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(Links in this section checked December 2, 2002.)
On This Page:
Transit Providers & Advocacy Groups
Major Index Sites
London/U.K. Transit
Paris Transit
Amsterdam/Netherlands Transit
Baltimore Transit
Boston Transit
Canadian Transit
Chicago Transit
Moscow Transit
Los Angeles Transit
Philadelphia Transit
San Francisco Transit
Washington, D.C. Transit
Trolleys, Streetcars, & Light Rail
Other Rail and Transit Sites
- American Public Transit Association
http://www.apta.com/
The web site of APTA, a public advocacy group for transit issues. Huge amounts of information and a full set of links to American and worldwide transit providers. Useful pages at APTA include:
(Please note, the individual links to transit operators that were here
on this page are no longer being maintained. Try the above link to
transit providers for a most complete directory! There are also links
to local advocacy and "ARP" groups for each state.)
- Cyberspace World Railroad
http://www.cwrr.com/
Daniel S. Dawdy's definitive rail site on the Web. A number of nice photo essays, including some about New Jersey Transit, and rail history, news, timetables, computer software and clip art.
- Dave's Electric Railroads
http://davesrailpix.com/
(aka Dave's Rail Pix). A huge photo archive covering electric railroads and transit around the U.S., past and present. Over 80 railroads are represented.
- The Grade Crossing
http://crossing.railfan.net/
A complete index to rail information in the northeast U.S.
- RailServe
http://www.railserve.com/
Another large rail site database.
- UrbanRail
http://www.urbanrail.net/
This large site consists of three major parts, EuroMetro, AsiaMetro, and AmeriMetro. Each city with a metro-style rail system has a page with information, links, etc. A great starting point for finding metro transit sites. (Formerly known as MetroPlanet.)
- www.railfan.net
http://www.railfan.net/
Links to many, many rail-related sites.
- Transport for London
http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/
Official web site of Transport for London (new name). Used to have features on the history of each Underground line, but these are no longer on the site. Now it's just basic travel information, maps, fares, etc.
- Docklands Light Railway
http://www.dlr.co.uk/
Official web site of the Docklands Light Railway, including tourist and travel info and an overview of DLR technology.
- London's Transport Museum
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/
Official web site of the London's Transport Museum. Information about the exhibits, special events, and an online gift shop.
- Croydon Tramlink
http://www.croydon-tramlink.co.uk/
Unofficial web site with lots of photos, maps, and other goodies concerning the new Croydon Tramlink system south of London.
- Euro Metro: London Underground
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/lon/london.htm
A good starting point for finding links and pictures of the London Underground.
- Going Underground
http://www.goingunderground.net/
A site about life and travelling on the Underground.
- London's Post Office Railway
http://www.mailrail.co.uk/
Facts, figures, and photographs of London's other underground, a 23 track-mile system serving London's main mail sorting facilities. (Service on this railroad was suspended in 2003 but is still quite interesting!) (Warning, site has several pop-up ads.)
- LondonRailways.net
http://www.londonrailways.net/
Information about London's Underground, abandoned stations, and other tunnels in and around London.
- London Trams: The Kingsway Subway
http://www.dewi.ca/trains
Some photographs and history of conduit tram systems in London and an abandoned trolley subway between Holborn and Waterloo Bridge/Victoria Embankment.
- The London Underground Railway Society
http://www.lurs.org.uk/
A fan/historical organization dedicated to the London Underground and other related systems. Site has some news articles, books for sale, etc.
- Richard's Railway Page
http://www.squarewheels.org.uk/rly/
A fascinating "fan" site regarding the London Underground. Photos of all the various rolling stock classes, and other miscellaneous items.
- TheTrams
http://www.thetrams.co.uk/
A site which aims to document all the tram and light rail systems running in the UK - at present there are sections on Nottingham Express Transit, Midland Metro (Birmingham) and Sheffield Supertram.
