Editing Tram (section)

==By region==
{{Main|Tram and light rail transit systems|List of tram and light rail transit systems|List of town tramway systems}}
[[File:The driver's seat in the tram of the Russian model "Lionok".jpg|thumb|The driver's seat in the tram of the Russian model «Lvionok» («Lionet»)]]
[[File:World Tram Systems.svg|320px|thumb|Tram networks around the world:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanrail.net |title=Home |website=urbanrail.net |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref>
{{Legend|#008000|Countries with tram networks}}
{{Legend|#c0c0c0|Countries without tram networks}}
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Trams are in a period of growth, with about 400 tram systems operating around the world, several new systems being opened each year, and many being gradually extended.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Claydon |first=Geoffry |title=80 Years of the LRTA |magazine=Tramways and Urban Transit |number=956 |date=August 2017 |page=301}}</ref> Some of these systems date from the late 19th or early 20th centuries. In the past 20 years their numbers have been augmented by modern tramway or light rail systems in cities that had abandoned this form of transport. There have also been some new tram systems in cities that never previously had them.

''Tramways with trams'' ([[British English]]) or ''street railways with streetcars'' ([[North American English]]) were common throughout the industrialised world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but they had disappeared from most British, Canadian, French and US cities by the mid-20th century.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://lda.ucdavis.edu/LDA191/Course%20Handouts%20&%20Readings/08-ULI_Streetcars.pdf |first=Jeffrey |last=Spivak |title=Streetcars are back |magazine=Urban Land |date=January 2008 |pages=108–110 |via=Landscape Architecture Department, UC Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225095245/http://lda.ucdavis.edu/LDA191/Course%20Handouts%20%26%20Readings/08-ULI_Streetcars.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2009 |access-date=10 February 2009}}</ref> After World War II most Australian cities also began to replace their trams with buses, but [[Melbourne]] defied the trend, opening new tram lines even in the mid-1950s. By the 1970s Melbourne was the only Australian city with a major tram network.<ref>Keenan, David R. "Melbourne's Tramways in 1974." (Transit Press, 1974)</ref>

By contrast, [[Trams in Europe|trams in parts of continental Europe]] continued to be used by many cities, although there were declines in some countries, including the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amtuir.org/03_index_htu_gale.htm |title=Musée des Transports Urbains – Histoire – Histoire Générale des Transports Urbains |publisher=Amtuir.org |access-date=8 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319193228/http://www.amtuir.org/03_index_htu_gale.htm |archive-date=19 March 2015}}</ref>

Since 1980 trams have returned to favour in many places, partly because their tendency to dominate the roadway, formerly seen as a disadvantage, is considered to be a merit since it raises the visibility of public transport (encouraging car users to change their mode of travel), and enables streets to be reconfigured to give more space to pedestrians, making cites more pleasant places to live. New systems have been built in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, France, Australia and many other countries.

In Milan, Italy, the old "[[Peter Witt streetcar|Ventotto]]" trams are considered a "symbol" of the city. The same can be said of [[trams in Melbourne]] in general, but particularly the iconic [[W-class Melbourne tram|W class]]. The [[Toronto streetcar system]] had similarly become an iconic symbol of the city, operating the largest network in the Americas as well as the only large-scale tram system in Canada (not including light rail systems, or heritage lines).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/09/14/streetcars-are-our-neglected-stars-keenan.html|title=Streetcars are our neglected stars|work=The Toronto Star|last=Keenan|first=Edward|date=14 September 2015|publisher=Torstar Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915120009/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/09/14/streetcars-are-our-neglected-stars-keenan.html|archive-date=15 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/09/01/toronto_rides_new_streetcars_to_its_urban_future_hume.html|title=Toronto rides new streetcars to its urban future|work=The Toronto Star|first=Christopher|last=Hume|date=14 September 2015|publisher=Torstar Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909021538/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/09/01/toronto_rides_new_streetcars_to_its_urban_future_hume.html|archive-date=9 September 2014}}</ref>

===Major tram and light rail systems===
{{main|List of largest currently operating tram and light rail transit systems}}

