In 1926 work began on electrifying Sydney's urban railways and connecting them together via new lines.

The suburban railway connects with the other urban railways of Athens in the following stations:

In 1840, 1849, and 1959, various concessions were granted to build a permanent urban railway without any result.

In 1980 it introduced the first "road rail" grinding machines for urban railways.

Both produced passenger levels far greater than forecast and have encouraged more planning of urban light railways.

'The business carried by our urban railways could double or treble within three to four years,' Pettitt believes.

Coupled with this they built an electric urban railway which later became a coastal railway to Ramsey.

In some areas of Germany an urban railway called S-Bahn is in operation.

The stadslijn was the only urban railway in The Netherlands.

Genoa has two urban railways, that partly run underground.