List of tram and light rail transit systems
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The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems.<ref name="world-trams-and-LR">Template:Cite web</ref> In other words, this list only includes systems which operate year-round and provide actual transit service, not ones that are primarily tourist services, are seasonal-only, or are excursion-type tram operations.
Some transit systems branded as "light rail" such as the Docklands Light Railway in London, Ampang Line and Kelana Jaya Line of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia qualify as metro systems (see medium-capacity rail system) and thus are not listed here – see List of metro systems.
Only currently operational tram and LRT systems are included in this listing – tram and LRT systems that have "suspended operation" or are presently under construction are excluded.
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[edit]- Location
- Primary city served by the tram/streetcar or light rail system.
- Country
- Sovereign state in which the tram/streetcar or light rail system is located.
- System
- The English name of the tram system or overview article for city.
- Year opened
- The year the system opened for passenger service. For older systems, this may refer to horsecar service for those systems continuously in operation since their horsecar era.
- Stations
- The number of stations in the network, as quoted by the system's operator.
- System length
- The system length of a tram/streetcar or light rail network is the sum of the lengths of all routes in the rail network in kilometers (or miles). Each section of track is counted only once, regardless of how many lines pass over it, and regardless of whether it is single-track or multi-track, single carriageway or dual carriageway.
- Type
- Defines whether the system in question is a tram/streetcar system or a light rail transit system (or, in a few cases, whether the system is a heritage streetcar system).
Africa
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Asia
[edit]Template:See also All systems in Russia, including those in Asia, are listed together, for convenience, in the Europe section of this article, similarly all systems in Egypt are listed in the Africa section.
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[edit]Europe
[edit]All systems in Kazakhstan and Turkey, including those in Europe, are listed together, for convenience, in the Asia section of this article. All systems in Russia, including those in Asia, are listed together, for convenience, in this section.
See also
[edit]- List of town tramway systems in Austria
- List of town tramway systems in Belarus
- List of town tramway systems in Belgium/Trams in Belgium
- List of town tramway systems in Croatia
- List of town tramway systems in the Czech Republic
- List of town tramway systems in Denmark
- List of town tramway systems in Finland
- List of town tramway systems in France/Trams in France
- List of town tramway systems in Germany/Trams in Germany
- List of town tramway systems in Greece
- List of town tramway systems in Hungary
- List of town tramway systems in the Republic of Ireland
- List of town tramway systems in Italy
- Trams in Luxembourg
- List of town tramway systems in the Netherlands
- List of town tramway systems in Norway
- Malta Tramways
- List of town tramway systems in Poland
- List of town tramway systems in Portugal/Trams in Portugal
- List of town tramway systems in Romania
- List of town tramway systems in Russia
- List of town tramway systems in Serbia
- List of town tramway systems in Spain/Trams in Spain
- List of town tramway systems in Sweden
- List of town tramway systems in Switzerland
- List of town tramway systems in Ukraine
- List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom
North America
[edit]Template:See also The following systems provide regular transit service daily and year-round in North America, including those systems or lines using vintage or faux-vintage streetcars. For other heritage streetcar lines, ones with more limited service, see Streetcars in North America. North America, specifically more so the United States, once had extensive tram networks in almost all cities, but nearly all were removed for bus operations between the 1940s and the 1960s. These systems are listed at List of streetcar systems in the United States. Template:Sticky header
Location | Country | System | Year opened | Stations | Lines | System length | Type |
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Calgary | Template:CAN | CTrain | 1981 | 45 | 2 | 59.9 km (37.2 mi) | Light rail |