====Existing systems====
[[File:Melbourne trams map.gif|alt=Map of the Melbourne tram network.|thumb|Map of [[Trams in Melbourne|Melbourne tram system]] in 2011, the largest in the world.]]
The largest tram (classic tram, [[streetcar]], ''straßenbahn'') and [[fast tram]] ([[light rail]], [[stadtbahn]]) networks in the world by route length as of 2016<ref name="tundria.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/tramways-index.shtml|title=World Tramways<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=tundria.com|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160505135200/http://www.tundria.com/trams/tramways-index.shtml |archive-date=5 May 2016}}</ref> are:
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* [[Trams in Melbourne|Melbourne]] ({{convert|256 |km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tundria.com/trams/AUS/Melbourne-2014.shtml |title=Melbourne 2014|first=Gabor|last= Sandi|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425110945/http://www.tundria.com/trams/AUS/Melbourne-2014.shtml |archive-date=25 April 2017}}</ref> 
*[[Trams in Kyiv|Kyiv]] ({{convert|231 |km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.korpmet.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%94%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83-%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BD%D0%B0-01.01.2024-%D1%80..xls|title= CORPORATIONS OF ENTERPRISES OF URBAN ELECTRIC TRANSPORT OF UKRAINE}} </ref>
* [[Tramways in Saint Petersburg|Saint Petersburg]] ({{convert|205.5|km|mi|abbr= on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ru/pet/tram/petersburg-tram.htm|title=UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Russia> St. Petersburg Tram|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170223055602/http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ru/pet/tram/petersburg-tram.htm |archive-date=23 February 2017}}</ref>
* [[Cologne Stadtbahn|Cologne]] ({{convert|194.8|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/de/k/koeln.htm |title=Köln (Cologne) Underground Tram Network |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818234951/http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/de/k/koeln.htm |archive-date=18 August 2016|website = UrbanRail.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kvb-koeln.de/german/unternehmen/leistungsdaten/bahn.html |title=Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG |access-date=14 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531145531/http://www.kvb-koeln.de/german/unternehmen/leistungsdaten/bahn.html |archive-date=31 May 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Berlin tram|Berlin]] ({{convert|191.6|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/DEU/Berlin-2016.shtml|title=BERLIN POTSDAM 2016|first= Gabor|last=Sandi|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706163300/http://www.tundria.com/trams/DEU/Berlin-2016.shtml |archive-date=6 July 2017}}</ref> 
* [[Trams in Moscow|Moscow]] ({{convert|183|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/RUS/Moscow-2016.shtml|title=Moscow 2016|first=Gabor|last=Sandi|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170820162823/http://www.tundria.com/trams/RUS/Moscow-2016.shtml |archive-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> 
* [[Trams in Milan|Milan]] ({{convert|181.8|km|mi |abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atm.it/it/IlGruppo/ChiSiamo/Documents/carta%20mobilit%C3%A0%202017.pdf |title=Carta della mobilità ATM 2017 |publisher=Azienda Trasporti Milanesi S.p.A. |language=it |trans-title=ATM Mobility Charter 2017 |date=2017 |access-date=5 June 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702164512/https://www.atm.it/it/IlGruppo/ChiSiamo/Documents/carta%20mobilit%C3%A0%202017.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* [[Trams in Budapest|Budapest]] ({{convert|172|km|mi |abbr= on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/HUN/Budapest-2016.shtml |title= Budapest 2016|first=Gabor|last=Sandi|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170820162134/http://www.tundria.com/trams/HUN/Budapest-2016.shtml |archive-date=20 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[Silesian Interurbans]] ({{convert|171|km|mi|abbr= on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/pl/katow/katowice.htm |website=UrbanRail.Net |title= Katowice Tram|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170208093035/http://urbanrail.net/eu/pl/katow/katowice.htm|archive-date= 8 February 2017}}</ref>
* [[Trams in Vienna|Vienna]] ({{convert|170|km|mi|abbr= on|disp=semicolon}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/at/vienna/tram/wien-tram.htm |title=UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Austria > WIEN (Vienna) Straßenbahn – Tram |access-date=12 March 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170121161300/http://urbanrail.net/eu/at/vienna/tram/wien-tram.htm |archive-date=21 January 2017}}</ref>
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Other large transit networks that operate streetcar and light rail systems include:
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* [[DART light rail]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/am/dall/dallas.htm|title=UrbanRail.Net > USA > Dallas Light Rail & Streetcar (DART)|first=Robert|last=Schwandl|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313133716/http://urbanrail.net/am/dall/dallas.htm|archive-date=13 March 2017}}</ref> [[Dallas Streetcar|modern streetcar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/am/dall/dallas.htm#top|title=UrbanRail.Net > USA > Dallas Light Rail & Streetcar (DART)|first=Robert|last=Schwandl|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313133716/http://urbanrail.net/am/dall/dallas.htm#top|archive-date=13 March 2017}}</ref> and [[M-Line Trolley|heritage streetcar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jtbell.net/transit/Dallas/MLine|title=Dallas M-Line (McKinney Avenue Streetcar)|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310032044/http://www.jtbell.net/transit/Dallas/MLine/|archive-date=10 March 2017}}</ref> ({{convert|155|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})
* [[Sofia Tramway|Sofia]] ({{convert|153.6|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref name="tundria.com" /> 
*[[Warsaw Tramways|Warsaw]] ({{convert|150|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})
* [[Trams in Leipzig|Leipzig]] ({{convert|148.3|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/DEU/Leipzig-2015.shtml|title=Leipzig 2015|first=Gabor|last=Sandi|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706163730/http://www.tundria.com/trams/DEU/Leipzig-2015.shtml|archive-date=6 July 2017}}</ref> 
* [[Brussels trams|Brussels]] ({{convert|147.1|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2018.stib-activityreports.brussels/file/statistics_2018_fr.pdf |title=Stastiques 2018 |access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Tramways in Łódź|Łódź]] ({{convert|145|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/pl/lodz/lodz.htm |title=UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Poland > Łódź Tram |access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301104531/http://urbanrail.net/eu/pl/lodz/lodz.htm |archive-date=1 March 2017}}</ref>
*[[Transport in Bucharest|Bucharest]] ({{convert|143|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ro/buc/bucuresti-tram.htm|title=UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Romania > BUCHAREST Tram|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323043922/http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ro/buc/bucuresti-tram.htm|archive-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> 
*[[Prague tram system|Prague]] ({{convert|142.4|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpp.cz/en/company-profile|title=dpp.cz > Company Profile – Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy|publisher=Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy, WDF – Web Design Factory, s. r. o.|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219082911/http://www.dpp.cz/en/company-profile/|archive-date=19 February 2017}}</ref> 
*[[Trams in Dresden|Dresden]] ({{convert|134|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})
*[[Los Angeles Metro Rail|Los Angeles]] ({{convert|133.1|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/USA/LosAngeles-2016.shtml|title=Los Angeles 2016|first=Gabor|last=Sandi|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319063124/http://www.tundria.com/trams/USA/LosAngeles-2016.shtml|archive-date=19 March 2017}}</ref> 
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[[File:Saint Petersburg Tram System Map.svg|thumb|Map of [[Trams in Saint Petersburg|Saint Petersburg's tram system]] in 2024. The system was the world's largest, before it was surpassed by Melbourne's system.]]

