Göteborgs spårväg är med sin banlängd av 161 km det största spårvägssystemet i Norden. Spårvägarna utgör stommen i Göteborgs kollektivtrafik och täcker stora delar av tätorterna Göteborg och Nordöstra Göteborg, i både Göteborgs och Mölndals kommuner. Göteborgs kommun äger spåranläggningen, trafikhuvudman är Västtrafik och trafiken bedrivs av det …

Norrköpings spårväg öppnades för trafik 1904 och består idag av två linjer: linje 2 (röd) och linje 3 (grön). Antal resenärer 2019 var 5 470 000 och trafiken finansieras till cirka 70% av biljettintäkter. [2 Nuvarande trafik Översikt. I tabellen nedan redovisas den approximativa linjelängden i kilometer räknat. ...

VTA Light Rail is a light rail system in San Jose and nearby cities in Santa Clara County, California.It is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, and consists of 42.2 miles (67.9 km) of network comprising three main lines on standard gauge tracks. Originally opened on December 11, 1987, the light rail system has gradually expanded since …

Spårväg har funnits i omkring tretton svenska städer, beroende på hur man räknar. I dagsläget finns det spårväg i Göteborg/Mölndal, Norrköping, Stockholm/Lidingö (Spårväg City, Lidingöbanan, Nockebybanan, Tvärbanan). och den senast öppnade, i Lund från december 2020. Planer på nya moderna spårvägar finns i bland annat Malmö, Helsingborg, Linköping och …

History Initial launch and expansion (1885–1910s) The first part opened on 29 September 1885, a conduit line from Cocker Street to Dean Street on Blackpool Promenade. It was one of the first practical electric tramways in the world, just six years after Werner von Siemens first demonstrated electric traction. The inauguration was presided over by Holroyd Smith, the …

VTA Light Rail is a light rail system in San Jose and nearby cities in Santa Clara County, California.It is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, and consists of 42.2 miles (67.9 km) of network comprising three main lines on standard gauge tracks. Originally opened on December 11, 1987, the light rail system has gradually expanded since …

Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers, and consists of two non-connected lines: Line 1 (formerly Central Link) in King County, which travels for 25 miles (40 km) between Seattle and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport; and Line T ...

The Addis Ababa Light Rail (Amharic: የአዲስ አበባ ቀላል ባቡር; Ye’Adīsi Abeba k’elali Baburi) is a light rail system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the first light rail and rapid transit in eastern and sub-saharan Africa.. A 17-kilometre (11 mi) line running from the city centre to industrial areas in the south of the city was opened on 20 September 2015 and inaugurated ...

The Sydney light rail network (or Sydney Light Rail) is a light rail system serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.The network currently consists of three passenger routes, the L1 Dulwich Hill, L2 Randwick and L3 Kingsford lines. The network comprises 42 stops and a system length of 24.7 km (15.3 mi), making it the second largest light rail network in Australia …

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in).Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).. Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structure gauges, and lighter rails, they can be less costly to build, …