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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.
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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:
Asia
*Fukui Fukui Railway (Interurban streetcar)
Proposed Light Rail Systems in Japan
- Keelung Keelung Light Rapid Transit (proposed)
Africa
- Algiers scheduled to open in 2009
- Oran scheduled to open in 2009
- Cairo trams, connects suburb Heliopolis which has tram, another suburb Heluan also has tram, but not connected with Cairo. See Trams in Greater Cairo
- Alexandria , Alexandria Tram
- Rabat scheduled to open in 2010
Europe
*Bordeaux Tramway de Bordeaux
Light rail (Stadtbahn or Strassenbahn)
- Baden-Baden, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim (linked as Stadtbahn Karlsruhe/Karlsruher Modell)
- Bielefeld
- Bochum, Duisburg, Dόsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Krefeld, Mόlheim an der Ruhr (linked as Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr)
- Bonn, Cologne(Kφln), Siegburg (linked as Stadtbahn Kφln/Bonn)
- Frankfurt (Frankfurt U-Bahn is also technically a light rail transit system, see also Frankfurt Transit)
- Hanover
- Kassel
- Saarbrόcken
- Stuttgart
Tram
*Bergamo (under construction)
- Lisboa
- Porto (Metro do Porto)
- Margem Sul (Metro Sul do Tejo)
- Additional light urban rail plans in course for Coimbra and Faro
Complete list:
- Belgrade Belgrade Light Metro (Under construction the first line will be finished in 2013)
- For a more extensive list including closed systems, see List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom
Oceania
Existing:
Proposed:
North America
Current and future light-rail systems
- Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Light Rail
- Boston, Massachusetts MBTA Green Line
- Buffalo, New York Buffalo Metro Rail
- Camden, New Jersey to Trenton, New Jersey River Line
- Charlotte, North Carolina Lynx Light Rail
- Cleveland, Ohio RTA Blue and Green Lines
- Dallas, Texas Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail
- Denver, Colorado TheRide
- Houston, Texas METRO Light Rail
- Hudson County, New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
- Kenosha, Wisconsin Kenosha Transit
- Los Angeles, California LACMTA Blue Line, Green Line, and Gold Line
- Memphis, Tennessee MATA Trolley Line
- Minneapolis, Minnesota Hiawatha Line
- New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA)
- Newark, New Jersey Newark City Subway
- Norfolk, Virginia Tide Light Rail (scheduled opening in 2010)
- Oceanside, California SPRINTER
- Phoenix, Arizona Valley Metro Rail
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines and Suburban Trolley Lines
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Light Rail ("The T")
- Portland, Oregon MAX Light Rail, Portland Streetcar
- Sacramento, California Sacramento Regional Transit District Blue and Gold Lines
- St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis MetroLink
- Salt Lake City, Utah UTA TRAX
- Sacramento, California Sacramento Regional Transit
- San Diego, California San Diego Trolley
- San Francisco, California Muni Metro
- San Jose, California Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
- Seattle, Washington Sound Transit Central Link (scheduled to open 2009), South Lake Union Streetcar
- Tacoma, Washington Sound Transit Tacoma Link
- Washington, D.C. - Anacostia Streetcar (scheduled to open 2009)
Proposed light rail systems
- Albany, New York - see Albany Light Rail
- Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project
- Arlington, Virginia Columbia Pike Transit Alternative
- Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Inner Core Transit Feasibility Study, Atlanta Streetcar, Belt Line
- Bangor, Maine Bangor to Trenton Transportation Alternatives Study
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana Baton Rouge Area Transportation Solutions
- Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham Regional Transportation Alternatives Analysis
- Charleston, South Carolina Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority
- Chicago, Illinois Chicago Transit Authority
- Cincinnati, Ohio Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
- Columbus, Ohio Central Ohio Transit Authority NOTE: scrapped as of 2006
- Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority
- Detroit, Michigan Detroit Transit Options for Growth Study
- El Paso, Texas Sun Metro Area Rapid Transit Line
- Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Transportation Authority
- Grand Canyon, Arizona Grand Canyon Transit
- Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project
- Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Transportation Authority Transportation Alternatives Study
- Kansas City, Missouri Heartland Light Rail System
- Louisville, Kentucky Transportation Tomorrow
- Madison, Wisconsin Transport 2020
- Miami, Florida Trafficrelief (People's Transportation Plan)
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee County Transit System
- New York, New York Staten Island Light Rail,
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma METRO Transit Downtown Trolley
- Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority
- Richmond, Virginia GRTC Transit System
- Rochester, New York Rochester Rail Transit Committee
- San Antonio, Texas VIA Metropolitan Transit
- Spokane, Washington
- Tucson, Arizona (ballot proposal defeated in 2003/2004)
- Washington, D.C. - Purple Line
Heritage streetcar systems
- Austin, Texas Capitol Metro Circulator System (Proposed to connect key destinations to MetroRail).
- Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Trolley
- Dallas, Texas McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
- Galveston, Texas Island Transit (Texas) Galveston Island Trolley
- Little Rock to North Little Rock, Arkansas River Rail Streetcar
- Memphis, Tennessee Memphis Area Transit Authority
- New Orleans, Louisiana St. Charles Avenue Streetcar
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania SEPTA Route 15 (Girard Avenue Trolley)
- Portland, Oregon Portland Vintage Trolley, Willamette Shore Trolley
- San Francisco, California F Market, San Francisco cable car system
- San Pedro, Los Angeles, California Port of LA Waterfront Red Car Line
- Savannah, Georgia - River Street Streetcar
- Tampa, Florida TECO Line Streetcar System
- Tucson, Arizona Old Pueblo Trolley
Caribbean
South America
- Lima Heritage Tram, see Trams in Greater Lima
See also
External links
- at Light Rail Transit Association website
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