This is a list of the 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.
System Country Length (km) Notes Closed Vicinal tramway Belgium 4,095[1] Networks between towns ceased in the 1970s, but one line (the Coast Tram ) remains in operation. Streetcars in Los Angeles USA 1,770+[2] Composed of Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric . 1963[2] Chicago Surface Lines USA 1,600+[3] 1958[3] Trams in Paris France 1,111[4] Original network stopped service in 1938. Since then, a new 183.4 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] 208[Note 1] Trams in London UK 523[11] 1952 SFMTA USA 304 miles (489 km)[12] Length in 1921 Manchester Corporation Tramways UK 470[13] Milage could relate to all track in (what is now) Greater Manchester including other neighbouring operators (but with much inter-running/shared routes).[14] Others suggest about 430 track miles.[15] All trams removed from region by 1950s, but modern light rail , Manchester Metrolink introduced 1992. 1949 Market Street Railway USA 457[16] 1944 Trams in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 433[17] Streetcars in Washington, D.C. USA 320[18] 1962[18] Trams in Vienna Austria 318[19] Today 172 km remain.[20] Sacramento Northern USA 295 1941 Trams in Sydney Australia 291[21] 1957[21] San Diego Electric Railway USA 165 miles (266 km) 1949 Trams in Melbourne Australia 256 Current largest tram system by route length 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)[22] Data as of 2017. The network was longer in the past. Silesian Tramways Poland 178 Tidewater Southern Railway USA 85 miles (137 km) Trams in Geneva Switzerland 170[23] The network was reduced to only one surviving line in the 1960s. It has been re-expanding since then, back to over 40 km. Trams in Budapest Hungary 158 Trams in Sofia Bulgaria 154 Trams in Leipzig Germany 148 Peninsular Railway USA 91.1 miles (146.6 km) Trams in Prague Czech Rep. 145,7 As of 2019, the Prague tram network operates 882 tram vehicles Trams in Bucharest Romania 144 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[24] 1953 Central California Traction Company USA 78 miles (126 km)[25] Trams in Lodz Poland 124.1 Tram in Zürich Switzerland 122 Trams in Greater Cairo Egypt 120[26] 2019[27] Trams in Zagreb Croatia 116 Visalia Electric Railroad USA 68 miles (109 km) Key System USA 66 miles (106 km) 1959 Dublin tramways Ireland 97 No original tramways still exist, but modern light rail, the Luas , was introduced in 2004 and operates 42km of track. 1959 Trams in Gothenburg Sweden 95 Trams in Kraków Poland 97
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