List of 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 town tramway (urban tramway, streetcar) systems, List of metro systems, List of suburban and commuter rail systems, List of cities with trolleybuses, List of cities that no longer have trolleybuses.

• Anshan
• Changchun
• Chongqing
• Dalian
• Tianjin
• Wuhan

• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Tramways, KCR Light Rail

• Kolkata - CTC

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)
• Kitakyushu - Chikuho Electric Railway (tramway consist of private right of way)
• Kochi - Tosa Electric Railway (tramway)
• Kumamoto - Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (tramway)
• Kyoto - Keifuku Electric Railway (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)*Otsu - Keishin Line, Ishiyama Sakamoto Line (Interurban streetcar) operated by Keihan Electric Railway
• Sapporo - Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (tramway)
• Takaoka, Shinminato - Manyou Line Coporation (tramway)
• Tokyo
• : - Toden Arakawa Line (tramway) operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
• : - Tokyu Setagaya Line (tramway consist of private right of way) operated by Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
• Toyama - Toyama City Line (tramway) operated by Toyama Regional Railway
• Toyama - Toyama Light Rail (from 29 April 2006)
• Toyohashi - Toyohashi City Line (tramway) operated by Toyohashi Railway

Proposed Light Rail Systems in Japan

• Kumamoto - Kumamoto Electoric Railway
• Kyoto
• Toshima, Tokyo
• Utsunomiya

• Kuala Lumpur - Kelana Jaya Line (formerly Putra LRT), Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line (both formerly Star LRT)

• Cheongjin
• Pyongyang

• Manila - Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT) (two lines), Manila Mass Rail Transit System (MRT)

• Singapore - Bukit Panjang LRT Line, Sengkang LRT Line (partially open), Punggol LRT Line (partially open)

• Ankara
• Antalya
• Bursa
• Eskişehir
• İstanbul
• Konya

• Cairo - trams
• Alexandria - [trams]

• Tunis - [métro léger] - list of Tunis Métro stations

• Abuja - Phase 1 to be completed 2007 [link]
• Lagos - This is being developed [link] by Lemna International [link]

• Gmunden, Gmunden-Vorchdorf, Vorchdorf-Lambach, Lambach-Haag
• Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, Linz-Pöstlingberg
• Linz-Waizenkirchen, Salzburg, Vöcklamarkt-Attersee
• Wien (Vienna), Wien-Baden

• Minsk, Mazyr, Navapolack, Vitebsk

• Antwerp and Ghent, operated by De Lijn
• Brussels, operated by MIVB/STIB
• Charleroi, operated by TEC
• Belgian Coastal Tram, operated by De Lijn

• Sarajevo

• Sofia

• Osijek, Zagreb

• Brno
• České Budějovice
• Liberec
• Most-Litvínov
• Olomouc
• Ostrava
• Plzeň
• Prague

• Tallinn

• Helsinki: Helsinki tram

Light rail transit systems in France

• Bordeaux
• Caen - Guided Light Transit guided bus marketed as 'trams on tyres' (rubber tired trams)
• Clermont-Ferrand (under construction)
• Grenoble
• Île-de-France - T1 between Saint Denis and Bobigny; T2 between La Defense and Issy Plaine
• Lille to Roubaix to Tourcoing
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Montpellier
• Nancy - Guided Light Transit guided bus marketed as 'trams on tyres' (rubber tired trams)
• Nantes
• Orléans
• Paris
• Rouen
• Saint-Etienne
• Strasbourg
• Valenciennes

Light rail transit systems in Germany (Jan. 2003)

Light rail (Stadtbahn or Strassenbahn)

• 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 (U-Bahn is also technically a light rail transit system, see also Frankfurt Transit)
• Hanover
• Kassel
• Saarbrücken
• Stuttgart

Tram

• 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 [link]

• 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

• Dublin - Luas (operated by Connex)

• Genova, Genova-Casella, Messina, Milano, Napoli
• Napoli-Sorrento (Circumvesuviana), Roma, Soprabolzano, Torino
• Trento-Malé, Trieste

• Daugavpils, Liepaja, Riga

(see also Transportation in the Netherlands)

• Amsterdam - Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB)
• Rotterdam - Rotterdamse Electrische Tramweg Maatschappij (RET)
• The Hague, Delft - Haagsche Tramweg Maatschappij (HTM)
• Utrecht - Connexxion
• Houten - Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
• RijnGouweLijn - under construction; partly shares tracks with rapid transit

• Oslo, Oslotrikken, daughter company of Oslo Sporveier
• Trondheim, Gråkallbanen

• Bydgoszcz
• Częstochowa
• Elbląg
• Gdańsk
• Gorzów Wielkopolski
• Upper Silesia (most cities connected; see also Silesian Interurbans)
• Grudziądz
• Kraków
• Łódź (also nearby cities of Pabianice and Zgierz connected)
• Poznań (see also Poznański Szybki Tramwaj)
• Szczecin
• Toruń
• Warsaw
• Wrocław

• Lisboa
• Porto (Metro do Porto)
• Margem Sul (Metro Sul do Tejo)

