List of light-rail transit systems

The following is a list of cities that have tram / light-rail systems as part of their public transport system.

See also:

1 Asia
2 Africa
3 Europe
4 Oceania
- 4.1 Australia
- 4.2 New Zealand
5 North America
6 South America
7 See also
8 External links
9 Categories

Asia

People's Republic of China

Mainland China

Hong Kong

Hong Kong - Hong Kong Tramways, KCR Light Rail

India

Kolkata - CTC
New Delhi - Delhi Metro

Japan

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

Malaysia

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

North Korea

Philippines

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

Singapore

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

Turkey

Africa

Egypt

Cairo - trams
Alexandria - trams

Tunisia

Tunis - métro léger - list of Tunis Métro stations

Nigeria

Abuja - Phase 1 to be completed 2007 [1]
Lagos - This is being developed [2] by Lemna International [3]

Europe

Austria

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

Belarus

Minsk, Mazyr, Navapolack, Vitebsk

Belgium

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

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bulgaria

Sofia

Croatia

Czech Republic

Estonia

Tallinn

Finland

Helsinki: Helsinki tram

France

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 (Paris) - 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
Rouen
Saint-Etienne
Strasbourg
Valenciennes

Germany

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 [4]

Hungary

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

Ireland

Dublin - Luas (operated by Connex)

Isle of Man

Italy

Light rail transit systems in Italy (July 2006)

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

Portugal

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

Romania

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

Russia

Complete list: [5]

Serbia

Belgrade (Under construction - The first line will be finished in 2008.)

Spain

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

Slovakia

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

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

United Kingdom

Birmingham to Wolverhampton - Midland Metro
Blackpool - Blackpool tramway
Edinburgh - future Edinburgh Tram Network
Glasgow - Glasgow Subway
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

Oceania

Australia

Existing:

Melbourne - Trams in Melbourne - Third largest tram system in the world
Sydney - Metro Light Rail
Adelaide - Glenelg Tramway, O-Bahn (guided busway)
Victor Harbor - Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram

Proposed:

Brisbane - inner city area (numerous proposals)
Gold Coast - Gold Coast Light Rail
Fraser Island

New Zealand

Christchurch (tourist tram service)

North America

Canada

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

Mexico

Guadalajara – tren eléctrico urbano, running from north to south, with terminals in both sides of the outer ring, through the Colón-Federalismo avenue. SITEUR [6]
Mexico City – Xochimilco–Tasqueña tren ligero [7]
Monterrey [8]

United States

Boston, Massachusetts - Boston subway (or "T")
New York & New Jersey - Newark City Subway
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
Baltimore, Maryland - MARC Train and Baltimore Light Rail
Buffalo, New York - Metro Rail
Camden & Trenton, New Jersey - River LINE
Charlotte, North Carolina - CATS - Charlotte Area Transit System (Lynx Blue Line) Service Begins August 2007
Cleveland, Ohio - Cleveland Rapid Transit (Blue and Green Lines)
Dallas, Texas - Dallas Area Rapid Transit, (see also Tandy Center Subway)
Denver, Colorado - Light rail
Galveston, Texas - Island Transit (Texas)
Houston, Texas - METRORail
Kansas City, Missouri - Heartland Light Rail System, passed on November 7, 2006 ballot[9]
Kenosha, Wisconsin - Kenosha Transit
Los Angeles, California - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Hiawatha Line
- Historically: Twin City Rapid Transit (ca. 1872-1954)
- See also: Light Rail in Minnesota
New Orleans, Louisiana - New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA)
Newark, New Jersey - Newark City Subway
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - The T
Portland, Oregon - Metropolitan Area Express, Portland Streetcar
Sacramento, California - Sacramento Regional Transit District
St. Louis, Missouri - Metrolink
Salt Lake City, Utah - TRAX
San Diego, California - San Diego Trolley
San Francisco, California - Muni Metro
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)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana BRATS (Baton Rouge Area Transportation Solutions)
Birmingham, Alabama BRTAA (Birmingham Regional Transportation Alternatives Analysis)
Charleston, South Carolina CARTA (Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority)
Chicago, Illinois CTA (Chicago Transit Authority)
Cincinnati, Ohio SORTA (Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority)
Columbus, Ohio Fast Trax (Central Ohio Transit Authority)
Corpus Christi, Texas The B (Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority, CCRTA)
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)
Minneapolis, Minnesota Central Corridor (CC) and MNDOT (Minnesota Department of Transportation Light Rail)
New York, New York Staten Island
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 [10]
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)
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)
Seattle, Washington Sound Transit Central Link under construction, scheduled opening in 2009
Spokane, Washington SRLR (Spokane Regional Light Rail / BRT also studied)
Tucson, Arizona TST (Tucsonans for Sensible Transportation) Ballot Proposal Defeated in 2003/2004.