- Warsaw - Tramwaje Warszawskie (city trams), Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa (suburban light rail)
- Wrocław
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Light rail transit systems in Spain and Portugal
- Lisboa
- Porto (Metro do Porto)
- Margem Sul (Metro Sul do Tejo)
- Additional light urban rail plans in course for Coimbra and Faro
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- Arad
- Botoşani
- Braşov
- Brăila
- Bucharest (includes both a high-density tram network and a modern light rail network)
- Constanţa
- Cluj-Napoca
- Galaţi
- Iaşi
- Oradea
- Reşiţa
- Ploieşti
- Sibiu
- Timişoara
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- Achinsk
- Angarsk
- Arkhangelsk
- Astrakhan
- Barnaul
- Biysk
- Chelyabinsk
- Cherepovets
- Cheryomushki
- Dzerzhinsk
- Groznyi
- Irkutsk
- Ivanovo
- Izhevsk
- Kaliningrad
- Kazan
- Kemerovo
- Khabarovsk
- Kolomna
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- Krasnoarmeysk
- Krasnodar
- Krasnoturinsk
- Krasnoyarsk
- Kursk
- Lipetsk
- Magnitogorsk
- Moscow
- Naberezhnye Chelny
- Nizhnekamsk
- Nizhniy Tagil
- Noginsk
- Novocherkassk
- Novokuznetsk
- Novosibirsk
- Novotroitsk
- Omsk
- Orel
- Orsk
- Osinniki
- Perm
- Prokopyevsk
- Pyatigorsk
- Rostov-on-Don
- Ryazan
- St. Petersburg (Tramways in Saint Petersburg)
- Salavat
- Samara
- Saratov
- Smolensk
- Stary Oskol
- Taganrog
- Tomsk
- Tula
- Tver
- Ufa
- Ulan-Ude
- Ulyanovsk
- Usolye Sibirskoye
- Ust-Ilimsk
- Ust-Katav
- Vladikavkaz
- Vladivostok
- Volchansk
- Volgograd (Metrotram system)
- Volzhsky
- Voronezh
- Yaroslavl
- Yekaterinburg
- Zlatoust
Complete list: [11]
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- Belgrade - Belgrade Light Metro (Under construction - the first line will be finished in 2013)
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Light rail transit systems in Spain and Portugal
- Alicante - Alicante Tram (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana)
- Barcelona (Trambaix and Trambesòs)
- Bilbao - EuskoTran
- Madrid - Metro Ligero
- Parla (A municipality of the Madrid Metropolitan Area - Tranvía de Parla
- Seville - Seville metro (Under construction - The first line will be finished in 2007.)
- Valencia - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana
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- Bratislava
- Košice
- Poprad-Štrbské Pleso (Tatra Electric Railway)
- Štrba-Štrbské Pleso (Štrbské Pleso - Štrba rack railway)
- Trenčianska Teplá-Trenčianske Teplice
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- Gothenburg - Gothenburg tram
- Lidingö - Lidingöbanan
- Malmö - touristic tramway
- Norrköping - Norrköping tramway
- Stockholm - Djurgårdslinjen, Nockebybanan, Tvärbanan
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- Ankara, see Ankara Metro
- Antalya
- Bursa, see Bursaray
- Eskişehir
- İstanbul, see Marmaray and Istanbul Metro
- Konya
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- Eupatoria, tram
- Kiev - tram and fast tram
- Kharkiv
- Konotop, the smallest town with a stand-alone tram
- Kryvyi Rih - Kryvyi Rih Metrotram
- Lviv - Lviv tram
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- For a more extensive list including closed systems, see List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom
- Belfast - future EWAY, WWAY, CITI, SupeRoute
- Birmingham to Wolverhampton - Midland Metro
- Blackpool - Blackpool tramway
- Crich - preserved National Tramway Museum
- Edinburgh - future Edinburgh tram network
- Leeds - proposed Leeds Supertram
- London - Tramlink, Docklands Light Railway
- Manchester - Manchester Metrolink (UK's Largest)
- Nottingham - Nottingham Express Transit
- Seaton, Devon - preserved Seaton Tramway
- Tyne and Wear - Tyne and Wear Metro
- Sheffield - Sheffield Supertram
[edit] Oceania
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Existing:
- Melbourne - Trams in Melbourne - Second largest tram system in the world
- Sydney - Metro Light Rail
- Adelaide - Glenelg Tramway, O-Bahn (guided busway)
Proposed:
- Brisbane - inner city area (numerous proposals)
- Gold Coast - Gold Coast Light Rail
- Fraser Island
[edit] North America
