List of suburban and commuter rail systems
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This is an alphabetical listing of cities and countries that have commuter or suburban railways that are currently operational and in service. Commuter and suburban rail systems are train services that connect city centres with outer suburbs or nearby cities, with most passengers traveling for work or school. Unlike metros or light rail these systems usually operate on main line tracks unsegregated from other rail traffic. They differ from regional rail in that they usually have a hub-and-spoke paradigm and are focused on moving large number of passengers to a central business district.
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
| Country | City or area | Name | External link |
Lines | Stations | Length (km) |
Daily ridership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Adelaide | Railways in Adelaide | Adelaide Metro | 6 | 89 | 132 | 39,700 (2018)[61] |
| South East Queensland | Railways in South East Queensland | Queensland Rail | 12 | 153 | 689 | 148,000 (2019)[62] | |
| Melbourne | Metro Trains Melbourne1 | Metro Trains Melbourne Public Transport Victoria Vicsig | 17 | 221 | 1047 | 630,000 (2019)[63] | |
| Perth | Transperth | Transperth | 7 | 74 | 253 | 159,600 (2018)[64] | |
| Sydney | Sydney Trains1 | Sydney Trains | 8 | 170 | 813 | 709,000 (2023)[65] | |
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | Auckland | AT Metro | Auckland Transport | 4 | 40 | 129.10[66] | 300,000[67] |
| Auckland-Hamilton | Te Huia | Te Huia | 1 | 6 | 138.37 | ||
| Wellington | Metlink | Metlink | 5 | 48 | 154 | 30,000 | |
| Capital Connection | Capital Connection | 1 | 5 | 136 |
South America
See also
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- ↑ Cairo Train classified as light rail and use the Commuter rail tram-train as metro system.
- ↑ Not including the 25 stations of the Guangfo Metro.
- ↑ The 39.6 km Guangfo Metro is not included.
- ↑ A "special administrative region" of the People's Republic of China since 1997.
- ↑ In the MTR system, East Rail line, Tuen Ma line, and Tung Chung line are classified as suburban railways. The rest of the system mostly provide metro services.
- ↑ Include regency of Lebak, Karawang, and Purwakarta.
- ↑ Most of this company's once-extensive rail lines have closed, and this company now primarily functions as a bus operator on its former railway routes.
- ↑ The Takahama Line and the Yokogawara Line now operate as a single line, which means that a train goes directly from Takahama Station to Yokogawara Station via Matsuyama City Station, yet they're still counted as two separate lines.
- ↑ Only Nagoya Line and its branches, and Yamada/Toba/Shima Line
- ↑ Only the Atsumi Line is a commuter railway, the other line that Toyotetsu operates, the Azumada Main Line, is a tram line.
- ↑ Except Nagoya Line and its branches, and Yamada/Toba/Shima Line
- ↑ The company itself does not own any rolling stocks, instead it provides through service for 4 other railway companies (Shintetsu, Hanshin, Hankyu, and Sanyo) into Kobe city center.
- ↑ As the name "Tozan", or "mountain-climbing", indicates, this line is a primary scenic railway for the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park uphill. However, Odakyu commuter trains operate on the section from Odawara to Hakone-Yumoto, thus only this section should be considered as commuter rail.
- ↑ 5, if only the section from Odawara to Hakone-Yumoto is counted.
- ↑ 6.1, if only the section from Odawara to Hakone-Yumoto is counted.
- ↑ The Daiyūzan Line serves Odawara, a city inside the Greater Tokyo; the other line Sunzu Line serves Mishima, which is outside Greater Tokyo.
- ↑ Tokyu corporation owns 8 lines in total, but the Setagaya Line is not included here since it is classified as a light rail line; Tokyu also operates Kodomonokuni Line, which is owned by Yokohama Minatomirai Railway
- ↑ The Fujikoshi Line and the Kamidaki Line now operate as one line.
- ↑ Only the urban section between Bujeon station and Taehwagang station
- ↑ Only the urban section between Piazzale Flaminio station and Montebello station
- ↑ The number of stations and stops in the large agglomeration – 77 The number of active stations and stops in the large agglomeration – 70 The number of stations and stops in the small agglomeration – 26 The number of active stations and stops in the small agglomeration – 23
- ↑ Fortaleza is in the process of converting its suburban rail network into a full metro system.
- ↑ Metrô de Sobral is classified as light rail and use the Commuter rail tram-train as metro system.
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