All Light Rail / Tramway articles – Page 13
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Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto SA (STCP)
Heritage tramway with first line opening 1872. Currently three routes in operation; routes 1, 18 (opened in 2005) and 22 (opened in 2007), operated by six Brill cars. AddressAv Fernão de Magalhães 1862/134350-158 PortoPortugalPhone+351 22 507 1000Fax+351 22 507 1150Emailgeral@stcp.ptWebsitewww.stcp.pt Traffic YearPassenger journeys(million) ...
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Metro Jeddah Co
Phase 1 of the Jeddah Transportation Master Plan envisages a network of up to four metro routes (157 km, 85 stations), three light rail lines (38 km, 43 stops) and a corniche tramway (16 km, 15 stops).Lines planned are:Metro-Red Line-: north - south, along King Abdulaziz Road and King Abdullah ...
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Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG
First metro line opened 1976. Network now comprises 5 lines (U6 being a light metro line) with 109 stations. See Wien network map. Wiener Linien also operates an extensive tram network (28 lines), with the Wiener Lokalbahn sharing tracks from Oper/Karlsplatz to Schedifkaplatz. Route O was extended to Bruno-Marek-Allee on ...
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Utsunomiya Light Rail Co Ltd
Single ight rail route opened 2023, serving 19 stops. Ministerial approval for a light rail line in Utsunomiya, 100 km north of Tokyo, was given in September 2016 (14·6 km, 19 stops); groundbreaking took place on May 28 2018. Opening was originally planned for March 2022, but it eventually opened ...
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Shenyang Metro Co Ltd (SYM)
Opened in 2010, China’s 12th metro. Four-line network serving 111 stations, plus modern tram. See Shenyang network map.Work on the east-west Line 1 began in 2005, with the first section fully opened September 27 2010 (27·8 km, 22 stations). Trial running on Line 2 began in September 2011, with opening ...
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Zhuhai Urban Transportation Co Ltd
Single tram line opened 2017 serving 14 stops. See Macau & Zhuhai network map. The inaugural section between Haitian Park on the coast along the Meihua Rd to Shangchong opened on June 6 2017. Test running began in late 2014, with LRVs powered by the Ansaldo STS “TramWave” ground-level supply. ...
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The Loop Trolley Co
Opened November 2018, but operations were suspended on December 29 2019. This was due to poor financial performance, but the line remained closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic until limited service restarted in August 2022 until October 2022, then restarting April 27 2023. This heritage tramway from Missouri ...
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Compania de Transport Public Cluj Napoca SA (CTP)
First line opened 1898; network comprises three routes with 36 stops. See Cluj-Napoca network map. A turnkey contract for construction of a fully-automated metro was signed in May 2023. The initial 7·5 km phase is due to open by around 2027, with the line to be extended to an eventual ...
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Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos de la Ciudad de Mexico
Xochimilco Light Rail / el Tren Ligero
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Citybahn GmbH (Wiesbaden)
Light rail project rejected in a referendum on November 1 2020 and development suspended. Planning for a tram route began in 2001, but funding and political difficulties have stalled progress. Consultation on a revised scheme took place in 2018. This is for a 12·2 km metre gauge route from ...
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Mengzi City Tramway
Honghe Modern Tram. Opened 2020; single tram line serving 15 stops.
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Oklahoma City Streetcar
Opened 2018; two overlapping downtown loops serving 22 stops. See Oklahoma City network map. On February 7 2017 Oklahoma City council began construction of a single-track streetcar network (7·8 km, with some catenary-free sections using LRVs fitted with batteries). The system opened on December 14 2018. Two services operate. The ...
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TEC Charleroi
Light rail network opened 1983; city loop with three branches operated as four routes with 48 stops. Parts of the former interurban tramway have been combined with new grade-separated alignments to form a light rail network with pre-metro sections. The link from Parc to Sud in the city centre completed ...
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Transport Canberra (CMA)
Single line opened 2019, serving 13 stops. An initial section of light rail line from Gungahlin south to Alinga Street in the city centre opened on April 20 2019 (12 km, 13 stops). Work on the route began in 2016 after award of a 20-year build-and-operate contract to Canberra Metro ...
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Tramway de Caen
Three-route light rail network serving 36 stops opened 2019. Forming part of the city’s Twisto public transport service and operated under contract until 2023 by Keolis Caen Mobilités, Caen’s tramway opened on July 27 2019 replacing the Bombardier TVR guided bus (opened in 2002). The Asyas consortium won a contract ...