• Arad
• Botoşani
• Braşov
• Brăila
• Bucharest (includes both a high-density tram network and a modern light rail network)
• Constanţa
• Cluj-Napoca
• Galaţi
• Iaşi
• Oradea
• Ploieşti
• Timişoara

• 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
• Salavat
• Samara
• Saratov
• Shakhty
• Smolensk
• Stary Oskol
• Taganrog
• Tomsk
• Tula
• Tver
• Ufa
• Ulan-Ude
• Ulyanovsk
• Usolye Sibirskoye
• Ust-Ilimsk
• Ust-Katav
• Vladikavkaz
• Vladivostok
• Volchansk
• Volgograd (Metrotram system)
• Volzhskiy
• Voronezh
• Yaroslavl
• Yekaterinburg
• Zlatoust

Complete list: [link]

• Belgrade

• Alicante - TRAM (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana)
• Barcelona (Trambaix and Trambesòs)
• Bilbao - EuskoTran
• Seville - Seville metro (Under construction - The first line will be finished in 2007.)
• Valencia - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana

• Bratislava, Košice, Poprad-Štrbské Pleso, Štrba-Štrbské Pleso, Trencianská Teplá-Trencianske Teplice

• Gothenburg - Gothenburg tram
• Lidingö - Lidingöbanan
• Norrköping
• Stockholm - Djurgårdslinjen, Nockebybanan, Tvärbanan

• Basel
• Bern
• Geneva
• Zürich

• Kyiv, tram and fast tram
• Kharkiv
• Konotop, the smallest town with a stand-alone tram
• Kryvyi Rih
• Lviv - Lviv tram
• And many others

• Birmingham to Wolverhampton - Midland Metro
• Blackpool - Blackpool tramway
• Edinburgh - future Edinburgh Tram Network
• Glasgow - Glasgow Subway
• Isle of Man - Douglas Horse Tram, Manx Electric Railway, Snaefell Mountain Railway
• Llandudno - Great Orme Tramway
• London - Docklands Light Railway, Tramlink
• Manchester - Manchester Metrolink
• Nottingham - Nottingham Express Transit
• Sheffield - Sheffield Supertram
• Sunderland and Tyneside - Tyne and Wear Metro

Existing:

• Melbourne - Trams in Melbourne
• Sydney - Metro Light Rail
• Adelaide - Glenelg Tramway
• Adelaide - O-Bahn (guided busway)
• Victor Harbor - Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram

Proposed:

• Brisbane - inner city area (numerous proposals)
• Gold Coast - Gold Coast Highway
• Fraser Island

• Christchurch (tourist tram service)

• Calgary, Alberta - C-Train
• Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Transit System
• Ottawa, Ontario - O-Train (diesel-powered pilot project)
• Toronto, Ontario - TTC Streetcars
• Vancouver, British Columbia - Evergreen Line (under construction)

• Guadalajara – tren eléctrico urbano, running from north to south, with terminals in both sides of the outer ring, through the Colón-Federalismo avenue. [SITEUR] [link]
• Mexico City – Xochimilco–Tasqueña tren ligero [link]
• Monterrey [link]

Metropolitan area	State	Main article	List of stations	Date opened	Official link	Other link
Boston	Massachusetts	Boston subway (or "T")	List	1856 (Note 1)	[MBTA]	[link]
New York	New Jersey	Newark City Subway	List	1935 (Note 2)	[New Jersey Transit]
		Hudson-Bergen Light Rail	List	2000
Rochester	New York	Rochester Subway (Note 3)		1927, closed 1956		[link]

• Baltimore, Maryland - Maryland Transit Administration runs MARC Train and Baltimore Light Rail
• Buffalo, New York - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Metro Rail
• Camden-Trenton, New Jersey - New Jersey Transit River LINE
• Cleveland, Ohio - Cleveland Rapid Transit (Blue and Green Lines)
• Dallas, Texas - Dallas Area Rapid Transit, (see also Tandy Center Subway)
• Denver, Colorado - Light rail run by the Regional Transportation District [link]
• Detroit, Michigan - Detroit Downtown Trolley (Note: As of 2003, the Detroit Downtown Trolley no longer operates)
• Galveston, Texas - Island Transit
• Houston, Texas - METRORail, operated by METRO
• Kenosha, Wisconsin - Kenosha Transit
• Little Rock, Arkansas - Central Arkansas Transit
• Los Angeles, California - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority [link]
• Minneapolis, Minnesota - Hiawatha Line, operated by the Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit
• * Historically: Twin City Rapid Transit (ca. 1872-1954)
• * See also: Light Rail in Minnesota
• Newark, New Jersey - Newark City Subway (New Jersey Transit)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - The T [link]
• Portland, Oregon - Metropolitan Area Express, operated by TriMet; Portland Streetcar operated by City of Portland
• Sacramento, California - Sacramento Regional Transit District
• St. Louis, Missouri - Metrolink, operated by the Bi-State Development Agency
• Salt Lake City, Utah - TRAX operated by the Utah Transit Authority
• San Diego, California - San Diego Trolley operated by the Metropolitan Transit System [link]
• San Francisco, California - Muni Metro, operated by San Francisco Municipal Railway
• San Jose, California - Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
• Tacoma, Washington - Sound Transit Tacoma Link

