List of premetro systems

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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. This list excludes similar semi-metro systems that were not designed to allow heavy rail trains at a later stage, nor full light metros.

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List

LocationCountryRelevant Wikipedia articleYear openedStationsSystem length
Vienna Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Vienna semi-metro 195963.4 km (2.1 mi)
Antwerp Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Antwerp Pre-metro [1] 197511 [2] 8.1 km (5.0 mi)
Brussels Brussels premetro [3] 196915
Charleroi Métro Léger de Charleroi [4] 19764833 km (21 mi)
Frankfurt [ dubious – discuss ]Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Frankfurt U-Bahn 19688664.9 km (40.3 mi)
Dublin [ dubious – discuss ]Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Luas Green Line 20043519 km (12 mi)
Poznań Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Poznań Fast Tram [5] 199788.1 km (5.0 mi)
Kraków Kraków Fast Tram [6] 20085722 km (14 mi)
Szczecin Szczecin Fast Tram  [ pl ]20154
Volgograd Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Volgograd Metrotram [7] 19842217.3 km (10.7 mi)
Gothenburg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Gothenburg tram network [8] 19695
Zurich Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Zurich Premetro [9] 198632.5 km (1.6 mi)
Kyiv Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv Light Rail [10] 200076.7 km (4.2 mi)
Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih Metrotram [11] 19861117.7 km (11.0 mi)
San Francisco Flag of the United States.svg  United States Muni Metro [12] 19803359.2 km (36.8 mi)
Boston MBTA Green Line [13] 18976538.1 km (23.7 mi)

List of former premetros

LocationCountryRelevant Wikipedia articleYearsStationsSystem length
Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Subte de Buenos Aires (Line A) 1913-1926——
Vienna Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Zweierlinie - U2 1966-198083.4 km (2.1 mi)
Line 64 - U6 1979-199530.8 km (0.50 mi)
Brussels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Metro Line 1/5 1969-1976——
Brussels Metro Line 2/6 1970-1988——
Rio de Janeiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Rio de Janeiro Metro (Line 2) [14] [15] 1983-1998——
Nuremberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Nuremberg Metro (U1) [16] 1970-198121.0 km (0.62 mi)
Rome Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rome Line C 2006-20082—
Oslo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Oslo Metro [17] 1928-196622.0 km (1.2 mi)
Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm Metro [18] [19] 1933-1950——
Boston Flag of the United States.svg  United States MBTA Blue Line 1904-192441.6 km (1.0 mi)
New York Steinway Tunnel [20] 1907—2.6 km (1.6 mi)

See also

References

  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. ↑ "Light rail in the USSR". Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit. 48 (576). Ian Allan; Light Rail transit Association: 399. December 1985.
  8. ↑ "Subways That Never Were: Gothenburg". Transit Porn. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "PRÉMÉTRO" (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Троещина останется без метро, зато с трамваем". www.utro.ua (in Ukrainian). 2010. Archived from the original on 2015-12-31. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Kryvy Rih . Krovoy Rog Rapid Tram". UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Diamant, Emanuel S. (1976). Light Rail Transit: A State of the Art Review. U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development. p. 9. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  14. ↑ Rio de Janeiro
  15. ↑ Araujo, Ricardo Melo (December 2017). Plano conceitual de transporte de passageiros sobre trilhos na Região Metropolitana de Curitiba. Curitiba. p. 36. Retrieved 30 September 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. ↑ Tausend Meter Hochbahn
  17. ↑ Burtenshaw, D.; Bateman, M.; Ashworth, G. J. (29 June 2021). The European City: A Western Perspective. Routledge. p. 124. ISBN   978-1-000-38316-4.
  18. ↑ Skelsey, Geoffrey (2018). Brussels Metro to Grow As Pre-metro Shrinks. London Underground Railway Society. p. 3. Such eventual upgrading of tram subways to Metro operation was widely advocated at this period, but conversion of Line 1 of the Brussels system in 1976 was the first after 1950 (in Stockholm) to actually take effect.
  19. ↑ What is Light Rail, Anyway?
  20. ↑ "The Steinway Tunnels". Electric Railroads (29). Electric Railroaders' Association. April 1960. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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