From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from List of light-rail transit systems)
See also: List of metro systems
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2013) |
 |
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: multiple list and/or table formats, repetition of same entries in different formats. (May 2013) |
The following is a list of cities that currently have heritage tram, tram, or light rail systems as part of their public transport system.
Contents |
Africa [edit]
| Location | Country | Name | Opening | Stations | Length (km) | Length (mi) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algiers |  Algeria |
Algiers tramway[1]
see also Trams in Algiers for 1st generation tram network |
2011 | 29 | 16 | 9.9 | Light Rail |
| Oran | Algeria |
Oran tramway | 2013 | 32 | 18.7 | 11.6 | Light Rail |
| Cairo |  Egypt |
Trams in Greater Cairo | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alexandria | Egypt |
Trams in Alexandria | 1863 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rabat |  Morocco |
Rabat-Salé tramway[2] | 2011 | 31 | 19 | 12 | Light Rail |
| Casablanca | Morocco |
Casablanca tramway | 2012 | 47 | 31 | 19 | Light Rail |
| Tunis |  Tunisia |
Métro léger de Tunis | 1985 | 66 | 0 | 0 | Light Rail |
Asia [edit]
See also: Trams in Asia
Japan [edit]
- Fukui[15] – Fukui Railway (Interurban streetcar)
- Hakodate – Hakodate City Transportation Bureau[16] (tramway)
- Hiroshima – Hiroshima Electric Railway[17] (tramway with LRVs)
- Kagoshima – Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau (tramway)
- Kamakura, Fujisawa – Enoshima Electric Railway (light rail)
- 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 (light rail)
- Matsuyama – Iyo Railway (tramway)
- Nagasaki – Nagasaki Electric Tramway (tramway)
- Okayama – Okayama Electric Tramway (tramway)
- Osaka, Sakai – Hankai Electric Tramway (light rail)
- Ōtsu – Keishin Line, Ishiyama Sakamoto Line (Interurban light rail) operated by Keihan Electric Railway
- Sapporo – Sapporo Street Car (tramway) operated by Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
- Takaoka, Imizu – Manyōsen Corporation (tramway)
- Tokyo - Tokyo Toden (Trams in 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
Turkey (Asian part) [edit]
See the Europe section of this list for systems located in that part of Turkey
- Adana - light metro
- Ankara, Ankaray - light metro
- Antalya - heritage tram and Antray - modern tram
- Bursa, Bursaray - light metro & heritage tram
- Eskişehir - tram
- Gaziantep - tram
- Istanbul (Asian section) - Istanbul nostalgic tram (one line in Asian section of city, one in European section); Istanbul modern tram see the Europe section of this list for all other Istanbul tram and light-rail lines, see also Trams in Istanbul for 1st generation tram network.
- Izmir - light metro
- Kayseri - Kayseray - tram
- Konya - tram
- Samsun - tram
Europe [edit]
See also: Trams in Europe, Trams in Germany, Transportation in Italy, Transportation in the Netherlands, List of town tramway systems in Romania, and List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom
Austria [edit]
Czech Republic [edit]
France [edit]
- Angers – Tramway d'Angers
- Bordeaux – Bordeaux tramway
- Brest – Brest Tramway
- Clermont-Ferrand – Tramway de Clermont-Ferrand (Translohr-type)
- Dijon – Dijon Tramway
- Grenoble – Tramway de Grenoble
- Île-de-France (Paris) – Tramways in Paris
- Le Havre – Tramway du Havre
- Le Mans[18] – Tramway du Mans
- Lille to Roubaix and Tourcoing – Tramway de Lille
Germany [edit]
See also: Trams in Germany
Light rail (Stadtbahn or Straßenbahn) [edit]
- Baden-Baden, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim (linked as Stadtbahn Karlsruhe/Karlsruher Modell)
- Bielefeld – Bielefeld Stadtbahn
- Bochum, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Krefeld, Mülheim an der Ruhr (linked as Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr) – Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
- Bonn, Cologne (Köln), Siegburg (linked as Stadtbahn Köln/Bonn) – Cologne Stadtbahn
- Bremen – Bremer Straßenbahn
- Frankfurt – Frankfurt U-Bahn
- Hanover – Hanover Stadtbahn
- Jena
- Kassel
- Karlsruhe - Karlsruhe Stadtbahn
- Saarbrücken
- Stuttgart – Stuttgart Stadtbahn
Tram [edit]
- Bad Schandau – Kirnitzschtalbahn
- Berlin – Berlin tram
- Bochum
- Bonn
- Braunschweig - Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG
- Darmstadt
- Dresden – Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe
- Duisburg
- Düsseldorf
- Essen
- Frankfurt am Main – Trams in Frankfurt am Main
- Frankfurt (Oder) (although Line 4 is built to light-rail specifications)
- Freiburg im Breisgau – Freiburger Verkehrs AG
- Gelsenkirchen
- Gotha
- Halle
- Herne
- Kassel
- Karlsruhe
- Leipzig
- Mainz
- Mannheim
- Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Munich - Munich tramway
- Nuremberg
- Oberhausen
- Plauen
- Potsdam
- Rostock
- Schöneiche
- Schwerin
- Strausberg
- Ulm
- Würzburg
- Woltersdorf
- Zwickau
On German Wikipedia there is a full list with details.
