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 95km of track are included.

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System Length (kilometers) Notes Closed
Vicinal tramway 4095[1] Some lines (such as the Coast Tram) remain.
Streetcars in Los Angeles 1770+[2] Composed of Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric. 1963[2]
Chicago Surface Lines 1600+[3] 1958[3]
Trams in Paris 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 875[6][7] Still operating some lines
Trams in Saint Petersburg 700+[8] 205 km of lines remain.
Detroit United Railway 640 1956
Trams in Berlin 624[9] 194 km of lines remain.
Trams in London 523[10] 1952
Manchester Corporation Tramways 470[11] 1949
Trams in Rio de Janeiro 433[12]
Streetcars in Washington, D.C. 320[13] 1962[13]
Trams in Sydney 291[14] 1957[14]
Trams in Melbourne 256
Glasgow Corporation Tramways 227.51 1962
Trams in Brisbane 199 1969
Cologne Stadtbahn 194.8
Trams in Milan 181.8 km (113.0 mi)[15] Data as of 2017. The network was longer in the past.
Liverpool Corporation Tramways 140 1957
Birmingham Corporation Tramways 129.6[16] 1953
Trams in Greater Cairo 120[17] 2019[18]
Dublin tramways 97 1959


See also

References
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