Edmonton | Edmonton LRT<ref name="Edmonton-LRT">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1978<ref name="Edmonton-LRT" /> | 29 | 3 | 37.4 km (23.2 mi) | Light rail | |
Kitchener-Waterloo | ION Light Rail | 2019<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 19 | 1 | 19 km (12 mi) | Light rail | |
Ottawa | Confederation Line | 2019<ref name="open2019">Template:Cite web</ref> | 13 | 1 | 12.5 km (7.8 mi) | Light rail | |
Toronto<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Toronto streetcar system<ref name="TTC-stats">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1861<ref name="TTC-streetcars">Template:Cite web</ref> | 685 | 10 | 83 km (52 mi) | Streetcar | |
Guadalajara | Template:MEX | Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano<ref name="SITEUR">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1989<ref name="SITEUR" /> | 30 | 2 | 24.8 km (15.4 mi) | Light rail |
Mexico City<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Xochimilco Light Rail<ref name="Xochimilco">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1986 | 18 | 1 | 12.8 km (8.0 mi) | Light rail | |
Atlanta<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Template:USA | Atlanta Streetcar<ref name="Atlanta">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2014<ref name="APTA2016">Template:Cite web</ref> | 12 | 1 | 4.3 km (2.7 mi) | Streetcar |
Baltimore<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Baltimore Light RailLink<ref name="Baltimore-MTA">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1992<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 33 | 3 | 48.3 km (30 mi) | Light rail | |
Boston<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | MBTA Green Line<ref name="Boston-MBTA-stats">Template:Cite web</ref><ref group="note">While the MBTA Green Line is light rail, the MBTA Blue, Orange, and Red lines of the system are rapid transit/subways.</ref> | 1897<ref name="APTA2016" /><ref name="Boston-MBTA-history">Template:Cite web</ref> | 70 | 4 | 43.0 km (26.7 mi) | Light rail | |
Mattapan Line<ref name="Boston-MBTA-stats" /> | 1929<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 8 | 1 | 4.1 km (2.5 mi) | Heritage light rail | ||
Buffalo | Buffalo Metro Rail | 1984<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 13 | 1 | 10.3 km (6.4 mi) | Light rail | |
Camden/Trenton | River Line (NJ Transit)<ref name="NJTransit-FactsAtAGlance">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2004 | 21 | 1 | 55 km (34 mi) | Diesel light rail/Tram-train | |
Charlotte | Lynx Blue Line<ref name="Lynx">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2007<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 26 | 1 | 31.1 km (19.3 mi) | Light rail | |
CityLynx Gold Line<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2015<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 17 | 1 | 6.4 km (4.0 mi) | Streetcar | ||
Cincinnati | Connector (Cincinnati)<ref name="Cinci-BC">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2016<ref name="cinc-enq-2016sep9">Template:Cite news</ref> | 18 | 1 | 5.8 km (3.6 mi) | Streetcar | |
Cleveland<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Blue Line, Green Line, and Waterfront Line (RTA Rapid Transit)<ref name="Clev-stats">Template:Cite web</ref><ref group="note">While the Blue and Green Lines are light rail, Cleveland's other rail transit line, the Red Line, is rapid transit.</ref> | 1913<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 29 | 3 | 29 km (18 mi) | Light rail | |
Dallas | Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)<ref name="DART">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1996<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 65 | 4 | 150 km (93 mi) | Light rail | |
Dallas Streetcar | 2015<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 6 | 1 | 3.9 km (2.5 mi) | Streetcar | ||
M-Line Trolley | 1989<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 38 | 1 | 7.4 km (4.6 mi) | Heritage streetcar | ||
Denver | RTD Light Rail: D, E, H, L, R, W<ref name="RTD-facts">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1994<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 57 | 6 | 96.7 km (60.1 mi) | Light rail | |
Detroit | QLine | 2017<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 12 | 1 | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) | Streetcar | |
El Paso | El Paso Streetcar<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2018<ref name="herald-post-2018nov9">Template:Cite news</ref> | 27 | 2 | 7.7 km (4.8 mi) | Heritage streetcar | |
Houston | METRORail<ref name="METRO-facts">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2004<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 39 | 3 | 36.5 km (22.7 mi) | Light rail | |
