List of premetro systems

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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
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 ]  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 ]  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] 1933-1950
Boston  United States
MBTA Blue Line
1904-1924 4 1.6 km (1.0 mi)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Antwerpen Tram & Premetro". UrbanRail.net. 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-22. Antwerpen rail network is a typical premetro network.
  2. ^ (+8 not in use)
  3. ^ Geoffroy Fabre (19 March 2014). "Une station fantôme au secours du futur Métro Nord de la STIB". RTBF. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  4. ^ "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).
  5. ^ "Poznański Szybki Tramwaj". 2015.
  6. ^ "Krakowski Szybki Tramwaj". 2015.
  7. ^ "Subways That Never Were: Gothenburg". Transit Porn. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Kryvy Rih . Krovoy Rog Rapid Tram". UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Rio de Janeiro
  11. ^ Tausend Meter Hochbahn
  12. ^ What is Light Rail, Anyway?