Editing Rail transport in Great Britain (section)

===Local metro and other rail systems===
[[File:Map of Urban rail in the UK.svg|thumb|right|Map of local urban rail networks]]
[[File:LUL-S-Stock-arrives-Croxley.jpg|thumb|A [[London Underground S7 and S8 Stock|London Underground S-stock]] train]]
{{Main|Rapid transit in the United Kingdom|Commuter rail in the United Kingdom|List of modern tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom|List of British heritage and private railways}}
A number of towns and cities have [[rapid transit]] networks. Underground technology is used in the [[Glasgow subway]], [[Merseyrail]] centred on Liverpool, [[London Underground]] centred on London, [[London Overground]] and the [[Docklands Light Railway|London Docklands Light Railway]] centred on London, and the [[Tyne and Wear Metro]] centred on [[Newcastle upon Tyne]].

Light rail systems in the form of trams are in [[West Midlands Metro|Birmingham]], [[Tramlink|Croydon]], [[Manchester Metrolink|Manchester]], [[Nottingham Express Transit|Nottingham]], [[Sheffield Supertram|Sheffield]] and [[Edinburgh Trams|Edinburgh]]. These systems use a combination of street running tramways and, where available, reserved right of way or former conventional rail lines in some suburbs. [[Blackpool Tramway|Blackpool]] has the one remaining traditional tram system. Monorails, heritage tramways, miniature railways and funiculars also exist in several places. In addition, there are a number of heritage (mainly steam) standard and narrow gauge railways, and a few industrial railways and tramways. Some lines which appear to be heritage operations sometimes claim to be part of the public transport network; the [[Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway]] in Kent regularly transports schoolchildren.

Most major cities have some form of [[Commuter rail in the United Kingdom|commuter rail network]]. These include [[Belfast]], Birmingham, Bristol, [[Cardiff]], Edinburgh, [[Exeter]], [[Glasgow]], [[Leeds]], Liverpool, London and [[Manchester]].