Largest tram systems
The longest single tram line in the world is the Belgian Coast tram, which runs almost the entire length of the Belgian coast. Other large systems include (but not limited to)Vienna , Budapest, Leipzig, Prague, Kiev, Turin, Milan, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Brussels, Zagreb, Zurich, Bucharest and Toronto.
The Silesian Interurbans in Poland and the Trams in Melbourne, Australia, are claimed to be the largest tram networks in the world. Before its decline the BVG in Berlin operated a very large network with 634 km of route. The largest tram system ever with 857 km existed in Buenos Aires before the 1960s. During a period in the 1980s the world's largest tram system was in Leningrad, USSR, being included in Guinness World Records.
On the basis of work effectiveness, another measure of size is patronage. The ten largest systems are (figures in millions of passengers carried per year):
- 1. St Petersburg: 476 million
- 2. Budapest: 364 million
- 3. Prague: 350 million
- 4. Warsaw: 270 million
- 5. Moscow: 251 million
- 6. Vienna: 240 million
- 7. Zagreb: 214 million
- 8. Zurich: 199 million
- 9. Brno: 188 million
- 10. Melbourne: 182.7 million (despite having the largest tram network in the world)
- (Sources: most recent annual reports of operators)
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