| Projects shelved, abandoned, nevermore heard of. ¶ What's this? | ||
| GB | Hurst Green - Uckfield electrification (GoVia franchise 'commitment' but rejected) | home.clara.net/wealdenline/spages/wrongproj.html |
| GB | (Hastings -) Ore - Ashford electrification (GoVia franchise 'commitment') | Rail 08-Aug-2001 |
| GB | Leeds light rail: city-centre - Stourton / Tingley: 12km first line | TUT 29-Nov-2005 |
| GB | Bristol light rail: first line | www.railway-technology.com/projects/bristol |
| GB | Portsmouth - Gosport - Fareham light rail | RGI Feb-2007 |
| GB | Birmingham Moor Street: reopening of terminal platforms: Platforms and tracks built, but remmain unconnected | BLN 956.500, private commn. |
| GB | Edinburgh Airport Rail Link | en.wikipedia, www.earlproject.com |
| FR | Toulon trams: La Seyne-sur-Mer - La Garde (17km) | fr.wikipedia |
| FR | Marseille métro: La Rose - Château-Gombert | R.0298 |
| FR | Denain-Mines - Fosse d'Arenberg (CF d'Anzin; tourist trains) | R.1717 |
| FR | (Breuilpont - Cocherel -) Chambray - Autheuil (- La-Croix-St.Leufroy) (tourist trains) | R.2195 |
| FR | Montpellier trams: Odysseum - Centre Commercial Mise: line 1 (500m) | TUT Mar-2001 |
| FR | Orléans trams: (La Chapelle-St.Mesmin -) St Jean de Braye - Chécy-Mardié (partly over SNCF Châteauneuf line) | TUT Apr-2001, www.ville-orleans.fr |
| FR | Nantes trams: Pirmil - Lion d'Or: line 3 (2.3km) | TUT Jan-2001, fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_de_la_Semitan_4 |
| FR | Mézy - Condé-en-Brie - Artonges - Montmirail (Tourisme Ferroviaire de la Brie Champenoise à l'Omois) | R.1190; tfbco.free.fr |
| FR | Paris RER: line E (EOLE): Haussmann-St.Lazare - Pont Cardinet (dropped in favour of Haussmann-St.Lazare - Porte Maillot - La D´fense) | RGI 17-Mar-2009 |
| BE FR |
(Bruxelles - Mons -) Quévy SNCB - Feignies SNCF - Hautmont - Aulnoye-Aymeries reopening: Line never closed! Probably R.4032 referred to local services (actually started 12-Dec-2005) | R.4032; private commn., TR Dec-2005, TR Jan-2006 |
| BE FR |
Dinant - Hastière - Heer-Agimont SNCB - Givet SNCF (- Charleville-Mézières); no project defined | R.1130, 3976; private commn. |
| CH FR |
St.Gingolph CFF - Évian-les-Bains SNCF (freight and tourist trains): abandoned Aug-2004; to revive again? | R.3189, 3790; www.lelac.com/rbe/fin.htm; TR May-2006 |
| IT | (Messina Centrale -) Patti avoiding line (- Castelbuono - Palermo Centrale): A misunderstanding, the Messina - Palermo doubling project envisages new alignment near Patti in 2005, but this will link into Patti station, not avoid it | R.2024 |
| IT | Bologna metro: first line: In late 2004, a decision was taken in favour of a Metrotranvia | TR May-2002, www.urbanrail.net |
| IT | Sicilia: 3.3km rail/road bridge to island: Villa San Giovanni - Messina | www.strettodimessina.it, RGI Dec-2006 |
| IT | Verona trams: first two lines (shelved early 2008) | TUT Jan-2002 |
| ES | Quintanilla de las Torres RENFE - cruce FEVE [=crossing] - Cillamayor - Barruelo de Santullán: reopening for tourist trains (13km). First public trial runs 16+17-Jul-2005 between Barruelo and cruce FEVE | R.3466 |
| ES | Zumaia - Lasao (- Azpeitia): Euskotren | TR Jan-2001 |
| PT | Ermidas-Sado - Sines: (electrification completed 29-Sep-2002; passenger reopening never projected) | R.2570 |
| PT | (Lisboa -) Caxarias - Leiria - Pombal: Replaced by new project | TR Jan-2002; R.3433 |
| PT | Lisboa guideway: Oriente CP/metro station - LIS airport (2.8km 'people-mover'): Replaced by metro project | TUT Jul-2001 |