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- Calgary, Alberta - C-Train
- Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Light Rail Transit
- Ottawa, Ontario - O-Train (diesel-powered pilot project)
- Toronto, Ontario - Toronto streetcar system
- Vancouver, British Columbia - Evergreen Line (proposed)
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- Guadalajara – tren eléctrico urbano, running from north to south, with terminals in both sides of the outer ring, through the Colón-Federalismo avenue. SITEUR [12]
- Mexico City – Xochimilco–Tasqueña tren ligero [13]
- Monterrey [14]
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[edit] Current and future light-rail systems
- Baltimore, Maryland – Baltimore Light Rail
- Boston, Massachusetts – MBTA Green Line
- Buffalo, New York – Buffalo Metro Rail
- Camden, New Jersey to Trenton, New Jersey – River Line
- Charlotte, North Carolina – Lynx Light Rail
- Cleveland, Ohio – RTA Blue and Green Lines
- Dallas, Texas – Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail
- Denver, Colorado – TheRide
- Galveston, Texas – Island Transit
- Houston, Texas – METRO Light Rail
- Hudson County, New Jersey – Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
- Kansas City, Missouri – Heartland Light Rail System (passed on November 7, 2006 ballot)[15]
- Kenosha, Wisconsin – Kenosha Transit
- Los Angeles, California – LACMTA Blue Line, Green Line, and Gold Line
- Memphis, Tennessee - MATA Trolley Line
- Minneapolis, Minnesota – Hiawatha Line
- New Orleans, Louisiana – New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA)
- Newark, New Jersey – Newark City Subway
- Norfolk, Virginia - Tide Light Rail (scheduled opening in 2009)
- Oceanside, California - SPRINTER (scheduled to open December 2007)
- Phoenix, Arizona – Valley Metro Rail (scheduled opening in 2008)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines and Suburban Trolley Lines
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh Light Rail ("The T")
- Portland, Oregon – MAX Light Rail, Portland Streetcar
- Sacramento, California – Sacramento Regional Transit District Blue and Gold Lines
- St. Louis, Missouri – St. Louis Metrolink
- Salt Lake City, Utah – UTA TRAX
- Sacramento, California – Regional Transit Light Rail
- San Diego, California – San Diego Trolley
- San Francisco, California – Muni Metro
- San Jose, California – Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
- Seattle, Washington – Sound Transit Central Link (scheduled to open 2009)
- Tacoma, Washington – Sound Transit Tacoma Link
[edit] Proposed light rail systems
- Albuquerque, New Mexico – Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project
- Arlington, Virginia – Columbia Pike Transit Alternative
- Atlanta, Georgia – Atlanta Inner Core Transit Feasibility Study
- Atlanta, Georgia – Atlanta Streetcar
- Atlanta, Georgia – Belt Line
- Austin, Texas – Capital MetroRail
- Baltimore, Maryland - Red Line to connect to Baltimore's existing light rail
- Bangor, Maine – Bangor to Trenton Transportation Alternatives Study
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Baton Rouge Area Transportation Solutions
- Bellevue, Washington – Eastside Rail
- Birmingham, Alabama – Birmingham Regional Transportation Alternatives Analysis
- Boston, Massachusetts- MBTA Green Line Ball Square/Union Square extension
- Charleston, South Carolina – Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority
- Chicago, Illinois – Chicago Transit Authority
- Cincinnati, Ohio – Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
- Columbus, Ohio – Central Ohio Transit Authority NOTE: scrapped as of 2006
- Corpus Christi, Texas – Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority
- Detroit, Michigan – Downtown Detroit to Metro Airport Rapid Transit Alternative Analysis Study
- El Paso, Texas – Sun Metro Area Rapid Transit Line
- Fort Worth, Texas – Fort Worth Transportation Authority
- Grand Canyon, Arizona – Grand Canyon Transit
- Greenville, South Carolina to connect ICAR to Downtown Greenville
- Honolulu, Hawaii – Oahu Transit Services
- Houston, Texas – Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas – A 60-mile expansion of its current light rail system.
