List of premetro systems
This is the list of cities worldwide which have premetro systems. In other words: tram or light rail systems which are, or were, intended to be converted to full rapid transit systems.
List
Location | Country | Relevant Wikipedia article | Year opened | Stations | System length |
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Antwerp | Belgium | Antwerp Pre-metro[1] | 1975 | 11[2] | 8.1 km (5.0 mi) |
Brussels | Belgium | Trams in Brussels[3] | 1969 | 15 | |
Charleroi | Belgium | Charleroi Metro[4] | 1976 | 48 | 33 km (21 mi) |
Foshan | China | Nanhai Tram Line 1 | 2021 | 15 | 14.3 km (8.9 mi) |
Frankfurt[dubious – discuss] | Germany | Frankfurt U-Bahn | 1968 | 86 | 64.9 km (40.3 mi) |
Dublin | Ireland | Luas Green Line | 2004 | 35 | 19 km (12 mi) |
Poznań | Poland | Poznań Fast Tram[5] | 1997 | 8 | 8.1 km (5.0 mi) |
Kraków | Poland | Kraków Fast Tram[6] | 2008 | 57 | 22 km (14 mi) |
Szczecin | Poland | Szczecin Fast Tram | 2015 | 4 | |
Volgograd | Russia | Volgograd Metrotram | 1984 | 22 | 17.3 km (10.7 mi) |
Gothenburg | Sweden | Gothenburg tram network[7] | 1969 | 5 | |
Kyiv[dubious – discuss] | Ukraine | Kyiv Light Rail | 1978 | 19 | 21 km (13 mi) |
Kryvyi Rih | Ukraine | Kryvyi Rih Metrotram[8] | 1986 | 11 | 17.7 km (11.0 mi) |
San Francisco | United States | Muni Metro[9] | 1980 | 33 | 59.2 km (36.8 mi) |
Boston | United States | MBTA Green Line | 1967 | 65 | 38.1 km (23.7 mi) |
Newark | United States | Newark Light Rail | 1935 | 17 | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
Philadelphia | United States | Subway-Surface Lines | 1906 | 16 | 63.7 km (39.6 mi) |
List of former premetros
Location | Country | Relevant Wikipedia article | Years | Stations | System length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buenos Aires | Argentina | Subte de Buenos Aires (Line A) | 1913-1926 | — | — |
Vienna | Austria | Zweierlinie - U2 | 1966-1980 | 8 | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
Line 64 - U6 | 1979-1995 | 3 | 0.8 km (0.50 mi) | ||
Brussels | Belgium | Brussels Metro Line 1/5 | 1969-1976 | — | — |
Brussels Metro Line 2/6 | 1970-1988 | — | — | ||
Rio de Janeiro | Brasil | Rio de Janeiro Metro (Line 2) | 1983-1998[10] | — | — |
Nuremberg | Germany | Nuremberg Metro (U1)[11] | 1970-1981 | 2 | 1.0 km (0.62 mi) |
Oslo | Norway | Oslo Metro | 1928-1966 | — | — |
Stockholm | Sweden | Stockholm Metro[12][13] | 1933-1950 | — | — |
Boston | United States | MBTA Blue Line | 1904-1924 | 4 | 1.6 km (1.0 mi) |
See also
- Premetro
- History of tram and light rail transit systems by country
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of town tramway systems (all-time list)
- Medium-capacity rail transport system
- List of metro systems
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- List of trolleybus systems
References
- ^ "Antwerpen Tram & Premetro". UrbanRail.net. 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
Antwerpen rail network is a typical premetro network.
- ^ (+8 not in use)
- ^ Geoffroy Fabre (19 March 2014). "Une station fantôme au secours du futur Métro Nord de la STIB". RTBF. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ^ "Charleroi Premetro". UrbanRail.net. 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
The Charleroi Metro is a typical prémétro network, i.e. trams that run underground in the city centre and on viaducts or separate right-of-way through outer parts (similar to German Stadtbahn systems).
- ^ "Poznański Szybki Tramwaj". 2015.
- ^ "Krakowski Szybki Tramwaj". 2015.
- ^ "Subways That Never Were: Gothenburg". Transit Porn. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Kryvy Rih . Krovoy Rog Rapid Tram". UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ Laubscher, Rick (9 December 2021). "Market Street subway dreams". Market Street Railway. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
BART would own the subway and designed Muni's level to be convertible to BART trains in the future if needed.
- ^ Rio de Janeiro
- ^ Tausend Meter Hochbahn
- ^ Skelsey, Geoffrey (2018). Brussels Metro to Grow As Pre-metro Shrinks. London Underground Railway Society. p. 3.
Such eventual upgrading of tram subways to Metro operation was widely advocated at this period, but conversion of Line 1 of the Brussels system in 1976 was the first after 1950 (in Stockholm) to actually take effect.
- ^ What is Light Rail, Anyway?