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This article covers the various forms of transport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), by road, rail, air, water, etc.
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The West Midlands Metro is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands, England. The network has 33 stops with a total of 14 miles (23 km) of track; it currently consists of a single route, Line 1, which operates between the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton via the towns of Bilston, West Bromwich and Wednesbury, on a mixture of former railway lines and urban on-street running. The system is owned by the public body Transport for West Midlands, and operated by Midland Metro Limited, a company wholly owned by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
The Sydney light rail network is a light rail/tram system serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network currently consists of three passenger routes, the L1 Dulwich Hill, L2 Randwick and L3 Kingsford lines. The network comprises 42 stops and a system length of 24.7 km (15.3 mi), making it the second largest light rail network in Australia behind the tram network in Melbourne, Victoria. A fourth line, the 12 km (7.5 mi) L4 Westmead & Carlingford Line in Sydney's west, is planned to open in August 2024.
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Metro Area Express (MAX) was a proposed light rail network for Perth, Western Australia, as part of Colin Barnett's 2010 announcement of a decade of light rail for Perth. It was scheduled to open in 2018, then postponed until 2022, then replaced by concepts for rapid buses and heavy rail, until it was abandoned in 2016.
The Canberra light rail network is a light rail system serving the city of Canberra, Australia. The initial 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) line links the northern town centre of Gungahlin to the city centre (Civic) and has 14 stops. Services commenced on 20 April 2019. The 14th stop at Sandford Street in Mitchell commenced operation in September 2021.
Abu Dhabi Metro is a planned metro system that would be part of a larger transit network for the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. First announced in 2008, as of 2024 construction has yet to start.
The CBD and South East Light Rail is a pair of light rail lines running between Sydney's central business district (CBD) and the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Services running between Circular Quay and Randwick are branded as the L2 Randwick Line, with services running between Circular Quay and Kingsford branded as the L3 Kingsford Line. Construction commenced in October 2015, with the L2 Randwick Line commencing services on the 14 December 2019 and the L3 Kingsford Line on the 3 April 2020. It is part of Sydney's light rail network.
Helsinki light rail line 15 is a 25-kilometre (16 mi) light rail line connecting Keilaniemi in Espoo and Itäkeskus in Helsinki, Finland. Known during construction as Jokeri light rail, construction was started in June 2019 and the line began operating in October 2023, about 10 months ahead of the original schedule. The line replaced the trunk bus line 550, the busiest bus service on the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority public transport network, at the end of 2023.
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- ↑ "Abu Dhabi to launch consultancy tender for tram in 2 months - Transport - ArabianBusiness.com". 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ↑ "Abu Dhabi commences construction on ambitious Light Rail Transit Project". Metro Rail Today.
- ↑ "First phase of capital's tram system will be ready by 2014". 2010-12-12. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ↑ "Abu Dhabi DOT - Abu Dhabi Light Rail". 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ↑ "دائـــرة النقـــــل - خطة النقل الشاملة". 2010-12-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
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