Hudson County, New Jersey | Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (NJ Transit)<ref name="NJTransit-FactsAtAGlance" /> | 2000<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 24 | 3 | 26.4 km (17 mi) | Light rail | |
Kansas City, Missouri | KC Streetcar | 2016<ref name="star-KC celebrates">Template:Cite news</ref> | 10 | 1 | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) | Streetcar | |
Little Rock | Metro Streetcar<ref name="River-Rail">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2004<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 15 | 2 | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) | Heritage streetcar | |
Los Angeles<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Los Angeles Metro Rail<ref name="LA-Metro-facts">Template:Cite web</ref><ref group="note" name="LA-light-rail">The light rail portion of L.A. Metro consists of A, C, E and K lines only. The B and D lines of L.A. Metro are rapid transit/subway lines.</ref> | 1990<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 88 | 4 | 149 km (92.9 mi) | Light rail | |
Lowell | Lowell heritage streetcar | 1984 | 3 | 1 | 1.93 km (1.2 mi) | Heritage streetcar | |
Memphis | Memphis Area Transit Authority Trolley | 1993<ref name="MATA-history">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 13 | 1 | 4.0 km (2.5 mi) | Heritage streetcar | |
Milwaukee | The Hop (streetcar) | 2018<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 10 | 1 | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) | Streetcar | |
Minneapolis–Saint Paul | Metro (Minnesota)<ref name="MetroMinn-BL">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="MetroMinn-GL">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2004<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 37 | 2 | 34 km (21 mi) | Light rail | |
New Orleans | New Orleans Streetcars<ref name="NOLA-Streetcars">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="APTA-NOLA">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1835<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 112 | 5 | 25.6 km (15.9 mi) | Heritage streetcar | |
Newark | Newark Light Rail (NJ Transit)<ref name="NJTransit-FactsAtAGlance" /> | 1935<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 17 | 2 | 10.0 km (6.2 mi) | Light rail | |
Norfolk | The Tide Light Rail<ref name="Norfolk">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2011<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 11 | 1 | 11.9 km (7.4 mi) | Light rail | |
Oceanside, California | SPRINTER<ref name="SPRINTER">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2008<ref name="SPRINTER" /> | 15 | 1 | 35 km (22 mi) | Diesel light rail | |
Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City Streetcar | 2018<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 22 | 2 | 7.7 km (4.8 mi) | Streetcar | |
Philadelphia<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | T, G, and D (SEPTA Metro)<ref name="SEPTA-Trolleys">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="SEPTA-Media">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="SEPTA-Stats">Template:Cite web</ref><ref group="note" name="LA- light-rail">The light rail portion of SEPTA Metro consists of the T, G, and D only. The L, B, and M are rapid transit lines.</ref> | 1906<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 305 | 3 | 96.4 km (59.9 mi) | Light rail/streetcar/heritage streetcar | |
Phoenix | Valley Metro Rail<ref name="Phoenix">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2008<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 41 | 1 | 48.0 km (29.8 mi) | Light rail | |
Tempe Streetcar | 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 14 | 1 | 4.8 km (3.0 mi) | Streetcar | ||
Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Light Rail<ref name="Pittsburgh">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1984<ref name="Railopenings-old">Template:Cite web</ref> | 53 | 3 | 42.2 km (26.2 mi) | Light rail | |
Portland, Oregon | MAX Light Rail | 1986<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 94 | 5 | 96.1 km (59.7 mi) | Light rail | |
Portland Streetcar<ref name="Portland-SC">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2001<ref name="Portland-SC" /> | 67 | 3 | 11.6 km (7.2 mi) | Streetcar | ||
Sacramento | SacRT light rail<ref name="RT-facts">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1987<ref name="RT-facts" /> | 53 | 3 | 69.0 km (42.9 mi) | Light rail | |
St. Louis | MetroLink (St. Louis)<ref name="SL-ML">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1993<ref name="SL-ML-history">Template:Cite web</ref> | 38 | 2 | 74 km (46 mi) | Light rail | |
