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'''Rapid transit in the United Kingdom''' consists of four systems: the [[London Underground]] and the [[Docklands Light Railway]] in [[Greater London|London]]; the [[Tyne and Wear Metro]] in [[Tyne and Wear]]; and the [[Glasgow Subway]]. The term may also include commuter rail systems with aspects of rapid transit such as the [[London Overground]] and [[Elizabeth line]] in London, and [[Merseyrail]] in the [[Liverpool City Region]]. Rapid transit has also been proposed in other UK cities including [[Sheffield]],  [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]], [[Birmingham]], [[Cardiff]], [[Bristol]], and [[Cambridge]].

==History==
The [[United Kingdom]] is the birthplace of [[rapid transit]], with [[London]] and [[Liverpool]] hosting the world's first and second [[urban rail transit]] and [[Glasgow]] the fourth. From 1893 to 1956 the [[Liverpool Overhead Railway]] was the only elevated rapid transit in the country, however fell into disuse being demolished in 1957. In the 20th and 21st century the United Kingdom has chosen to not prioritise investment in rapid transit schemes; instead cities like [[Manchester Metrolink|Manchester]], [[Sheffield Supertram|Sheffield]], and [[Edinburgh Tram Network|Edinburgh]] have opted for [[light rail|trams.]]

==List of systems==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City
! System
! Start of operations
! System length
! Lines((efn|Indicates lines that are in operation for operational systems, lines that are under construction for under construction systems and proposed lines for proposed systems.))
! Stations((efn|Indicates stations that are in operation for operational systems, stations that are under construction for under construction systems and proposed stations for proposed systems.))
! Voltage
! Notes
|-
| [[London]]
| [[London Underground]]
| 10 January 1863
| 402&nbsp;km
| 11
| 272
|630 V DC [[fourth rail]]
| The oldest rapid transit system, incorporating the world's first underground railway.
|-
| [[London]]
| [[Docklands Light Railway]]
| 31 August 1987
| 34&nbsp;km
| 7 (routes)
| 45
|750 V DC [[third rail]]
| An automated light metro system opened in 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London.
|-
| [[Tyne and Wear]]
| [[Tyne and Wear Metro]]
| 11 August 1980
| 74.5&nbsp;km
| 2
| 60
|1500 V DC [[Overhead line|OLE]]
|A rapid transit and light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland in the Tyne and Wear region.
|-
| [[Glasgow]]
| [[Glasgow Subway]]
| 14 December 1896
| 10.5&nbsp;km
| 1
| 15
| 600 V DC [[third rail]]
|An underground light metro line in Glasgow. It is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro, and the only underground metro system in the British Isles outside England.
|}
The following are usually referred to as commuter rail systems, but possess aspects of rapid transit:

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! City
! System
! Start of operations
! System length
! Lines((efn|Indicates lines that are in operation for operational systems, lines that are under construction for under construction systems and proposed lines for proposed systems.))
! Stations((efn|Indicates stations that are in operation for operational systems, stations that are under construction for under construction systems and proposed stations for proposed systems.))
! Voltage
! Notes
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| [[London]]
| [[London Overground]]
| 11 November 2007
| 123.6&nbsp;km (official lines)
| 8
| 112
|[[third-rail]] 750 V DC and [[25 kV AC|25&nbsp;kV 50&nbsp;Hz AC]] ([[overhead line]])
|A suburban rail network in the United Kingdom, serving a large part of Greater London and parts of Hertfordshire. Contains the [[East London line]], a former London Underground line.
|-
| London
| [[Elizabeth line]]
| 24 May 2022
| 136&nbsp;km
| 1 
| 41
|[[25 kV AC|25&nbsp;kV 50&nbsp;Hz AC]] ([[Overhead line]])
| A railway line in London and its environs constructed under the [[Crossrail]] project, providing a new east-west route across [[Greater London]]. It provides a high-frequency [[Commuter rail|commuter/suburban]] passenger service linking parts of [[Berkshire]] and [[Buckinghamshire]], via central London, to [[Essex]] and [[South East (London sub region)|South East London]], relieving the pressure on other railway services.
|-
| [[Liverpool]]
| [[Merseyrail]]
| 1886 ([[Mersey Railway]])
| 121&nbsp;km (official lines)
| 2 official (and [[City Line (Merseyrail)|one unofficial line]])
| 68
|[[third-rail]] 750 V DC
|A commuter rail network, in the [[Liverpool City Region]], England. The network has 68 stations running on 75 miles of route, of which 6.5 miles are underground, forming one of the most heavily used railway networks in the UK outside London.
|}
===Defunct systems===
* [[Liverpool Overhead Railway]]
===Cancelled systems===
* [[Picc-Vic tunnel]]
===Proposed systems===
* [[Light_rail_in_Bristol#Underground_metro_plans|Bristol Underground]]
* [[Cambridge Metro]]<ref>((Cite web |date=19 March 2019 |title='Compelling case' for Greater Cambridge metro |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-47628185 |via=www.bbc.co.uk))</ref>
* [[Crossrail 2]]
* [[Glasgow_Subway#Clyde Metro|Glasgow Metro]] (light rail)
* [[North and West London Light Railway]]
* [[South Hampshire Rapid Transit]]
* [[Taunton metro rail]]
* [[West London Orbital]]
* [[Leeds Supertram#Proposed alternatives|West Yorkshire (Leeds) transit]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://westleedsdispatch.com/latest-mass-transit-scheme-consultation-could-see-trams-or-light-rail-stops-in-pudsey-bramley-and-wortley/|title=Latest mass transit scheme consultation could see trams or light rail stops in Pudsey, Bramley and Wortley|website=West Leeds Dispatch|first=Chris|last=Young|date=10 November 2022|accessdate=11 April 2023))</ref>
* HERT (Hertfordshire and Essex Rapid Transit)<ref>((Cite web |date=28 January 2022 |title=Improving passenger transport - Hertfordshire Essex Rapid Transit |url=https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/highways-roads-and-pavements/roadworks-and-road-closures/major-roadwork-projects/hert.aspx#DynamicJumpMenuManager_1_Anchor_1 |via=www.hertfordshire.gov.uk))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Urban rail in the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of modern tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of guided busways and BRT systems in the United Kingdom]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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