This is the list of cities which have premetro systems – i.e. tram or light rail systems which are, or were, intended to be converted to full rapid transit systems.
| Location | Country | Relevant Wikipedia article | Year opened | Stations | System length |
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| Buenos Aires | Argentina}} | PreMetro (Line E2) | 1987 | 17 | {{convert|7.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Vienna | Austria}} | Vienna Pre-metro | 1969 | 8 | {{convert|3.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Antwerp | Belgium}} | Antwerp Pre-metro[1] | 1975 | 11
(+8 not in use) | {{convert|8.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Brussels | Belgium}} | Trams in Brussels[2] | 1972 | 15 | |
| Charleroi | Belgium}} | Charleroi Metro[3] | 1976 | 48 | {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Is this system a "premetro"?|reason=The premetro article is widely linked, in contexts where no verifiable, authoritative source ever called the system a premetro. |date=July 2014}} | Germany}} | Frankfurt U-Bahn | 1968 | 86 | {{convert|64.85|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Poznań | Poland}} | Poznań Fast Tram[4] | 1997 | 8 | {{convert|8.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Kraków | Poland}} | Kraków Fast Tram[5] | 2008 | | {{convert|22|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Is the Porto Metro a "premetro"?|reason=First, since the local transit authorities call the system a "Metro" system, why would we contradict them and call it a "premetro" system? Second, the Porto Metro article does not contain a single hint that they ever plan to install heavier rail. The Porto article says the population of the Greater Porto area is 1.4 million -- ie too small to justify fully heavy rail lines.|date=December 2014}} | Portugal}} | Porto Metro | 2002 | 81 | {{convert|70|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Volgograd | Russia}} | Volgograd Metrotram | 1984 | 22 | {{convert|17.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Is the Metrovalencia a "premetro"?|reason=I see nothing in the Metrovalencia article that hints that anyone ever planned to replace existing infrastructure with heavier rail. So why should this system be listed as a premetro?|date=December 2014}} | Spain}} | Metrovalencia | 1988 | 169 | {{convert|134|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Is the Kiev Light Rail a "premetro"?|reason=I see nothing in the Kiev Light Rail article that hints that anyone ever planned to replace existing infrastructure with heavier rail. So why should this system be listed as a premetro?|date=December 2014}} | Ukraine}} | Kiev Light Rail | 1978 | 19 | {{ convert|21|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Kryvyi Rih | Ukraine}} | Kryvyi Rih Metrotram[6] | 1986 | 11 | {{convert|17.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/be/ant/antwerpen.htm | title=Antwerpen Tram & Premetro | website=UrbanRail.net | quote=Antwerpen rail network is a typical premetro network. | year = 2013| accessdate=2014-01-22}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Une station fantôme au secours du futur Métro Nord de la STIB|url=http://www.rtbf.be/info/regions/detail_une-station-fantome-au-secours-du-futur-metro-nord-de-la-stib?id=8226114|author=Geoffroy Fabre|publisher=RTBF|date=19 March 2014|accessdate=2014-05-09}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/be/ant/antwerpen.htm | title=Charleroi Premetro | website=UrbanRail.net | quote=The Charleroi Metro is a typical prémétro network, i.e. trams that run underground in the city centre and on viaducts or separate right-of-way through outer parts (similar to German Stadtbahn systems). | year = 2013| accessdate=2014-01-22}}
4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.mpk.poznan.pl/inwestycje/infrastruktura/182 | title=Poznański Szybki Tramwaj | year = 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web | url=http://investmap.pl/krakow-kst-wielickalipska/ | title=Krakowski Szybki Tramwaj | year = 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Kryvy Rih . Krovoy Rog Rapid Tram|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ua/kry/kryvy-rih.htm|work=UrbanRail.Net|accessdate=29 January 2016}}