List of modern tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom
This is a list of extant tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom. For a full historical list of all tramway systems that have existed in the country, see List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom.
Operating systems[]
Blackpool
Edinburgh
South London
Manchester
Nottingham
Sheffield
Tyne and Wear
Birmingham
Cardiff & Newport
| Location | System | Traction type |
Date opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | Blackpool Tramway | Horse, conduit electric and overhead electric | 10 September 1892 | |
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh Trams | Electric | 31 May 2014 | |
| South London | Tramlink, formerly Croydon Tramlink | Electric | 10 May 2000 | [1][2] |
| Greater Manchester | Metrolink | Electric | 6 April 1992 | |
| Nottingham | Nottingham Express Transit | Electric | 9 March 2004 | [3] |
| Sheffield | Supertram | Electric | 21 March 1994 | [4] |
| Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland | Tyne and Wear Metro | Electric | 11 August 1980 | Light rail |
| West Midlands (Birmingham–Wolverhampton) | West Midlands Metro | Electric | 30 May 1999 |
Systems under construction[]
The Coventry Very Light Rail is a planned system of 4 lines around the city of Coventry. The first line to University Hospital Coventry is planned to open late 2023, or early 2024. The first tram vehicle left the construction line in Late March 2021, and was taken on a showcase in the City, before being take to Dudley for testing.
- South Wales Metro
Preston Trampower]
Proposed systems[]
- Preston Trampower
- 'KenEx' Thames Gateway Tramlink Ltd
- East London Transit - proposed conversion to tram operation
- Wirral Street Car
- Glasgow Metro (light rail)
- Bristol underground metro
- Cardiff Crossrail
- Bath Trams: pro-integrated public transport campaign
- Southwark Supertram
Cancelled systems[]
- Abbey line
- Bristol Supertram
- CITI Belfast
- Cross River Tram
- Leeds Supertram
- Merseytram
- Penistone Line Tram-Train
- South Hampshire Rapid Transit
- Thames Gateway Transit
- West London Tram
See also[]
- Urban rail in the United Kingdom
- Rapid transit in the United Kingdom
- List of guided busways and BRT systems in the United Kingdom
- List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom
- List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom
References[]
- ^ "Available Website". Railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Available Website". Railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ Turner 2009, pp. 88–89
- ^ "Sheffield's Trams in c1960". Cyberpictures.net. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
Categories:
- Tram transport in the United Kingdom
- Tram transport-related lists
- United Kingdom transport-related lists
- England transport-related lists
- United Kingdom tram stubs