List of cities with light rail
The list of cities with light rail systems is intended to give an overview of the light rail systems available worldwide . To make a clear distinction to the list of cities with subways, there are those companies on this page that are not a fully-fledged subway in the entire network area, i.e. also companies in which individual lines meet all subway criteria (e.g. Frankfurt U4 line before it is extended to Enkheim or the U18 light rail line from Essen to Mülheim an der Ruhr ). Note: The U35 from Bochum to Herne is only a tram line, because it has four level crossings with streets in a short section.
| Surname | city | country | continent | Track width (mm) |
electricity | drive | opened | Network length (km) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Rail Algiers | Algiers | Algeria | Africa | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 1985 | 23.2 | |
| Addis Ababa light rail | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Africa | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 2015 | 31.6 | |
| Tunis light rail | Tunis | Tunisia | Africa | 1435 | Overhead line | 1985 | 45 | ||
| Kinshasa light rail | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of Congo | Africa | 1067 | diesel | ? | |||
| Lubumbashi light rail | Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of Congo | Africa | 1067 | diesel | ? | |||
| Abuja Light Rail | Abuja | Nigeria | Africa | 1435 | diesel | 12 Jul 2018 | 42.5 | ||
| Jerusalem light rail | Jerusalem | Israel | Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 2011 | 13.8 | |
| Kelana Jaya Line | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Asia | Sep 1 1998 | 29 | ||||
| Ampang Line | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Dec 16, 1996 | 27 | partly elevated railway | |
| Premetro Antwerp | Antwerp | Belgium | Europe | 1000 | Overhead line | May 25, 1975 | 13.5 | ||
| Premetro Brussels | Brussels | Belgium | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | December 16, 1957 | In addition to an independent metro network, Brussels has a "Premetro" (= U-Strab) network | ||
| Charleroi light rail | Charleroi | Belgium | Europe | 1000 | 600 V | Overhead line | 06/21/1976 | ||
| Aarhus light rail | Aarhus | Denmark | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | December 21, 2017 | 107 | |
| Bad Homburg tram | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | Germany | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | 05/04/1910 | opened as part of the Frankfurter Lokalbahn ; Stadtbahn operation since 1978 | ||
| Bielefeld tram | Bielefeld | Germany | Europe | 1000 | 750 V | Overhead line | December 20, 1900 | 33 | Reopening of the tram as a light rail on April 28, 1991 |
| Bochum light rail | Bochum | Germany | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | 09/02/1989 | Part of the Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn | ||
| Bonn tram | Bonn | Germany | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | March 22, 1975 | 125 | linked to the Cologne tram | |
| Chemnitz light rail | Chemnitz | Germany | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | 12/15/2002 | Tram train | ||
| Dortmund light rail | Dortmund | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 05/17/1976 | 75 | Part of the Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn |
| Düsseldorf light rail | Dusseldorf | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 10/03/1981 | Part of the Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn ; linked to the Duisburg tram | |
| Duisburg light rail | Duisburg | Germany | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | 07/11/1992 | Part of the Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn ; linked to the Düsseldorf tram | ||
| Erfurt city railway | Erfurt | Germany | Europe | 1000 | 750 V | Overhead line | 1996 | Renaming of the tram as Stadtbahn by city council resolution, combined with network expansion | |
| Essen light rail | eat | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 05.10.1967 | Part of the Rhein-Ruhr urban railway, also serves the Mülheim adRuhr urban railway and, in meter gauge, Gelsenkirchen | |
| Frankfurt subway | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 600 V | Overhead line | 04.10.1968 | 65 | runs z. T. unseparated in the street area |
| Hanover light rail | Hanover | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 600 V | Overhead line | 09/28/1975 | 127 | drives mostly independently of road traffic on its own track |
| Heilbronn tram | Heilbronn | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 07/21/2001 | Tram train ; linked to the Karlsruhe tram | |
