Atlanta MARTASt. LouisMiamiSan JuanCaracasCharlotte LRTPhoenixSanto Domingo

A complete guide to North & South American MetroRail systems, including subways, els, peoplemovers, subte networks:

Atlanta
Baltimore
Belo Horizonte
Boston
Brasília
Buenos Aires
Buffalo ***
Calgary **
Caracas
Charlotte **
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas **

Denver **
Detroit

Edmonton *
Guadalajara *
Houston **

Jacksonville
Las Vegas
Lima
Los Angeles
Maracaibo
Medellín
Mexico City

Miami
Minneapolis/St. Paul **
Monterrey

Montréal

New York City
Newark *
Philadelphia
Phoenix **
Pittsburgh *
Portland **
Porto Alegre
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
Sacramento **
St. Louis *
Salt Lake City **
San Diego **
San Francisco *
San Francisco BART
San José (Santa Clara Valley) **
San Juan
Santiago de Chile
Santo Domingo
São Paulo
Toronto
Valencia
Valparaíso
Vancouver
Washington

Your humble webmaster on U.S. tour in June 2009 - view details here!

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Cities with metro projects - planned or under construction:

Córdoba | Curitiba | Fortaleza | Goiânia | Honolulu | Norfolk | Salvador | Seattle


 

* MetroTram systems (with considerable metro-like sections through the city centre, like Premetro or Stadtbahn)
** Light rail systems (with certain sections on independent right-of-way, though street running through the city centre)
*** MetroTram system with street running in central area, though mostly underground in outer areas.

 

 


 

William D. Middleton: Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America (Railroads Past and Present).

January 2003, 400 pages, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253341795

 

  Links for North & South American Metros

NYC Subway Resources is the site you need for anything related to North America not included in UrbanRail.Net (incl. many good maps)

Alamys.org - Association of Latin American Metros and Subways

Allen Morrison - the specialist in Latin American metros and other electric city transport

Jon Bell's Transit Pages include links to many US mass transit systems

Jim Middleton's lightrail.com site

RailServe: The Internet Railroad Directory - Over 2,000 rail-related links, search engine, forums, railfan chat rooms, and more!

NTD - National Transit Database (Federal Transit Administration)

www.lightrailnow.org

North American Light Rail Maps by Thomas B. Gray

 

Planned Metros in North & South America
 
 Curitiba (Brazil)
Linha Azul (Blue Line - 22 km, 21 stations) from Santa Cândida to CIC Sul. The line will be underground for 19 km, following the present bus corridor. Between Passeio Público and Praça Eufrásio Correia, the Metrô will run below Riachuelo and Barão do Rio Branco streets. Along Avenida Winston Churchill, some 500 m after Terminal do Pinheirinho up to the BR-476, the Metrô will be elevated. The rest up to Terminal da CIC-Sul will be at grade.
(Planning status 2009).
 Goiânia (Brazil)

12.4km north-south line (partly elevated, partly underground).

The first 8.4km segment to be built would run from Terminal do Cruzeiro do Sul (Vila Brasília/Aparecida de Goiânia) to Terminal Rodoviário (Bus station). Later it would continue in the middle strip of Av. Goiás Norte to Jardim Curitiba. Construction may start in 2003. (Official Site)

 

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