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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 edit

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 – 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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  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?
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