- Underground History
http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/
Visit disused stations on the Underground, at Holborn, Aldwych, Down Street, Brompton Road, York Road, British Museum, more.
(The AltaVista Babelfish can
assist in translating pages
listed below into English or a few other
languages.)
- Closed Stations of the Paris Métro
http://w3.teaser.fr/~aquintanar/ratp-img-en.html
A photo tour and history of closed stations on the Paris Métro. (French with partial English translation.)
- Euro Metro: Paris Métro
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/par/paris.htm
A good starting point for finding links and pictures of the Paris Métro. Includes a brief history.
- Musée des Transports Urbains
http://www.amtuir.org/
Site (in French) of the transport museum of Paris. Includes a history of transportation in Paris (including tramways, the Métro, the RER, and the bus system), some old maps and photos, even an article about PCC trolleys in Europe.
- The Paris Metro System
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_metro.shtml
A site in English providing a visitors overview of how to navigate the Paris Metro.
- TGVweb: Train a Grande Vitesse
http://www.trainweb.org/tgvpages/tgvindex.html
An introduction to the TGV high speed trains. History, rosters, photos, maps, signalling, and more. Unofficial site. (English and French available.)
- Amsterdam Public Transport Information
http://www.amsterdam-hotels-travel.com/
An unofficial site in English. Covers Amsterdam transit basics, fares, route maps, the bus lines, and also railfan information like car rosters.
- Metro Planet
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ams/amsterdm.htm
Metro Planet's Amsterdam page (mostly about the Metro/Sneltram system).
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum
http://www.baltimoremd.com/streetcar/
The web site of the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, with pictures of its collection and more.
- NEtransit: New England Transportation
http://members.aol.com/netransit/
Scott Moore's page of resources about Boston's MBTA subway & trolley lines. Includes a nice photo essay of a PCC trolley fantrip, and rosters and other information about Boston transit. This site is for Boston what the NYC Subway Resources is for New York! Includes a section about Disused and Abandoned Stations in Boston.
- Alan's Transportation Info Pages
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/TORONTO/
Photos, rosters, destination signs, route histories, etc., of transit in Toronto. Warning, lots of pop-up ads here!
- Lower Queen Subway
http://www.cygnals.com/zine/queen/home.html
A visit to the disused subway tunnel and station at Lower Queen, Toronto.
- Rail et Transports Urbains
http://www.emdx.org/rail/
Urban transit information and photographs, mostly of the Montreal Metro. In English and in French.
- Transit Toronto
http://transit.toronto.on.ca/
A look at buses, streetcars, and subways in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Chicago-L.org
http://www.chicago-l.org/
A big site concerning the history of the Chicago "L" system. System maps, car rosters, L stations, fares, history, it's all covered here. The Chicago version of www.nycsubway.org!
- Chicago Transit & Railfan Site
http://hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/
Pictures, rosters, and other railfan information about transit systems in the Chicago metropolitan area.
- Chicago Tunnel Company
http://www.ameritech.net/users/chicagotunnel/tunnel1.html
A fascinating site about Chicago's narrow gauge freight tunnel system.
- CTA Photos
http://www.umcycling.com/cta1.htm
Photos of CTA PCCs in the 1950s, and more recent rapid transit cars. Also North Shore Line railroad photos.
- The Gray Line
http://www.grayline.20m.com/
A proposal to convert Metra electric lines within the city of Chicago to CTA rapid transit operation.
- The Moscow Metro
http://www.metro.ru/
Official site of the Moscow Metro. Entirely in Russian (Cyrillic) but the dedicated surfer can find a station by station guide with plenty of photographs of the intricately designed stations and an overview of the Metro's rolling stock - very similar to early New York Independent stock.
- The Moscow Metro: Underground Dream
http://www.forevermore.com/metro/
A photo essay on the construction of the Moscow metro, 1931-1954, and the story of Tatyana Feorova, a laborer on the first line of the metro. Also links to lots of Moscow metro web sites.
