This is a list of the largest town tramway systems that have ever operated. 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.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2019) |
System | Country | Length (km) | Notes | Closed |
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Vicinal tramway | Belgium | 4,095[1] | Networks between towns ceased in the 1970s, but one line (the Coast Tram) remains in operation. | |
Streetcars in Los Angeles | USA | 1,770+[2] | Composed of Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric. | 1963[2] |
Chicago Surface Lines | USA | 1,600+[3] | 1958[3] | |
Trams in Paris | France | 1,111[4] | Original network stopped service in 1938. Since then, a new 183.4 km network has been built.[5] | |
Trams in Buenos Aires | Argentina | 875[6][7] | Still operating some lines | |
Trams in Saint Petersburg | Russia | 700+[8] | 205 km of lines remain. | |
Detroit United Railway | USA | 640 | 1956 | |
Trams in Berlin | Germany | 624[9] | 194 km of lines remain. | |
Tram in Moscow | Russia | 560[10] | 208[Note 1] | |
Trams in London | UK | 523[11] | 1952 | |
SFMTA | USA | 304 miles (489 km)[12] | Length in 1921 | |
Manchester Corporation Tramways | UK | 470[13] | Milage could relate to all track in (what is now) Greater Manchester including other neighbouring operators (but with much inter-running/shared routes).[14] Others suggest about 430 track miles.[15] All trams removed from region by 1950s, but modern light rail, Manchester Metrolink introduced 1992. | 1949 |
Market Street Railway | USA | 457[16] | 1944 | |
Trams in Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 433[17] | ||
Streetcars in Washington, D.C. | USA | 320[18] | 1962[18] | |
Trams in Vienna | Austria | 318[19] | Today 172 km remain.[20] | |
Sacramento Northern | USA | 295 | 1941 | |
Trams in Sydney | Australia | 291[21] | 1957[21] | |
San Diego Electric Railway | USA | 165 miles (266 km) | 1949 | |
Trams in Melbourne | Australia | 256 | Current largest tram system by route length | |
Glasgow Corporation Tramways | UK | 227.51 | 1962 | |
Trams in Brisbane | Australia | 199 | 1969 | |
Cologne Stadtbahn | Germany | 194.8 | ||
Trams in Milan | Italy | 181.8 km (113.0 mi)[22] | Data as of 2017. The network was longer in the past. | |
Silesian Tramways | Poland | 178 | ||
Tidewater Southern Railway | USA | 85 miles (137 km) | ||
Trams in Geneva | Switzerland | 170[23] | The network was reduced to only one surviving line in the 1960s. It has been re-expanding since then, back to over 40 km. | |
Trams in Budapest | Hungary | 158 | ||
Trams in Sofia | Bulgaria | 154 | ||
Trams in Leipzig | Germany | 148 | ||
Peninsular Railway | USA | 91.1 miles (146.6 km) | ||
Trams in Prague | Czech Rep. | 145,7 | As of 2019, the Prague tram network operates 882 tram vehicles | |
Trams in Bucharest | Romania | 144 | ||
Liverpool Corporation Tramways | UK | 140 | 1957 | |
Trams in Kyiv | Ukraine | 139.9 | ||
Trams in Brussels | Belgium | 139 | ||
Trams in Dresden | Germany | 134.3 | ||
Trams in Warsaw | Poland | 132 | ||
Trams in Stuttgart | Germany | 131 | ||
Trams in Hanover | Germany | 127 | ||
Birmingham Corporation Tramways | UK | 129.6[24] | 1953 | |
Central California Traction Company | USA | 78 miles (126 km)[25] | ||
Trams in Lodz | Poland | 124.1 | ||
Tram in Zürich | Switzerland | 122 | ||
Trams in Greater Cairo | Egypt | 120[26] | 2019[27] | |
Trams in Zagreb | Croatia | 116 | ||
Visalia Electric Railroad | USA | 68 miles (109 km) | ||
Key System | USA | 66 miles (106 km) | 1959 | |
Dublin tramways | Ireland | 97 | No original tramways still exist, but modern light rail, the Luas, was introduced in 2004 and operates 42km of track. | 1959 |
Trams in Gothenburg | Sweden | 95 | ||
Trams in Kraków | Poland | 97 |