A complete guide to North & South American metro rail and light rail systems,
                                                including subways, els, peoplemovers, subte networks:

SUBWAYS & LIGHT RAIL
in the U.S.A.
-- The Book! --
Vol. 2: The West

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Jacksonville
Las Vegas
Lima
Los Angeles
Maracaibo
Medellín
Mendoza
Mexico City
Miami
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Monterrey
Montréal
Morgantown
New York City
Norfolk
Northern New Jersey (Newark)
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Porto Alegre

cities with metro & light rail projects - planned or under construction:

Atlanta | Cincinnati | Córdoba | Cuenca | Cuiabá | Curitiba | Detroit | Fortaleza | Goiânia | Honolulu | Kansas City | Milwaukee | Ottawa | Panamá | Quito | Salvador | Santos | Tucson | Waterloo Region

For further informatiion about projects in Brazil click here!

heritage & classic streetcar systems with regular daily service:

Little Rock | Memphis | New Orleans | Philadelphia | San Francisco | Tampa

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

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

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).

Check official website here!

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)