- Streetcar Philadelphia
http://www.netreach.net/~szilagyi/streetca.htm
Info about Philadelphia's streetcar system, including route info, rosters, and photographs past and present. Also suburban trolley systems.
- Philadelphia Trolleys
http://www.library.phila.gov/pix/trolleys/trolleys.htm
An exhibit on Philadelphia's trolley history at The Free Library of Philadelphia.
- Stan's Railpix
http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/
A large photo gallery of rail images, mostly from the Philadelphia area, featuring SEPTA, Amtrak, Conrail, New Jersey Transit, and more.
- San Francisco MUNI
http://www.sfmuni.com/
Official site of the San Francisco transit operator.
- Market Street Railway
http://www.streetcar.org/
Official site of the organization which has restored the PCC streetcars to Market Street.
- San Francisco Cable Car Museum
http://www.cablecarmuseum.com/
Official site of the Cable Car Museum. Includes photos, history, museum information, and "anatomy of how a cable car operates."
- V-BART: BART Schedule Animation
http://www.ericgalburt.com/
A Java Applet displaying the dispatching schedule and train movements of the SF bay area BART system.
- Cable Car Home Page
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/
Technical details of cable car operation and a description of cable car routes in San Francisco. Also, articles about the cable car operating companies in California, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Hoboken, Newark, Melbourne, and Sydney; also many of the lines in the UK.
- MUNI Central Control
http://sfmunicentral.com/
A Java applet showing locations of trains in the Muni Metro subway.
- Oakland Berkeley & Eastern
http://rail.blu-streak.com/
The Oakland Berkeley & Eastern focuses on electric trains in the East Bay that carried passengers from neighborhoods and suburbs to San Francisco.
- SF Bay Area Transit Information
http://www.transitinfo.org/
This site provides instant online access to transit information for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.
- San Francisco Cable Cars
http://www.sfcablecar.com/
An official site dedicated to San Francisco's cable cars-- history, operations, and practical information.
- Transit Rider
http://www.transit-rider.com/
Features photographs and info about San Francisco MUNI and other California transit systems (Los Angeles, San Diego, etc.).
- vBART
http://cryoem.berkeley.edu/~egalburt/bart.htm
A virtual tour of BART. Click on the map to see images of each station. By Eric Galburt.
- WMATA
http://www.wmata.com/
Official site of the Washington D.C. transit agency.
- Building the Washington Metro
http://chnm.gmu.edu/metro/
An online exhibit telling the story of the D.C. Metro, including planning, engineering, construction, architecture, and operations.
- Metrorail Guide
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/traffic/rideguide.htm
The Washington Post's guide to using the Metro system.
- East Penn Traction Club
http://www.eastpenn.org/
EPTC is a Philadelphia-area group dedicated to modeling trolleys and transit systems. Their modular layout with live trolley wire is pretty amazing. Also, links to modelling sites and other trolley info.
- Trams of Australia
http://www.railpage.org.au/tram/
Comprehensive guide to modern-day and historical trams of Australian cities.
- Trolley Treasures
http://www.almankoff.com/trolleys.html
A site dedicated to preserving the memory of trolley transportation in northern New Jersey. Lots of old photographs.
- Jon Bell's Rail Transit Page
http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/
Photos of urban transit in Buffalo, Miami, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, and more.
- Subways/Transport Page
http://www.reed.edu/~reyn/transport.html
Subways and transit resources from the entire world from Robert Reynolds.
- Mark Kavanagh's Transit Photos
http://www.trainweb.org/subwaymark/
Transit photos from around the world, including European, Japanese, Korean, and American cities.
- Trains Page
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/
Steamtown info and lots of photos of diesel and other railroad and transit equipment.
- www.rrhistorical.com
http://www.rrhistorical.com/
Railway historical and technical societies, museums, tourist lines, and more.
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