List of modern tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom
This is a list of extant tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom. For a full historical list of all tramway systems that have existed in the country, see List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom.
Operational tram (green) and light rail (blue) systems in the United Kingdom
Location | System | Traction type |
Date opened | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Blackpool | Blackpool Corporation Tramways | Horse, conduit electric and overhead electric | 10 September 1892 | |
East London | Docklands Light Railway | Electric | 31 August 1987 | Light rail |
Edinburgh | Edinburgh Trams | Electric | 31 May 2014 | |
South London | Tramlink, formerly Croydon Tramlink | Electric | 10 May 2000 | [1][2] |
Greater Manchester | Metrolink | Electric | 6 April 1992 | |
Nottingham | Nottingham Express Transit | Electric | 9 March 2004 | [3] |
Sheffield | Supertram | Electric | 21 March 1994 | [4] |
Newcastle Upon Tyne and Sunderland | Tyne & Wear Metro | Electric | 11 August 1980 | Light rail |
West Midlands (Birmingham–Wolverhampton) | West Midlands Metro | Electric | 30 May 1999 |
Proposed systems
- Preston Trampower
- Coventry Very Light Rail
- East London Transit - proposed conversion to tram operation
- Luton DART
- South Wales Metro
- Wirral Street Car
- Glasgow Metro (light rail)
- Bristol underground metro
- Cardiff Crossrail
- Bath Trams: pro-integrated public transport campaign
- Southwark Supertram
Cancelled systems
- Abbey line
- Bristol Supertram
- CITI Belfast
- Cross River Tram
- Leeds Supertram
- Merseytram
- Penistone Line Tram-Train
- South Hampshire Rapid Transit
- Thames Gateway Transit
- West London Tram
- North and West London Light Railway
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See also
References
- "Available Website". Railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- "Available Website". Railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- Turner 2009, pp. 88–89
- "Sheffield's Trams in c1960". Cyberpictures.net. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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