Hungary [edit]
- 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
Isle of Man [edit]
Italy [edit]
- Bergamo
- Cagliari
- Florence – Trams in Florence
- Messina – Trams in Messina
- Mestre (Translohr-type)
- Milan – Trams in Milan
- Naples – Trams in Naples
- Padua (Translohr-type)
- Rome – Trams in Rome
- Sassari – Sassari Tram-train
- Soprabolzano–Renon–Collalbo – The Rittnerbahn
- Turin – Trams in Turin
- Trieste – Opicina Tramway
Netherlands [edit]
- 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)
- Utrecht "sneltram" – Currently operated by Connexxion, Qbuzz will take over operations from December 2011[19]
Poland [edit]
- Bydgoszcz - city trams
- Częstochowa - city trams
- Elbląg - city trams
- Gdańsk - city trams
- Gorzów Wielkopolski - city trams
- Upper Silesia – Silesian Interurbans
- Grudziądz - city trams
- Kraków
- Łódź city trams (also nearby cities of Pabianice and Zgierz connected)
- Poznań
- Szczecin - city trams
- Toruń
- Tricity - Szybka Kolej Miejska
- Warsaw
- Tramwaje Warszawskie (city trams)
- Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa (suburban light rail)
- Wrocław
Portugal [edit]
- Almada–Seixal – Metro Sul do Tejo light rail
- Costa da Caparica–Transpraia
- Lisboa – Carris
- Pedras del Rei, Algarve
- Satuo, Oeiras
- Porto – Metro do Porto and STCP heritage tram system
- Sintra[20]
Romania [edit]
- Arad
- Botoşani
- Brăila
- Bucharest – RATB (tramway and light rail)
- Cluj-Napoca – RATUC
- Craiova
- Galaţi
- Iaşi – RATP
- Oradea – OTL
- Reşiţa
- Ploieşti
- Sibiu
- Timişoara
Russia [edit]
|
Complete list:[21]
Spain [edit]
- Alicante – Alicante Tram (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana)
- Barcelona (Trambaix and Trambesòs)
- Bilbao – EuskoTran
- Madrid – Metro Ligero
- Murcia
- Parla (A municipality of the Madrid Metropolitan Area) – Tranvía de Parla
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Tenerife Tram
- Seville – MetroCentro tramway
- Sóller – Puerto de Sóller
- Valencia – Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Vélez-Málaga
- Zaragoza - Zaragoza tram
Slovakia [edit]
- Bratislava (since 1895)
- Košice
- Poprad-Štrbské Pleso (Tatra Electric Railway)
- Štrba-Štrbské Pleso (Štrbské Pleso – Štrba rack railway)
- Trenčianska Teplá-Trenčianske Teplice
Sweden [edit]
- Gothenburg – Gothenburg tram
- Lidingö – Lidingöbanan
- Malmö – heritage tramway
- Norrköping – Norrköping tramway
- Stockholm – Spårväg city/Djurgårdslinjen, Nockebybanan, Tvärbanan
Turkey (European part) [edit]
See the Asia section of this list for all others
- Istanbul (European part of city) - Istanbul LRT, Istanbul modern tram, Istanbul nostalgic tram (one line in European part of city and one line in Asian part); see also Trams in Istanbul for old tram network
Ukraine [edit]
- Avdiivka
- Dniprodzerzhynsk
- Dnipropetrovsk
- Donetsk
- Druzhkivka
- Eupatoria, tram
- Horlivka
- Kiev – tram and light rail
- Kharkiv
- Konotop
- Kostiantynivka
- Kramatorsk
- Kryvyi Rih – Kryvyi Rih Metrotram
- Luhansk
- Lviv – Lviv tram
- Mariupol
- Mykolaiv
- Odessa
- Vinnytsia
- Yenakiieve
- Zaporizhia
- Zhytomyr
North America [edit]
See also: Streetcars in North America and Light rail in North America
Systems using modern vehicles [edit]
Heritage streetcar systems (all in U.S.) [edit]
The following systems provide regular transit service year-round and daily, using vintage or faux-vintage streetcars. For heritage streetcar lines with more limited service, see Streetcars in North America.