Salt Lake City | TRAX<ref name="UTA rail">Template:Cite map</ref> | 1999<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 51 | 3 | 72.1 km (44.8 mi) | Light rail | |
S Line<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 2013<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 7 | 1 | 3.2 km (2.0 mi) | Streetcar | ||
San Diego | San Diego Trolley<ref name="SD-Trolley">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1981<ref name="SD-Trolley" /> | 62 | 3 | 105 km (65 mi) | Light rail | |
San Francisco<ref group="note">The San Francisco Bay Area is also served by the rapid transit BART system.</ref> | Muni Metro<ref name="SF-Muni">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1980<ref name="SF-Muni" /><ref group="note">Rebuilt as light rail from the streetcar system that originated in 1860; opened 1980–1982.</ref> | 117 | 7 | 62.6 km (38.9 mi) | Light rail/Streetcar hybrid | |
F Market & Wharves and E Embarcadero lines<ref name="Muni-F-history">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1995<ref name="Muni-F-history" /> | 36 | 2 | 12.2 km (7.6 mi) | Heritage streetcar | ||
San Francisco cable car system<ref name="Muni-CC">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1878<ref name="MSR-CC">Template:Cite web</ref> | 62 | 3 | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) | Heritage cable car | ||
San Jose | VTA light rail<ref name="VTA-facts">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1987<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 60 | 3 | 67.9 km (42.2 mi) | Light rail | |
Seattle | Link Light Rail | 2009<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 27 | 2 | 50.3 km (31.3 mi) | Light rail | |
Seattle Streetcar<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2007<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 17 | 2 | 6.1 km (3.8 mi) | Streetcar | ||
Tacoma, Washington | T Line | 2003<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 12 | 1 | 6.4 km (4.0 mi) | Light rail | |
Tampa | TECO Line Streetcar<ref name="TECO">Template:Cite web</ref> | 2002<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 11 | 1 | 4.4 km (2.7 mi) | Heritage streetcar | |
Tucson | Sun Link | 2014<ref name="APTA2016" /> | 21 | 1 | 6.3 km (3.9 mi) | Streetcar | |
Washington, D.C.<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | DC Streetcar | 2016<ref name="WAPO-DCS">Template:Cite news</ref> | 8 | 1 | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) | Streetcar |
See also
[edit]- Urban rail transit in Canada
- Light rail in the United States
- List of rail transit systems in the United States
- List of street railways in Canada
- List of street railways in Mexico
- List of streetcar systems in the United States
- List of town tramway systems in Central America
- List of town tramway systems in North America
- List of United States light rail systems
Oceania
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Location | Country | System | Year opened | Stations | Lines | System length | Annual ridership (millions) |
Type |
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Adelaide | Template:AUS | Glenelg tram line | 1873<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 33 | 2 | Template:Convert | 5.53 (2021) | Tram/light rail |
Canberra | Canberra Light Rail | 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 14 | 1 | Template:Convert | 3.65 (2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Light rail | |
Gold Coast | G:link | 2014<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 19 | 1 | Template:Convert | 10.74 (2019) | Light rail | |
Melbourne | Trams in Melbourne (see also: Yarra Trams) | 1884<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 1763 | 24 | Template:Convert | 147.6 (2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Tram/light rail | |
Newcastle | Newcastle Light Rail | 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 6 | 1 | Template:Convert | 0.76 (2023)<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref> | Light rail | |
Sydney<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Parramatta Light Rail | 2024<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
<ref group="note" name="Parramatta LR">Although located within the same city as the Sydney Light Rail network, the Parramatta Light Rail network is physically separated and does not connect with the Sydney Light Rail network. Officially considered separate network/system by Transport for NSW and not part of the Sydney Light Rail network.</ref> |
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Sydney Light Rail | 1997<ref name="MLR factsheet">Template:Cite web</ref><ref group="note" name="SydneyTram">Previous system (Trams in Sydney) operated of 1879 until 1961.</ref> | 42 | 3 | Template:Convert | 40.55 (2024)<ref name=":2" /> | Light rail |