| PT | Lisboa metro: new line "Metro das Colinas": Campo de Ourique - Santa Apolónia (8.5 km) | www.transportesemrevista.com Sep-2005 |
| PT | Porto suburban: (Ermesinde -) Leça do Balio - Leixões reopening: Ermesinde - Leça do Balio closed | TR Mar-2011 |
| DE | Maulbronn West - Maulbronn Stadt | R.0311 |
| DE | Berlin trams: Müggelschlösschenweg extension | TUT Jan-2001 |
| DE | Berlin trams: Wiebestrasse - Eckernförder Platz | TUT Jan-2001 |
| DE | Rostock: S-Bahn branch to reopened Friedrich-Franz Bhf, ex-Güterbahnhof | R.0756, 0778 |
| DE | Düren - Zülpich - Euskirchen (Nordrhein-Westfalen government has withdrawn support, tourist trains may continue to run) | R.1460, 4061; www.igrurtalbahn.de |
| DE | Korbach - Frankenberg (Hessen) | TR Feb-2008 |
| DE | Frankfurt-am-Main Stadtbahn: U2 Bad Homburg Gonzenheim - Bad Homburg Bhf | de.wikipedia |
| DE | Lampertsmühle-Otterbach - Weilerbach (Rheinland-Pfalz ) | www.achim-bartoschek.de/details/rp3_09.htm |
| DE | Siegen-Weidenau - Netphen - Deuz (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | R.0239; www.johannlandbahn.de |
| DE | Düsseldorf-Rath - Ratingen West - Lintorf - Duisburg-Entenfang (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | zughalt.de/reaktivierung-der-ratinger-weststrecke-sehr-unwahrscheinlich/ |
| AT | Enzersdorf bei Staatz - Poysdorf | R.0335 |
| AT | (Wien -) Oberwart - Grosspetersdorf - Rechnitz ÖBB - Szombathely MÁV | R.2612; de.wikipedia |
| HU | Budapest: branch to Budapest Ferihegy (BUD) airport | TR Nov-2003 |
| RU | Moskva monorail: (Timiryazevskaya -) VDNKh - Botanicheskiy Sad | R.3411, 4121; RGI Jan-2005, www.lightrailnow.org newslog 06-Mar-2005 |
| ID | Jakarta monorail (2 lines) | R.3868; en.wikipedia |
| AU | Adelaide Keswick - Tailem Bend (MurrayLander tourist train). Tourist train never materialised, but line already exists: Adelaide - Tailem Bend - Ararat - Melbourne | |
| AU | Melbourne - Dandenong - Leongatha | R.3343; wikipedia |
| CA | Ottawa light rail extensions: Rideau Centre - Bayview; Greenboro - Woodroffe | en.wikipedia |
| CA | Whitehorse, YT heritage tramway: one-stop extension | R.1325 |
| CA | (Montréal Lucien-l'Allier -) St. Martin - Mascouche, QC; withdrawn in favour of Train de l'Est: (Gare Centrale -) Mont-Royal - Sauvé - Charlemagne - Terrebonne - Mascouche | www.education.mcgill.ca/profs/cartwright/rawdon/rawdonten.htm, www.amt.qc.ca |
| US | Wilmington, DE heritage trams (=trolleys): Rodney Square - Amtrak station - Market Street (3km). | TUT Jan-2001; www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/wilmington.htm |
| US | (Chicago, IL -) Milwaukee, WI - Fond du Lac, WI | R.1290 |
| US | (New York, NY -) Meridian, MS - Vicksburg, MS - Shreveport, LA - Dallas, TX | R.1291 |
| US | Jacksonville - West Palm Beach, FL: Amtrak rerouting | RGI Jun-2001 |
| US | (Niles, CA - Brightside -) Sunol - Pleasanton, CA: tourist trains | R.2004; www.ncry.org |
| US | Norfolk, VA: Old Dominion University short maglev line (1km): Project scaled down from "transporting passengers over 1km" to "demonstration system over 300m", then to 200 feet "at some reduced speed" by Sep-2005. In Sep-2005, with funds nearly exhausted, scaled down once more to a research project, with a go/no-go decision planned by Dec-2005. | TUT Dec-2001, www.odu.edu/af/maglev, home.hamptonroads.com 26-Sep-2005 |
| US | Colorado Springs, CO heritage trams | R.1479 |
| US | Philadelphia, PA - Camden, NJ cableway | R.2193; www.drpa.org |
| TT | First light rail line: Port of Spain - Curepe | RGI 13-Nov-2010 |
| RE | Réunion: St Paul - St Denis - St Benoît, 70km | TR Jul-2010 |