Transport in the United Kingdom
Trams and light rail
Tram systems were popular in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th century. However, with the rise of the car they began to be widely dismantled in the 1950s.

Transport in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Trams and light rail
Table Section Text: Tram systems were popular in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th century. However, with the rise of the car they began to be widely dismantled in the 1950s.

Primary location	System	Date opened	Line(s)	Stations	System length	Passengers (2016/17)	Change from previous year

Blackpool	Blackpool Tramway	1885	1	38	17 km	5.2 m	1.9%

Newcastle / Tyne & Wear	Tyne & Wear Metro	1980	2	60	74 km	36.4 m	3.5%

London	Docklands Light Railway	1987	7	45	34 km	119.6 m	2.2%

Greater Manchester	Manchester Metrolink	1992	7	93	92 km	41.2 m	9.0%

Sheffield	Sheffield Supertram	1994	3	48	29 km	12.3 m	2.3%

West Midlands	West Midlands Metro	1999	1	26	21 km	5.7 m	8.6%

London	Tramlink	2000	4	39	28 km	29.1 m	1.4%

Nottingham	Nottingham Express Transit	2004	2	51	32 km	17.8 m	8.4%

Edinburgh	Edinburgh Trams	2014	1	16	14 km	5.4 m	9.0%

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Transport system in London is the Docklands Light Railway which was opened in 1987.

final_sentence: Transport system in London is the Docklands Light Railway which was opened in 1987.