This is a list of extant tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom. 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 Tramway | Electric | 29 September 1885 | [1] |
Edinburgh | Edinburgh Trams | Electric | 31 May 2014 | Extension opened 7 June 2023 |
South London | Tramlink, formerly Croydon Tramlink | Electric | 10 May 2000 | [2] [3] |
East London | Docklands Light Railway | Electric | 31 August 1987 | Light rail |
Greater Manchester | Metrolink | Electric | 6 April 1992 | |
Nottingham | Nottingham Express Transit | Electric | 9 March 2004 | [4] |
Sheffield and Rotherham | Supertram | Electric | 21 March 1994 | [5] |
Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland | Tyne and Wear Metro | Electric | 11 August 1980 | Light rail |
West Midlands ( Birmingham– Wolverhampton) | West Midlands Metro | Electric | 30 May 1999 |