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.[1] 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.
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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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).
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.
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.
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.
^The Nostalgic tramways of Istanbul consists of two completely separate heritage tram lines, one on the European side (T2, opened in 1990), and the other on the Asian side (T3, opened in 2003).
^Tallinn had another, disconnected tram network from 1915 to 1953, when the two networks were connected.
^2004–2007 passenger service suspended due to upgrade and expansion works; line 68, last surviving portion of the original network, reopened afterwards as part of the current line T1.
^This system also includes two separate lines connecting the towns of Schöneiche bei Berlin (1910) and Woltersdorf (1913), in Brandenburg, east of Berlin.
^ abcdefghijklConverted from a street running Straßenbahn
^Purportedly the smallest town (pop. approx. 10,000) in the world with its own stand-alone tram system.
^ abThis system is operated under the common brand "Euskotren Tranbia", which groups tramways in the cities of Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz, by the public controlled railway company Euskotren. Euskotren transport network is composed by transit systems of the whole Basque Country.
^A two-year free trial service started in 2007 on an "experimental section" (2.2 km – 4 stops).
^Özgür, Özge (November 2009). "3.3. Urban rail systems in Turkish cities"(PDF). An Analysis of Rail Transit Investments in Turkey: Are the expectations met? (MSc). Middle East Technical University. S2CID131131259. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-20 – via Semantic Scholar. In Antalya short tramway line was opened in 1999 with a network length of 5,1 km
^ abcdefBabalik-Sutcliffe, Ela (2016). "12 Turkey". In Pojani, Dorina; Stead, Dominic (eds.). The Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies. Springer International Publishing. p. 257. ISBN978-3-319-43849-8. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
^"Nostalgic Tramvay". www.iett.istanbul. İETT – İstanbul Elektrik Tramvay ve Tünel İşletmeleri. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
^ ab"DATA-ČÍSLA 2013" [DATA-NUMBERS 2013] (PDF) (in Czech). Dopravní Podnik Ostrava (DPO). January 1, 2013. Archived from the original(PDF) on August 17, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
^"Stadtbahnbauamt – Betriebsstrecken" [Office for rapid-transit railway – Operational route] (in German). Stadt Dortmund, Dortmund-Agentur. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
^ abcd"Kleine EVAG Statistik 2010* (*stand 31.12.2009)" [Small EVAG Statistics 2010* (*as of 31.12.2009)] (PDF) (in German). Essener Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (EVAG). December 31, 2009. Archived from the original(PDF) on November 16, 2011. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
^ abcd"ZAHLENSPIEGEL 2012" [STATISTICS 2012] (PDF) (in German). vgF. December 31, 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on October 21, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
^"KVV Im Überblick 2012" [KVV At a Glance 2012] (PDF) (in German). Kasseler Verkehrs- und Versorgungs-GmbH (KVV). 2012. p. 7. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
^ abc"MVG in figures"(PDF). mvg-mobil.de. Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (MVG) Marketing. June 2013. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
^"Carta della mobilità ATM 2017" [ATM Mobility Charter 2017] (PDF) (in Italian). Azienda Trasporti Milanesi S.p.A. 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
^Barrow, Keith (30 December 2015). "Palermo light rail network opens". International Railway Journal. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
^ abcdefOżóg, Magdalena (2008). "Tramways in Polish cities". TTS Technika Transportu Szynowego. No. 9/2008. Instytut Naukowo-Wydawniczy "TTS" Sp. z o.o. p. 11. Archived from the original(pdf) on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
^ ab"TRAM Network Data". www.fgv.es. Generalitat Valenciana – Conselleria d'Habitatge, Obres Públiques i Vertebració del Territori. Retrieved 2018-03-18. This figure exclude the diesel commuter rail Line 9.
^ abc"New Murcia Tramway opened". Vía Libre – Spanish Railway News. Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (FFE). 21 June 2011. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
^ abc"Datos de la linea" [Line data] (in Spanish). Tranvía de Parla S.A. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
^ abcLight Rail & the City Regions Inquiry(PDF) (Report). All-Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group (APPLRG) / pteg. 15 February 2010. p. 6. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^Light Rail & the City Regions Inquiry(PDF) (Report). All-Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group (APPLRG) / pteg. 15 February 2010. p. 7. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ ab"SEPTA – Media Guide"(PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. 2013. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