| Karlsruhe light rail | Karlsruhe | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 04/18/1958 | 603 | Tram train ; linked to the Heilbronn tram ; largest light rail network in the world |
| RegioTram Kassel | kassel | Germany | Europe | 1435 | Diesel overhead line |
08/19/2007 | Tram train | ||
| StadtRegionalBahn Kiel | Kiel | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 600 V | Overhead line | Tram-Train , project put on hold for the time being | ||
| Cologne light rail | Cologne | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 1968 | 194.8 | linked to the Bonn tram |
| Ludwigshafen tram | Ludwigshafen am Rhein | Germany | Europe | 1000 | 750 V | Overhead line | 1969 | linked to the Mannheim tram | |
| Mannheim tram | Mannheim | Germany | Europe | 1000 | 750 V | Overhead line | 1971 | linked to the Ludwigshafen tram | |
| Mülheim light rail | Mülheim an der Ruhr | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 05.10.1967 | Part of the Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn ; served by Stadtbahn Essen | |
| Oberursel tram | Oberursel (Taunus) | Germany | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | October 1899 | opened as the Oberursel – Hohemark mountain railway; Overland route to Heddernheim opened on May 31, 1910; Stadtbahn operation since 1978 | ||
| Rhein-Ruhr light rail network | Rhine-Ruhr | Germany | Europe | 1000 1435 |
Overhead line | 05.10.1967 | supra-regional network with several, partly independent sub-networks ( Bochum , Dortmund , Düsseldorf , Duisburg , Essen / Mülheim adRuhr ) | ||
| Saarbahn | Saarbrücken | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | October 24, 1997 | Tram train ; Overland route to Sarreguemines (F) | |
| Stuttgart light rail | Stuttgart | Germany | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | May 10, 1966 | 128 | Replacement of the tram completed in late 2007 |
| Tramway Rouen | Rouen | France | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 12/17/1994 | 15.1 | |
| Paris tram | Paris | France | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 07/06/1992 | ||
| Manchester Metrolink | Manchester | United Kingdom | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 04/06/1992 | 92 | |
| Tyne and Wear Metro | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | Europe | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | 08/11/1980 | ||
| Dublin Metro | Dublin | Ireland | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | in planning | |||
| Bergamo – Albino light rail | Bergamo | Italy | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 2009 | 12.5 | |
| Cagliari light rail | Cagliari | Italy | Europe | 950 | 750 V | Overhead line | 03/17/2008 | 12.3 | |
| Sassari light rail | Sassari | Italy | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 10/27/2006 | 4.33 | Tram train |
| Amsterdam Metro | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Europe | 1435 | 600V 750V |
Overhead line and conductor rail | December 01, 1990 | 42.5 | Mixed operation with the subway |
| Randstadrail The Hague-Rotterdam | The Hague and Rotterdam | Netherlands | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line and conductor rail | 01/01/2006 | Mixed operation with the Hague tram and the Rotterdam subway | ||
| Utrecht light rail | Utrecht | Netherlands | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | December 17, 1983 | 20.7 | |
| Oslo metro | Oslo | Norway | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | 10/16/1966 | 86 | as T-bane , has already operated level crossings as Undergrunnsbane since June 28, 1928 |
| Wiener Stadtbahn / Wiener Elektro Stadtbahn | Vienna | Austria | Europe | 1435 |
750 V |
Steam overhead line |
05/09/1898 06/03/1925 |
from 1976 to 1989 conversion to underground operation; Cessation of the light rail on October 7th, 1989 |
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| Krakow light rail | Krakow | Poland | Europe | Overhead line | 12/12/2008 | ||||
| Poznan light rail | Poses | Poland | Europe | Overhead line | |||||
| Metro do Porto | postage | Portugal | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 02/01/1997 | 67 | |
| Metro Mondego | Coimbra | Portugal | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | Was planned | |||
| Saint Petersburg elevated railway | St. Petersburg | Russia | Europe | Overhead line | Was planned | ||||
| Volgograd light rail | Volgograd | Russia | Europe | Overhead line | 05/11/1984 | 17.3 | |||
| Alicante light rail | Alicante | Spain | Europe | 1000 | Overhead line | 08/15/2003 |
Tram train ; Mixed operation between Regiostadtbahnwagen with partially low-floor design (without diesel drive), MAN railcars (diesel and partially modernized) and 100% trams |