- Jacksonville, Florida – Jacksonville Transportation Authority Transportation Alternatives Study
- Los Angeles, California – Friends 4 Expo Transit and Metro Gold Line Construction Authority
- Louisville, Kentucky – Transportation Tomorrow
- Madison, Wisconsin – Transport 2020
- Miami, Florida – Trafficrelief (People's Transportation Plan)
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Milwaukee County Transit System
- Minneapolis, Minnesota – Central Corridor and Southwest Corridor (Minnesota Department of Transportation Light Rail)
- New York, New York – Staten Island Light Rail
- New York, New York – vision42
- Newark, New Jersey to Elizabeth, New Jersey – Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link (New Jersey Transit)
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - METRO Transit – Downtown Trolley [16]
- Orange, California – Orange County Transportation Authority (shelved as of October 2005 due to lack of federal funding)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – light rail system to the Delaware River and sports complex via one of the following: [17]
- extension of SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines
- new PATCO trolley system from presently abandoned Franklin Square station
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – extension of Pittsburgh Light Rail from Downtown to North Shore by 2010; extension to other neighborhoods proposed
- Raleigh, North Carolina – Triangle Transit Authority
- Richmond, Virginia – GRTC Transit System
- Rochester, New York – Rochester Rail Transit Committee
- San Antonio, Texas – VIA Metropolitan Transit
- Seattle, Washington - Roads and Transit
- Spokane, Washington – Spokane Regional Light Rail
- Tucson, Arizona – Tucsonans for Sensible Transportation (ballot proposal defeated in 2003/2004)
[edit] Heritage streetcar systems
- Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte Trolley
- Dallas, Texas – McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
- Detroit, Michigan - Detroit Citizen's Railway - first heritage trolley line in North America (1976), dismantled 2003
- Galveston, Texas – Island Transit (Texas) – Galveston Island Trolley
- Little Rock to North Little Rock, Arkansas – River Rail Streetcar
- Memphis, Tennessee – Memphis Area Transit Authority
- New Orleans, Louisiana – St. Charles Avenue Streetcar
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – SEPTA Route 15 (Girard Avenue Trolley)
- Portland, Oregon – Portland Vintage Trolley, Willamette Shore Trolley
- San Francisco, California – F Market, San Francisco cable car system
- Tampa, Florida – TECO Line Streetcar System
- Tucson, Arizona – Old Pueblo Trolley
[edit] Caribbean
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- San Juan to Caguas - Light interurban rail (planning stages)
[edit] South America
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- Buenos Aires
- Light-Rail: Tren de la Costa
- Tram: Premetro
- Historic Heritage Tram: Caballito (tourist operation on weekends)
- Tranvía del Este (Puerto Madero Tramway)
- Proposed extencion of Puerto Madero Tramway to major rail terminals; Retiro and Constitución
- Proposed Heritage Tram: San Telmo
- Mendoza - Urban Ferro Tram (Ferro Tranvía Urbano) (planning stages)
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- Rio de Janeiro - The Santa Teresa Historic Tramway
- Santos - Santos Historic Tramway
- Belém - Heritage Tram (under construction)
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- Lima - Heritage Tram
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- North American Light Rail System Maps & Details
- World list of Light Rail, Trams and Metros at Light Rail Transit Association website
- World Rail Transit List
