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A world of trams and urban transit A complete listing of Light Rail, Light Railway, Tramway & Metro systems throughout the World |
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This world systems list prepared by Michael Taplin, International News Editor was first published as an 8 page supplement to Light Rail & Modern Tramway in October 1997. It was brought up to date and corrected for this website version. It has now been revised as per the revision list below. There is also an index (below) which will take you directly to the country you are interested in. My thanks to Michael Taplin for producing this mammoth list and for updating it. He is keen to keep it up to date too, so please e-mail him if you know of any additions, deletions or amendments (see bottom of page for e-mail post box).
This list sets out all the passenger-carrying tramway, light railway and metro systems in the world excluding airport shuttles, commuter/mainline rail, entertainment parks and funiculars. Classification always brings areas of doubt, particularly in countries such as Japan and Switzerland where clear dividing lines just do not exist.
| Mod. | Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Revised and simplified | |
| 1 | May 2006 | France, |
| 2 | August 2006 | Australia, |
| 3 | October 2006 | Poland, |
| 4 | February 2007 | China, France, Netherlands, Spain, |
| 5 | December 2009 | Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea North, Luxembourg, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, |
| 6 | February 2013 | Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea South, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, |
| 7 | March 2013 | Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, India, Iraq, Italy, Korea South, Morocco, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, |
| 8 | April 2018 | Algeria, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, COTE D'IVOIRE, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakstan, Korea South, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, |
Please Note: Use the index below to speedily access the details for the country you are seeking - just click on the country name. The index also shows totals for each type of system. The list has been corrected up to date - but undetected errors may have crept in during conversion and also the world moves on - if you know of changes which should be made - please tell us - Click here to send information
| Systems are listed by country - click on country name to select Number shows open systems (Items in brackets uc = under construction; p = planned/proposed; s = suspended) | |||||||
| Mod. | Country | No. of Metros | Light rail | Tramways | Light Railways | Heritage tram | Other |
| 8 | Algeria (DZ) | 1 | 4 ( 5uc 1p ) | ||||
| 8 | Argentina (AR) | 1 ( 1p ) | 2 | ( 1s ) | 4 | ||
| 6 | Armenia (AM) | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Aruba (AW) | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Australia (AU) | 4 ( 3uc 2p ) | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Austria (AT) | 1 | 2 | 7 ( 1uc ) | 4 | ||
| 8 | Azerbaijan (AZ) | 1 | ( 1p ) | ||||
| 8 | Bangladesh (BD) | ( 1uc ) | |||||
| 5 | Belarus (BY) | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Belgium (BE) | 1 | ( 1uc ) | 5 ( 1uc ) | 1 | ||
| 8 | Bolivia (BO) | ( 1uc ) | |||||
| Bosnia And Herzegovina (BA) | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Brazil (BR) | 9 | 2 | 4 ( 1uc 1p ) | 2 | 3 ( 1s ) | 1 ( 2uc ) |
| Bulgaria (BG) | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 8 | Canada (CA) | 4 ( 1uc ) | 3 ( 2uc ) | 1 ( 4uc 1p 1s ) | 3 ( 1s ) | ||
| 5 | Chile (CL) | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | China (CN) | 35 ( 2uc ) | 2 | 11 ( 5uc ) | 4 | 3 ( 1p ) | |
| 8 | Colombia (CO) | 1 ( 1p ) | 1 | ||||
| 8 | COTE D'IVOIRE (CI) | ( 1uc ) | |||||
| Croatia (HR) | 2 | ||||||
| Cuba (CU) | 1 | ||||||
| Czech Republic (CZ) | 1 | ( 1p ) | 7 | 2 | |||
