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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.

List

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Location Country Relevant Wikipedia article Year opened Stations System length
Antwerp  Belgium Antwerp Pre-metro[1] 1975 11[2] 8.1 km (5.0 mi)
Brussels Brussels premetro[3] 1969 15
Charleroi Métro Léger de Charleroi[4] 1976 48 33 km (21 mi)
Frankfurt[dubious – discuss]  Germany Frankfurt U-Bahn 1968 86 64.9 km (40.3 mi)
Dublin[dubious – discuss]  Ireland Luas Green Line 2004 35 19 km (12 mi)
Poznań  Poland Poznań Fast Tram[5] 1997 8 8.1 km (5.0 mi)
Kraków Kraków Fast Tram[6] 2008 57 22 km (14 mi)
Szczecin Szczecin Fast Tram [pl] 2015 4
Volgograd  Russia Volgograd Metrotram[7] 1984 22 17.3 km (10.7 mi)
Gothenburg  Sweden Gothenburg tram network[8] 1969 5
Zurich   Switzerland Zurich Premetro[9] 1986 3 2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Kyiv  Ukraine Kyiv Light Rail[10] 2000 7 6.7 km (4.2 mi)
Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih Metrotram[11] 1986 11 17.7 km (11.0 mi)
San Francisco  United States Muni Metro[12] 1980 33 59.2 km (36.8 mi)
Boston MBTA Green Line[13] 1897 65 38.1 km (23.7 mi)
Newark Newark Light Rail 1935 17 10 km (6.2 mi)
Philadelphia Subway-Surface Lines 1906 16 63.7 km (39.6 mi)

List of former premetros

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Location Country Relevant Wikipedia article Years Stations System length
Buenos Aires  Argentina Subte de Buenos Aires (Line A) 1913-1926 — —
Vienna  Austria Zweierlinie - U2 1966-1980 8 3.4 km (2.1 mi)
Line 64 - U6 1979-1995 3 0.8 km (0.50 mi)
Brussels  Belgium Brussels Metro Line 1/5 1969-1976 — —
Brussels Metro Line 2/6 1970-1988 — —
Rio de Janeiro  Brazil Rio de Janeiro Metro (Line 2)[14][15] 1983-1998 — —
Nuremberg  Germany Nuremberg Metro (U1)[16] 1970-1981 2 1.0 km (0.62 mi)
Rome  Italy Rome Line C 2006-2008 2 —
Oslo  Norway Oslo Metro[17] 1928-1966 2 2.0 km (1.2 mi)
Stockholm  Sweden Stockholm Metro[18][19] 1933-1950 — —
Boston  United States MBTA Blue Line 1904-1924 4 1.6 km (1.0 mi)
New York Steinway Tunnel[20] 1907 — 2.6 km (1.6 mi)

See also

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References

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  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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