List of premetro systems

This is the list of cities which have premetro systems – i.e. tram or light rail systems which are, or were, intended to be converted to full rapid transit systems.

List
Location Country Relevant Wikipedia article Year opened Stations System length
Buenos Aires  Argentina PreMetro (Line E2) 1987 17 7.4 km (4.6 mi)
Vienna  Austria Vienna Pre-metro 1969 8 3.4 km (2.1 mi)
Antwerp  Belgium Antwerp Pre-metro[1] 1975 11
(+8 not in use)		 8.1 km (5.0 mi)
Brussels  Belgium Trams in Brussels[2] 1972 15
Charleroi  Belgium Charleroi Metro[3] 1976 48 33 km (21 mi)
Foshan  China Nanhai Tram Line 1 2021 15 14.345 km (8.914 mi)
Frankfurt  Germany Frankfurt U-Bahn 1968 86 64.85 km (40.30 mi)
Dublin  Ireland Luas Green Line 2004 35 19 km (12 mi)
Poznań  Poland Poznań Fast Tram[4] 1997 8 8.1 km (5.0 mi)
Kraków  Poland Kraków Fast Tram[5] 2008 57 22 km (14 mi)
Szczecin  Poland Szczecin Fast Tram 2015 4
Volgograd  Russia Volgograd Metrotram 1984 22 17.3 km (10.7 mi)
Kyiv  Ukraine Kyiv Light Rail 1978 19 21 km (13 mi)
Kryvyi Rih  Ukraine Kryvyi Rih Metrotram[6] 1986 11 17.7 km (11.0 mi)
San Francisco  United States Muni Metro 1980 33 59.2 km (36.8 mi)
Boston  United States MBTA Green Line 1967 65 38.1 km (23.7 mi)
Newark  United States Newark Light Rail 1935 17 10 km (6.2 mi)
Philadelphia  United States SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines 1906 16 63.7 km (39.6 mi)

See also

References
  1. "Antwerpen Tram & Premetro". UrbanRail.net. 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-22. Antwerpen rail network is a typical premetro network.
  2. Geoffroy Fabre (19 March 2014). "Une station fantôme au secours du futur Métro Nord de la STIB". RTBF. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  3. "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).
  4. "Poznański Szybki Tramwaj". 2015.
  5. "Krakowski Szybki Tramwaj". 2015.
  6. "Kryvy Rih . Krovoy Rog Rapid Tram". UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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