| 8 | Denmark (DK) | 1 | 1 ( 1p ) | ( 2uc ) | |||
| 5 | Dominican Republic (DO) | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Ecuador (EC) | ( 1uc ) | ( 1uc ) | ||||
| 8 | Egypt (EG) | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Estonia (EE) | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Ethiopia (ET) | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Finland (FI) | 1 | ( 1uc ) | 1 ( 1uc 1p ) | |||
| 8 | France (FR) | 7 | 8 ( 2p ) | 25 ( 2uc 2p ) | 7 | 3 | |
| 8 | Georgia (GE) | 1 | ( 1p ) | ||||
| 5 | Germany (DE) | 4 | 10 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Greece (GR) | 1 ( 1uc ) | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Guatemala (GT) | ( 1p ) | |||||
| 8 | Hungary (HU) | 1 | 1 ( 1uc ) | 4 | |||
| 8 | India (IN) | 9 ( 5uc 1p ) | 1 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Indonesia (ID) | ( 1uc ) | |||||
| 8 | Iran (IR) | 5 | |||||
| 7 | Iraq (IQ) | ( 2p ) | |||||
| 5 | Ireland (IE) | ( 1p ) | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Israel (IL) | 1 ( 1uc ) | |||||
| 8 | Italy (IT) | 7 | 3 | 12 ( 1uc ) | 10 | 3 ( 1uc ) | |
| 8 | Japan (JP) | 18 | 9 | 15 ( 1uc ) | 41 | 8 | |
| 8 | Kazakstan (KZ) | 1 ( 1uc ) | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Korea North (KP) | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Korea South (KR) | 11 | ( 1uc ) | ||||
| Latvia (LV) | 3 | ||||||
| 8 | Luxembourg (LU) | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Macedonia (MK) | ( 1p ) | |||||
| 8 | Malaysia (MY) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Mauritius (MU) | ( 1uc ) | |||||
| 8 | Mexico (MX) | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Morocco (MA) | 2 ( 1p ) | |||||
| 4 | Netherlands (NL) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 8 | New Zealand (NZ) | ( 1p ) | 2 ( 1s ) | ||||
| 8 | Nigeria (NG) | ( 1uc ) | ( 1uc ) | ||||
| 6 | Norway (NO) | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Panama (PA) | 1 | ( 1p ) | ||||
| Peru (PE) | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Philippines (PH) | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Poland (PL) | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Portugal (PT) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Puerto Rico (PR) | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Qatar (QA) | ( 1uc ) | 1 ( 2uc ) | ||||
| 6 | Romania (RO) | 1 | 12 | ||||
| 8 | Russian Federation (RU) | 6 ( 2uc ) | 2 ( 1uc 1p ) | 62 ( 1s ) | 1 | ||
| 8 | Saudi Arabia (SA) | 2 ( 2uc 1p ) | |||||
| 8 | Serbia (RS) | ( 1p ) | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Singapore (SG) | 2 ( 1p ) | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Slovakia (SK) | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 6 | South Africa (ZA) | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Spain (ES) | 9 ( 1uc ) | 3 ( 1uc ) | 12 ( 1p 2s ) | 8 | 1 ( 1s ) | |
| 8 | Sri Lanka (LK) | ( 1p ) | |||||
| 8 | Sweden (SE) | 1 | 1 | 4 ( 1uc ) | 2 | 1 | |
| 8 | Switzerland (CH) | 1 | 2 ( 1uc ) | 10 ( 2uc 1p ) | 38 | ||
| 8 | Taiwan (TW) | 3 ( 2uc ) | ( 1p ) | 1 ( 1uc ) | |||
| 7 | Thailand (TH) | 1 ( 1p ) | |||||
| Tunisia (TN) | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Turkey (TR) | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Ukraine (UA) | 3 | 1 | 21 | |||
| 8 | United Arab Emirates (AE) | 1 ( 1p ) | 1 ( 1p ) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | United Kingdom (GB) | 2 | 2 ( 1uc ) | 11 ( 1s ) | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (US) | 18 ( 1uc ) | 30 ( 3p ) | 18 ( 5uc 12p ) | 20 ( 3s ) | 5 | |
| 8 | Uzbekistan (UZ) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Venezuela (VE) | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Viet Nam (VN) | ( 2uc 1p ) | ( 1p ) | ||||
| Metros | Light rail | Tramways | Light Railways | Heritage tram | Other | ||
| World Totals (86 Countries) | 196 ( 26uc 13p ) | 104 ( 11uc 11p ) | 376 ( 41uc 26p 6s ) | 122 | 63 ( 7s ) | 33 ( 4uc 4p ) | |
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