List of largest town tramway systems

This is a list of 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.

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System Country Length (km) Notes Closed
Vicinal tramway Belgium 4095[1] Networks between towns ceased in the 1970s, but one line (the Coast Tram) remains in operation.
Streetcars in Los Angeles USA 1770+[2] Composed of Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric. 1963[2]
Chicago Surface Lines USA 1600+[3] 1958[3]
Trams in Paris France 1,111[4] Original network stopped service in 1938. Since then, a new 104.7 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] Today 418 km remain[10]
Trams in London UK 523[11] 1952
Manchester Corporation Tramways UK 470[12] 1949
Trams in Rio de Janeiro Brasil 433[13]
Streetcars in Washington, D.C. USA 320[14] 1962[14]
Trams in Vienna Austria 318[15] Today 176.9 km remain.[16]
Trams in Sydney Australia 291[17] 1957[17]
Trams in Karlsruhe Germany 262
Trams in Melbourne Australia 256
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)[18] Data as of 2017. The network was longer in the past.
Silesian Tramways Poland 178
Trams in Budapest Hungary 158
Trams in Sofia Bulgaria 154
Trams in Leipzig Germany 148
Trams in Bucharest Romania 144
Trams in Prague Czech Rep. 142 As of 2019, the Prague tram network operates 882 tram vehicles
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[19] 1953
Trams in Lodz Poland 124.1
Tram in Zürich Switzerland 122
Trams in Greater Cairo Egypt 120[20] 2019[21]
Trams in Zagreb Croatia 116
Dublin tramways Ireland 97 1959
Trams in Gothenburg Sweden 95
Trams in Kraków Poland 90


See also

References
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  21. EJOLT. "Heliopolis Municipality Completely Removes Tram Line, Egypt | EJAtlas". Environmental Justice Atlas. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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