This is a list of rail based trams, streetcars and light rail transit systems that use batteries or supercapacitor and run catenary free as part of their regular operation.
Africa Location Name of System Vehicles System Distance Battery Distance Notes
Asia Location Name of System Vehicles System Distance Battery Distance Notes Kaohsiung Circular light rail CAF Urbos, Citadis 305 Nanjing Nanjing Trams CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Charging is at stations (46s) and endpoints (10min) Seoul Wirye Line Hyundai Rotem and Woojin Industrial Systems In testing, batteries and fuel cells
Europe Location Name of System Vehicles System Distance Battery Distance Notes Barcelona Trambesòs Citadis 302 Basel Trams in Basel Birmingham West Midlands Metro CAF Urbos 3 Blackpool Blackpool Tramway Bordeaux Bordeaux Tramway Eskişehir EsTram Škoda ForCity Florence Trams in Florence Konya Konya Tram Škoda ForCity https://www.railwaygazette.com/urban/2014/05/06/konya-orders-trams-for-catenary-free-operation/ Luxembourg Trams in Luxembourg City CAF Urbos 100 Nice Nice tramway Citadis 405 Line 1: Line 1 uses batteries. Line 2/3 make use of Ground-level power supply and supercapacitors Mannheim Trams in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen Marseille Marseille tramway CAF Urbos 100X Vehicles delivered, not clear if any track is wireless yet Seville MetroCentro (Seville) CAF Urbos 3 Timișoara STPT (transport operator) Bozankaya Vehicles delivered, not clear if any track is wireless yet
North America
Location Name of System Vehicles System Distance Battery Distance Notes Charlotte CityLynx Gold Line Siemens S700 Dallas Dallas Streetcar Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar"Dallas signs Liberty deal". Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2013, p. 166. Over the Houston Street Viaduct Detroit QLine Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar Milwaukee The Hop Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar M-Line: L-Line: M-Line: L-Line: Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Streetcar Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar Several hundred feet Under the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway bridges Phoenix S Line Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar Historic downtown of Tempe Seattle First Hill Streetcar Inekon 121 Trio Broadway/South Jackson St - conflict with trollybus wire, runs up-hill on wire, down-hill on battery
South America Location Name of System Vehicles System Distance Battery Distance Notes Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Light Rail Citadis 402 Uses Ground-level power supply instead of catenary Santos Baixada Santista Light Rail
Oceania Location Name of System Vehicles System Distance Battery Distance Notes Canberra Light rail in Canberra CAF Urbos 3 Existing vehicles are in process of being retrofitted with batteries, extension to open in 2028 (wire-free) Newcastle Newcastle Light Rail CAF Urbos 100 Supercapacitor
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