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A complete guide to North & South American metro rail and light rail 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
Norfolk
Northern New Jersey (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
Seattle
Tacoma
Toronto
Valencia
Valparaíso
Vancouver
Washington

Subways and Light Rail

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

Córdoba | Curitiba | Fortaleza | Goiânia | Honolulu | Mendoza | Ottawa | Panamá | Quito | Salvador | Tucson | Waterloo Region


heritage streetcar systems with regular daily service:

Little Rock | Memphis | New Orleans | Tampa |

 

 

 


 

   general 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

North American Rail Transit News Links by Joe Mendoza

The Transport Politic - Urban Rail Projects in North America

 

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).

Check official website here!

 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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