List of light-rail transit systems

See also: List of metro systems

Asia

China

• Hong Kong - operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation

India

• Kolkata

Malaysia

• Kuala Lumpur - Star LRT, Putra LRT; Monorail

Philippines

• Manila - Light Railway Transit (LRT), Baclaran to Monumento; Metro Railway Transit 1 (MRT1), Taft Avenue to North Avenue; Metro Railway Transit 2 (MRT2), Marikina City to Recto

Thailand

• Bangkok - Skytrain

Africa

Egypt

• Cairo - trams
• Alexandria - trams

Tunisia

• Tunis - métro léger

Europe

Austria

• Gmunden, Gmunden-Vorchdorf, Vorchdorf-Lambach, Lambach-Haag
• Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, Linz-Postlingberg
• Linz-Waizenkirchen, Salzburg, Vocklamarkt-Attersee
• Wien (Vienna), Wien-Baden

Belarus

• Minsk, Masyr, Navapolatsk, Vitsyebsk

Belgium

• Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Charleroi
• Belgian Coastal Tram, operated by De Lijn [1]

Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Sarajevo

Bulgaria

• Sofia

Croatia

• Osijek, Zagreb

Czech Republic

• Brno, Ceske Budejovice (Budweis), Liberec, Olomouc, Ostrava, Plzen (Pilsen), Praha (Prague)

Finland

• Helsinki

France

• Grenoble, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Orléans, Paris, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg
• Ile-de-France - T1 between Saint Denis and Bobigny; T2 between La Defense and Issy Plaine
• Lille to Roubaix to Tourcoing

Germany

• Baden-Baden, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Cologne
• Dortmund, Essen, Frankfurt am Main
• Freiburg im Breisgau, Gelsenkirchen, Hanover, Hamburg
• Karlsruhe, Munich, Saarbrücken, ~50 others [2]

Hungary

• Budapest, Miskolc, Debrecen, Szeged

Ireland

• Dublin

Italy

• Genova, Genova-Casella, Messina, Milano, Napoli
• Napoli-Sorrento, Rome, Soprabolzano, Torino
• Trento-Malé, Trieste

Latvia

• Daugavpils, Liepaya, Riga

'Netherlands' (see also Transportation in the Netherlands)

• Amsterdam - Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB)
• Rotterdam - Rotterdamse Electrische Tramweg Maatschappij (RET)
• The Hague,Delft - Haagsche Tramweg Maatschappij (HTM)
• Utrecht - Connexxion
• Houten - Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
• RijnGouweLijn - under construction; partly shares tracks with heavy rail

Norway

• Oslo Trafikanten (Oslo City Travelers Center) [3]
• Bergen, Trondheim

Portugal

• Lisboa, Porto, Sintra-Atlantico

Russia

• Kaliningrad, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, ~70 others [4] in European Russia and Asian Siberia

Serbia:

• Belgrade

Spain

• Barcelona (under construction)
• Bilbao - Euskotran
• Seville

Slovakia

• Bratislava, Kosice, Poprad-Strbské Pleso, Strba-Strbské, Trencianská Teplá

Sweden

• Gothenburg - Göteborgs spårvägar
• Norrköping
• Stockholm

• Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zürich

United Kingdom

• Birmingham to Wolverhampton - Midland Metro
• Blackpool, Lancashire
• Croydon, outer London, England - Croydon Tramlink
• London - Docklands Light Railway, operated by Serco
• Manchester - Manchester Metrolink, operated by Serco
• Nottingham - Nottingham Express Transit [5]
• Sheffield - Sheffield Supertram, operated by Stagecoach

Oceania

Australia

• Melbourne, Sydney

North America

Canada

• Calgary, Alberta - C-Train
• Edmonton, Alberta
• Ottawa, Ontario - O-Train (pilot project)
• Toronto, Ontario - TTC - Scarborough RT
• Vancouver, British Columbia - Skytrain

Mexico

• Guadalajara - tren eléctrico urbano
• Mexico City - Xochimilco-Tasquena tren ligero

United States

• Baltimore, Maryland - Mass Transit Administration, Maryland DOT
• Boston, Massachusetts - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Buffalo, New York - Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System
• Cleveland, Ohio - Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
• Dallas, Texas - Dallas Area Rapid Transit, McKinney Avenue Transit Authority, (see also Tandy Center Subway)
• Denver, Colorado - Regional Transportation District
• Detroit, Michigan - Detroit Downtown Trolley
• Galveston, Texas - Island Transit
• Houston, Texas - METRORail, operated by METRO
• Jersey City, Bayonne, and Hoboken New Jersey - New Jersey Transit (Hudson-Bergen system)
• Kenosha, Wisconsin - Kenosha Transit
• Los Angeles, California - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority [6]
• Memphis, Tennessee - Memphis Area Transit Authority
• Minneapolis, Minnesota - Hiawatha Line, operated by the Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit (opening 2004)
  • Historically: Twin City Rapid Transit (ca. 1872-1954)
• New Orleans, Louisiana - St. Charles Avenue Streetcar, operated by the Regional Transit Authority
• Newark, New Jersey - New Jersey Transit
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Port Authority of Allegheny County
• Portland, Oregon - Metropolitan Area Express, operated by TriMet; Portland Streetcar operated by City of Portland
• Sacramento, California - Sacramento Regional Transit District
• Saint Louis, Missouri - Bi-State Development Agency
• Salt Lake City, Utah - Utah Transit Authority
• San Diego, California - San Diego Trolley
• San Francisco, California - San Francisco Muni
• San Jose, California - Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
• Seattle, Washington - King County Department of Transportation

South America

• Rio de Janeiro

External links

• North American Light Rail System Maps & Details
• World list of Light Rail, Trams and Metros at Light Rail Transit Association website

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