List of modern tramway & light rail systems in England
This is a list of extant tramway and light rail systems in England. 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.
| Location | System | Traction type |
Date opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | Blackpool Corporation Tramways | Horse, Conduit Electric and Overhead Electric | 10 September 1892 | |
| 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] |
| Tyne and Wear | Tyne and Wear Metro | Electric | 11 August 1980 | Light rail |
| West Midlands (Birmingham-Wolverhampton) | Midland Metro | Electric | 30 May 1999 |
See also
- List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom
- List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom
- List of town tramway systems in Scotland
References
- ↑ "Available Website". Railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ "Available Website". Railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ Turner 2009, pp. 88–89
- ↑ "Sheffield's Trams in c1960". Cyberpictures.net. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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