- Dallas, Texas – McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
- Kenosha, Wisconsin – Kenosha Transit / Kenosha Streetcar service
- Little Rock to North Little Rock, Arkansas – River Rail Streetcar
- Memphis, Tennessee – Memphis Area Transit Authority Trolley
- New Orleans, Louisiana – St. Charles Avenue Streetcar
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – SEPTA Route 15 (Girard Avenue Trolley)
- San Francisco, California – F Market, San Francisco cable car system
- San Pedro, Los Angeles, California – Port of LA Waterfront Red Car Line
- Tampa, Florida – TECO Line Streetcar System
Oceania [edit]
See also: Trams in Australia and Trams in New Zealand
| Location | Country | Name | Opening | Stations | Length (km) | Length (mi) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide |  Australia |
Glenelg Tram | 1873 | 15 | 9.3 | ||
| Ballarat | Australia |
Trams in Ballarat | 0 | 0 | Heritage tramway | ||
| Bendigo | Australia |
Trams in Bendigo | 0 | 0 | Heritage tramway | ||
| Melbourne | Australia |
Trams in Melbourne | 1906 | 250 | 160 | ||
| Perth | Australia |
Whiteman Park | 4 | 2.5 | Heritage tramway | ||
| Sydney | Australia |
Metro Light Rail | 1997 | 7.2 | 4.5 | Light Rail | |
| Christchurch |  New Zealand |
heritage tramway | 0 | 0 | Heritage tramway |
South America [edit]
| Location | Country | Name | Opening | Stations | Length (km) | Length (mi) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires |  Argentina |
PreMetro, Tranvía del Este, Caballito heritage tram, Quilmes Historic Tram, see also Trams in Buenos Aires for previous tram network | 1987, 2007, 1980, 2010 | 17, 3, 2, 1 | 7.4 | 4.6 | Light Rail |
| Mendoza | Argentina |
Metrotranvía de Mendoza | 2012 | 16 | 12.5 | 7.8 | Light Rail |
| Crato |  Brazil |
Cariri Metro | 2009 | 9 | 13.6 | 8.5 | Light Rail |
| Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
Santa Teresa Tram | 1877 | 6 | 3.7 | Heritage tramway | |
| Santos | Brazil |
Santos Heritage Tram | 0 | 0 | Heritage tramway |
See also [edit]
- Tram and light-rail transit systems
- List of town tramway systems (all-time list)
- List of metro systems
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- List of rail transit systems in the United States (current systems only)
- List of United States light rail systems by ridership
- List of trolleybus systems
- Medium-capacity rail transport system
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gRmjq5v2XKQ0Rjavh6VTDbcQ_Eiw?docId=CNG.526e791b2e6e203d08bcbb0308c6c8bc.431
- ^ "Rabat Trams: Routes and times". Railways Africa website. Railways Africa Magazine. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ "Getting Around Changchun".
- ^ "Getting Around Changchun".
- ^ "Getting Around Dalian".
- ^ "Why TEDA-Location and Transportation (See Introduction to the Light Rail section)".
- ^ "MTR Light Rail and Bus Services".
- ^ "MTR Light Rail and Bus Services".
- ^ "Mashhad Light Rail".
- ^ "Jerusalem Light Rail Project".
- ^ "About the City (mentions tram)".
- ^ http://www.subways.net/kazakstan/
- ^ http://www.subways.net/kazakstan/
- ^ "Tashkent Subway".
- ^ "Fukutetsu (Japanese)".
- ^ "Hakodate city tram". Retrieved 2009-08-01.[dead link]
- ^ "Hiroshima HIRODEN streetcars". Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2008/01/8062/le_mans_light_rail_takes_off.html
- ^ "Qbuzz wins Utrecht sneltram concession". Railway Gazette International. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ Sintra tramway Sintra Câmara Municipal (Sintra Town Hall) website. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ World Systems List of LRT, Tramways and Metros K-O
- ^ Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F
- ^ http://www.seattlestreetcar.org/slu.htm
External links [edit]
- 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
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia content is licensed under the GNU Free Document License or Creative Commons CC-BY-SA
Loading...
Top Videos
Latest Videos
Here you can share your comments or contribute with more information, content, resources or links about this topic.