![]() Contains the East London line, a former London Underground line.Ī railway line in London and its environs constructed under the Crossrail project, providing a new east-west route across Greater London. Third-rail 750 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC ( overhead line)Ī suburban rail network in the United Kingdom, serving a large part of Greater London and parts of Hertfordshire. The following are usually referred to as commuter rail systems, but possess aspects of rapid transit: It is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro, and the only underground metro system in the British Isles outside England. ![]() The oldest rapid transit system, incorporating the world's first underground railway.Īn automated light metro system opened in 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London.Ī rapid transit and light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland in the Tyne and Wear region.Īn underground light metro line in Glasgow. In the 20th and 21st century the United Kingdom has chosen to not prioritise investment in rapid transit schemes instead cities like Manchester, Sheffield, and Edinburgh have opted for trams. From 1893 to 1956 the Liverpool Overhead Railway was the only elevated rapid transit in the country, however fell into disuse being demolished in 1957. The United Kingdom is the birthplace of rapid transit, with London and Liverpool hosting the world's first and second urban rail transit and Glasgow the fourth. Rapid transit has also been proposed in other UK cities including Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bristol, and Cambridge. The term also includes commuter rail systems with aspects of rapid transit such as the London Overground and Elizabeth line in London, and Merseyrail in the Liverpool City Region. Rapid transit in the United Kingdom consists of four systems in three cities: the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway in London, Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Glasgow Subway. Class=notpageimage| Operational rapid transit systems in the United Kingdom
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