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| Granada light rail | Granada | Spain | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 09/21/2017 | 15.9 | |
| Málaga Metro | Málaga | Spain | Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | 07/30/2014 | 11.3 | ||
| Metro Seville | Seville | Spain | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 04/02/2009 | 18.2 | |
| Lausanne light rail | Lausanne | Switzerland | Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 06/02/1991 | 7.79 | |
| Metro Kryvyi Rih | Kryvyi Rih | Ukraine | Europe | 1524 | Overhead line | December 26, 1986 | 17.7 | ||
| C-train | Calgary | Canada | North America | 1435 | 600 V | Overhead line | 05/25/1981 | 59.9 | |
| LRT Edmonton | Edmonton | Canada | North America | 1435 | 600 V | Overhead line | 04/22/1978 | 24.3 | |
| O-Train ( Trillium Line ) | Ottawa | Canada | North America | 1435 | diesel | 10/15/2001 | 8.0 | ||
| O-Train ( Confederation Line ) | Ottawa | Canada | North America | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | 14.09.2019 | 12.5 | |
| Toronto Tram | Toronto | Canada | North America | 1495 | 600 V | Overhead line | 09/11/1861 | 75 | |
| Eglinton line | Toronto | Canada | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | under construction | 19th | |
| Ion rapid transit | Waterloo region | Canada | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | June 21, 2019 | 19th | |
| Guadalajara light rail | Guadalajara | Mexico | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 09/01/1989 | 24.0 | |
| LRT Baltimore | Baltimore | United States | North America | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | 09/09/1997 | ||
| MBTA | Boston | United States | North America | 1435 | 600 V | Overhead line | Mixed operation with the subway | ||
| Metrorail Buffalo | Buffalo | United States | North America | 1435 | 650 V | Overhead line | 05/20/1985 | 10.3 | |
| LRT Cincinnati | Cincinnati | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 09/09/2016 | ||
| Light Rail Charlotte (Lynx) | Charlotte | United States | North America | 1435 | Overhead line | 11/24/2007 | 17.8 | Tram train | |
| Cleveland Rapid Transit | Cleveland | United States | North America | 1435 | Overhead line | 1968 | Mixed operation with the subway | ||
| DART | Dallas | United States | North America | 1435 | Overhead line | 06/14/1996 | |||
| Denver Light Rail | Denver | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 1994 | ||
| Honolulu light rail | Honolulu | United States | North America | 1435 | Busbar | under construction | 32 | ||
| MetroRail Houston | Houston | United States | North America | 1435 | 600V 750V | Overhead line | 01/01/2004 | 38.3 | |
| Hudson-Bergen Light Rail | Jersey City | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 04/22/2000 | 27.4 | |
| Kansas City light rail | Kansas City | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 05/06/2016 | 3.5 | |
| Los Angeles Metro Rail | los Angeles | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 07/14/1990 | 169.0 | Light rail and subway |
| Hiawatha Line | Minneapolis / St. Paul | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 06/26/2004 | 19.3 | |
| Newark Light Rail | Newark | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 10/03/1934 | 10.0 | |
| The tide | Norfolk | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 08/19/2011 | 11.9 | |
| METRO Light Rail | Phoenix | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 12/27/2008 | 42 | |
| LRT Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | United States | North America | 1581 | 650 V | Overhead line | 1984 | 42.2 | |
| Trimet Metropolitan Area Express | Portland | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 09/05/1986 | 96.6 | |
| LRT Sacramento | Sacramento | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 03/12/1987 | ||
| UTA TRAX | Salt Lake City | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 04/12/1999 | 32.8 | |
| San Diego trolley | San Diego | United States | North America | 1435 | 600 V | Overhead line | 07/26/1981 | 86.1 | |
| VTA Light Rail | San Jose | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 12/11/1987 | 67.9 | |
| Sound Transit Central Link | Seattle | United States | North America | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | 07/18/2009 | 32.8 | |
| MetroLink | St. Louis | United States | North America | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 07/31/1993 | 74 | |
| Canberra light rail | Canberra | Australia | Oceania | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | April 20, 2019 | 12 | |
| Perth light rail | Perth | Australia | Oceania | 1435 | had been planned | 22nd | |||
| Sydney light rail | Sydney | Australia | Oceania | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | August 31, 1997 | 12.8 |