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This is a list of cities and towns in Europe that have (or once had) town tramway (e.g. urban tramway) systems as part of their public transport system. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows.
Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column. Basel (green trams in the city) Basel (yellow trams link the suburbs) Bern Geneva Lausanne The first electric tramway in Switzerland, that became the Vevey–Montreux–Chillon–Villeneuve tramway , c.1890 Zurich
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 .
This is a list of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom divided by constituent country and by regions of England.It includes all tram systems, past and present. Most of the tram systems operated on 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge (SG) or 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) track, although there were a small number of other gauges used.
After initially retaining the Hillside Trains name, in July 2000, the Connex Melbourne name was introduced. [10] Following Veolia's rebranding of its transport operations from Connex to Veolia Transport on all other transport systems worldwide in late 2005 and early 2006, Connex Melbourne was one of the very few Veolia Transport operations a to retain the Connex name. [21]
The trend to light rail in the United Kingdom was firmly established with the success of the Manchester Metrolink system and Sheffield Supertram in 1992, followed by Midland Metro in Birmingham in 1999, and Tramlink in London in 2000. In France, Nantes and Grenoble led the way in terms of the modern tram, and new systems were inaugurated in ...
Town tramway systems include all light rail, tram, interurban, streetcar, or other comparable modes of public transport which uses rails while mainly traveling among other traffic. All figures reflect the system at its height. To keep the list manageable, only systems with over 90km of track are included.
By 1927 a further 12 had been delivered. In 1930 three drop centre bogie trams were bodied at the Invermay Road depot. [1] [2] [4] Single-truck tram number 13 has been preserved by the Tasmanian Transport Museum [7] while bogie tram number 29 is with the Launceston Tramway Museum. [8]