====Statistics====
{{Update section|date=January 2018}}
* Tram and light rail systems operate in 403 cities across the world, 210 of which are in Europe;<ref name="UITP-2023">{{cite web |last1=UITP Secretariat |title=Light rail transit: Data shows reliable, attractive mode is advancing worldwide |url=https://www.uitp.org/news/light-rail-transit-data-shows-reliable-attractive-mode-is-advancing-worldwide/ |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
* The longest single tram line and route in the world is the {{convert|68|km|mi|abbr=on}} interurban [[Kusttram|Belgian Coast Tram (Kusttram)]], which runs almost the entire length of the Belgian coast. Another fairly long interurban line is the [[Valley Metro Rail]] agglomeration of [[Phoenix, Arizona]], with its {{convert|42|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Providing Public Transportation Alternatives for the Greater Phoenix Metro Area – Valley Metro – Press Releases|url=http://www.valleymetro.org/pressreleases/detail/valley-metro-rail-mesa-open-new-extension|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226141908/http://www.valleymetro.org/pressreleases/detail/valley-metro-rail-mesa-open-new-extension|archive-date=26 February 2017|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Phoenix 2005|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/USA/Phoenix-2016.shtml|last=Sandi|first=Gabor|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319063151/http://www.tundria.com/trams/USA/Phoenix-2016.shtml|archive-date=19 March 2017|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref> The world's longest urban intracity tram line is {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}} counter-ring routes 5/5a in [[Kazan]] ([[Tatarstan]], Russia).
[[File:Kazan Circle Tram 2021.jpg|thumb|[[71-911|City Star]] tram at longest urban intracity tram route in [[Kazan]]]]
* Since 1985, 108 light rail systems have opened;<ref name="UITP-2020">{{cite web |title=Light rail and tram: The European outlook |url=https://www.uitp.org/publications/light-rail-and-tram-the-european-outlook/ |publisher=UITP Secretariat |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
* Since 2000, 78 systems have opened while 13 have closed. The countries that have opened the most systems since 2000 are the US (23), France (20), Spain (16), and Turkey (8);
* {{convert|15812|km|abbr=on}} of track is in operation,<ref name="UITP-2023" /> with {{convert|850|km|abbr=on}} in construction and a further {{convert|2350|km|abbr=on}} planned;
* All networks together have 28,593 stops;<ref name="UITP-2023" />
* They carry 13.5&nbsp;billion passengers a year, 3% of all public transport passengers. The highest-volume systems are Budapest (396&nbsp;million passengers a year), Prague (372&nbsp;m),<ref name="dpp.cz">{{cite web|url=https://www.dpp.cz/dpp-v-datech/|title = DPP v datech}}</ref> Bucharest (322&nbsp;m), Saint Petersburg (312&nbsp;m), and Vienna (305&nbsp;m);
* The most busy networks (passengers per km, per year) are: Istanbul, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sarajevo.
* Some 36,864 trams and light rail vehicles are in operation.<ref name="UITP-2023" /> The largest fleets are in Prague (788), Vienna (782), Warsaw (756), Saint-Petersburg (750), Moscow (632)
* Between 1997 and 2014, 400–450 vehicles were built each year.
* As of October 2015, Hong Kong has the world's only exclusively double-decker tramway system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uitp.org/sites/default/files/cck-focus-papers-files/UITP_Statistic_Brief_4p-Light%20rail-Web.pdf |title=Light Rail in Figures |publisher=[[International Association of Public Transport]] (UITP) |date=2014 |access-date=27 September 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185907/http://www.uitp.org/sites/default/files/cck-focus-papers-files/UITP_Statistic_Brief_4p-Light%20rail-Web.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
* The busiest junction in any tram network is the Lazarská x Spálená junction in Prague with appx. 150 vehicles passing through per hour.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://prazsky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/je-to-nejzatizenejsi-tramvajova-krizovatka-na-svete-haji-dpp-opravy-v-centru-20181104.html|title=Je to nejzatíženější tramvajová křižovatka na světě, hájí DPP opravy v centru|first=Michael|last=Bereň|newspaper=Pražský Deník|date=4 November 2018|access-date=22 July 2019|via=prazsky.denik.cz}}</ref>
* World's longest 9-sectioned {{convert|56|m|ft}}-meter articulated tram vehicle [[CAF Urbos|CAF Urbos 3/9]] started operation [[Budapest tram|in Budapest]] in 2016. [[Škoda 15 T|Škoda ForCity]] vehicles family allows expansion of length up to {{convert|72|m|ft}} with 539 passengers.