Proposed light rail systems

• Albuquerque, New Mexico - ARTP (Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project)
• Arlington, Virginia - Columbia Pike Transit Alternative)
• Atlanta, Georgia - AICTFS (Atlanta Inner Core Transit Feasibility Study)
• Atlanta, Georgia - NWCS (Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Northwest Connectivity Study)
• Austin, Texas - ASG (Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority All Systems Go! Project)
• Bangor, Maine BTTAS (Bangor to Trenton Transportation Alternatives Study)
• Birmingham, Alabama BRTAA (Birmingham Regional Transportation Alternatives Analysis)
• Charleston, South Carolina CARTA (Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority)(no info on site)
• Charlotte, North Carolina CATS (Charlotte Area Transit System)
• Chicago, Illinois CTA (Chicago Transit Authority)(no info on site)
• Cincinnati, Ohio SORTA (Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority)(no info on site)
• Columbus, Ohio Fast Trax (Central Ohio Transit Authority)
• Corpus Christi, Texas The B (Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority, CCRTA)(no info on site)
• Detroit, Michigan DDMA (Downtown Detroit to Metro Airport Rapid Transit Alternative Analysis Study)
• El Paso, Texas SMART (Sun Metro Area Rapid Transit Line)
• Fort Worth, Texas FWTA (Fort Worth Transportation Authority)
• Grand Canyon, Arizona GCT (Grand Canyon Transit)
• Jacksonville, Florida JTA (Jacksonville Transportation Authority Transportation Alternatives Study)
• Los Angeles, California F4ET (Friends 4 Expo Transit) and MGLCA (Metro Gold Line Construction Authority)
• Louisville, Kentucky T2 (Transportation Tomorrow)
• Madison, Wisconsin T2020 (Transport 2020)
• Miami, Florida Trafficrelief (People's Transportation Plan)
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin MCTS (Milwaukee County Transit System)(no info on site)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota Central Corridor (CC) and MNDOT (Minnesota Department of Transportation Light Rail)
• New York, New York [Vision42]
• Newark, New Jersey/Elizabeth, New Jersey Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link (New Jersey Transit)
• Norfolk, Virginia NLRP (Norfolk Light Rail Project)
• Oceanside, California NCTD (North County Transit District)
• Oklahoma City Metro Transit Downtown Trolley [link]
• Orange, California OCTA (Orange County Transportation Authority) (Note: as of October 2005, the project has been shelved by the OCTA due to lack of federal funding)
• Orlando, Florida CFR (Central Florida Rail)
• Phoenix, Arizona Valley Metro Rail (Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Project) under construction, scheduled opening in 2008
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania extension of The T from Downtown to North Shore by 2010; extension to other neighborhoods proposed
• Raleigh, North Carolina TTA (Triangle Transit Authority)
• Richmond, Virginia GRTC (GRTC Transit System)
• Rochester, New York RRTC (Rochester Rail Transit Committee)
• San Antonio, Texas VIA (VIA Metropolitan Transit)
• Spokane, Washington SRLR ([Spokane Regional Light Rail] / BRT also studied)
• Tucson, Arizona TST ([Tucsonans for Sensible Transportation]) Ballot Proposal Defeated in 2003/2004.

Link:

• [APTA Light Rail Lines Active & Proposed]

Heritage streetcar systems

• Atlanta, Georgia - Atlanta Streetcar
• Charlotte, North Carolina - Charlotte Trolley
• Dallas, Texas - McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
• Little Rock, North Little Rock, Arkansas - River Rail Streetcar
• Memphis, Tennessee - Memphis Area Transit Authority
• New Orleans, Louisiana - St. Charles Avenue Streetcar, operated by the Regional Transit Authority
• Portland, Oregon - Portland Vintage Trolley, Willamette Shore Trolley
• San Francisco, California - F Market, San Francisco cable car system
• Seattle, Washington - Waterfront Streetcar
• Tampa, Florida TECO Line Streetcar System ([Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority]) A Historic Streetcar
• Tucson, Arizona - Old Pueblo Trolley

Notes

1. The Cambridge Horse Railroad was the first street railway in Boston, opened in 1856. In 1897 the Tremont Street Subway was built downtown to take streetcars off the street; this subway is still used by today's Green Line. The first section of surface trackage still in use was in place by 1872 on Huntington Avenue, and is now used by the Green Line "E" Branch. Currently the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line also runs as a streetcar line.
2. The Newark City Subway opened in 1935, but streetcar lines opened way before then. The only section still in use is the Subway.
3. The Rochester Subway used streetcar-style vehicles, but had underground sections, much like Boston's Green Line and the Newark City Subway. The Rochester Subway was also used for freight until 1957.

• Buenos Aires

• Belo Horizonte
• Brasilia
• Porto Alegre
• Recife
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo

• Medellín

• Santiago

• [Lima]

• Caracas

See also

• Rapid transit
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of town tramway (urban tramway, streetcar) systems

External links

• [North American Light Rail System Maps & Details]
• [World list of Light Rail, Trams and Metros] at Light Rail Transit Association website

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