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[edit]South America
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Location | Country | System | Year opened | Stations | Lines | System length | Type |
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Buenos Aires<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Template:ARG | Premetro<ref name="Premetro-Line_E2">Template:Cite web</ref> | 1987<ref name="Premetro-Line_E2" /><ref name="T&UT-2001Apr">Cross, Barry (April 2001). "Buenos Aires: Brand new pre-Metro line" Template:Webarchive. Tramways & Urban Transit, pp. 136–137. UK: Light Rail Transit Association/Ian Allan Publishing.</ref> | 17 | 1 | 7.4 km (4.6 mi) | Light rail |
Tren de la Costa | 1995<ref>La línea Maipú-Delta, un potencial desaprovechado – EnElSubte, 20 April 2015.</ref> | 11 | 1 | 15.5 km (9.6 mi) | Light rail | ||
Template:Interlanguage link | 1980 | 2 | 1 | 2 km (1.2 mi) | Heritage streetcar | ||
Mendoza | Metrotranvía Mendoza | 2012<ref name=t&ut-dec2012>"Mendoza light rail service begins" (December 2012). Tramways & Urban Transit, p. 451. LRTA Publishing.</ref> | 26 | 1 | 17 km (11 mi) | Tram | |
Oranjestad | Template:ABW | Trams in Oranjestad | 2012<ref name="taut-2013july">"Aruba tramway drives major street redevelopment" (July 2013). Tramways & Urban Transit, p. 279. UK: LRTA Publishing.</ref> | 10 | 1 | 1.9 km (1.2 mi) | Heritage streetcar |
Cochabamba | Template:BOL | Mi Tren | 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 20 | 2 | 42 km (26.1 mi) | Light rail/interurban |
Rio de Janeiro<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Template:BRA | Santa Teresa Tram | 1877<ref name="t&ut-2000nov">Tramways & Urban Transit, November 2000, p. 424. UK: Ian Allan/LRTA.</ref> | 4 | 1 | 6.0 km (3.7 mi) | Heritage tram |
Rio de Janeiro Light Rail | 2016<ref name="RGI-2016jun6">Template:Cite news</ref> | 28 | 3 | 28 km (17.4 mi) | Light rail/Tram | ||
Santos, São Paulo and the Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista | Baixada Santista Light Rail | 2016<ref name="taut-2016may-p190">"Worldwide Review [regular news section]" (May 2016). Tramways & Urban Transit, p. 190. UK: LRTA Publishing.</ref> | 15 | 1 | 11.5 km (7.1 mi) | Light rail | |
Medellín<ref group="note" name="Metro" /> | Template:COL | Ayacucho Tram<ref group="note" name="Medellin">See Trams in Medellin for former Medellin tram network.</ref> | 2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 9 | 1 | 4.3 km (2.7 mi) | Translohr |
Cuenca | Template:ECU | Cuenca Tramway | 2020<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 27 | 1 | 10.7 km (6.6 mi) | Tram |
See also
[edit]- List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership
- List of town tramway systems in Argentina
- List of town tramway systems in Brazil
- List of town tramway systems in Chile
Gallery
[edit]- Maps of tram and light rail transit systems
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Benelux (2018)
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Czech Republic (2018)
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France (2019)
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Germany (2018)
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Italy (2019)
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Japan (2005)
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Korea (2018)
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Poland (2015)
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Turkey (2017)
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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland (2015)
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Former Soviet countries (2019)
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Southeast Europe & Slovakia (2019)
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North Africa (2019)
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Latin America (2019)
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United States (2019)
See also
[edit]- History of tram and light rail transit systems by country
- List of largest tram and light rail transit systems ever
- List of tram systems by gauge and electrification
- List of town tramway systems (all-time list)
- List of metro systems
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- List of trolleybus systems
- Medium-capacity rail system
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- World list of Light Rail, Trams and Metros at Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA.org) website, through 2019
- World Rail Transit List