====Historical====
[[File:Cormault 136 - PARIS - Panorama du Carrefour du Chatelet et la Seine.JPG|thumb|At its peak, the [[Tramways in Île-de-France|Paris tram system]] was the world's largest, with over {{convert|1111|km|mi}} of track in 1925.]] 
Historically, the [[Tramways in Île-de-France|Paris Tram System]] was, at its peak, the world's largest system, with {{convert|1111|km|mi|abbr=on}} of track in 1925{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} (according to other sources, ca. {{convert|640|km|abbr=on}} of route length in 1930). However it was completely closed in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/FRA/Paris-1930.shtml|title=Paris 1930|first=Gabor|last=Sandi|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806062045/http://www.tundria.com/trams/FRA/Paris-1930.shtml|archive-date=6 August 2017}}</ref> The next largest system appears to have been {{convert|857|km|abbr=on}}, in [[#South America|Buenos Aires]] before 19 February 1963. The third largest was Chicago, with over {{convert|850|km|abbr=on}} of track,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shore-line.org/CSL.html|title=Welcome to the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society &#124; Chicago Surface Lines|publisher=Shore-line.org|access-date=8 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094714/http://www.shore-line.org/CSL.html|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> but it was all converted to [[trolleybus]] and bus services by 21 June 1958. Before its decline, the [[Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe|BVG]] in Berlin operated a very large network with {{convert|634|km|abbr=on}} of route. Before its system was converted to trolleybus (and later bus) services in the 1930s (last tramway closed 6 July 1952), the first-generation London network had {{convert|555|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of route in 1931.<ref>{{Cite report |publisher=London Passenger Transport Board |title=Annual Report |date=1938}}</ref> In 1958 trams in Rio de Jainero were employed on ({{convert|433|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}) of track. The final line, the [[Santa Teresa Tram|Santa Teresa route]] was closed in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/BRA/Rio-1958.shtml|title=Rio de Janeiro 1958|first=Gabor|last=Sandi|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806064020/http://www.tundria.com/trams/BRA/Rio-1958.shtml|archive-date=6 August 2017}}</ref> During a period in the 1980s, the world's largest tram system was in [[Trams in Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] (St. Petersburg) with {{convert|350|km|mi|abbr=on}}, USSR, and was included as such in the [[Guinness World Records]];{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} however Saint Petersburg's tram system has declined in size since the fall of the Soviet Union. [[Vienna]] in 1960 had {{convert|340|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}, before the expansion of bus services and the opening of a subway (1976). Substituting subway services for tram routes continues. {{convert|320|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} was in [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]] in 1947: There streetcars ended 31 October 1953 in Minneapolis and 19 June 1954 in St. Paul.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/USA/Minneapolis-St.Paul-1947.shtml|title=Minneapolis – St. Paul 1947|first=Gabor|last=Sandi|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319062538/http://www.tundria.com/trams/USA/Minneapolis-St.Paul-1947.shtml|archive-date=19 March 2017}}</ref> The [[Trams in Sydney|Sydney tram network]], before it was closed on 25 February 1961, had {{convert|291|km|abbr=on}} of route, and was thus the largest in Australia. Since 1961, the Melbourne system (recognised as the world's largest) has assumed Sydney's title as the largest network in Australia.