['< sod > tram networks disappeared almost completely from france, the uk, and altogether from ireland, denmark, spain, as well as being completely removed from cities such as [ [ trams in sydney | sydney ] ], which had one of the largest networks in the world with route length { { convert | 291 | mi | km | abbr = on } } and [ [ trams in brisbane | brisbane ] ]. the vast majority of tram networks also disappeared in [ [ north america ] ], but american cities [ [ boston ] ], [ [ philadelphia ] ], [ [ newark, new jersey | newark ] ], [ [ san francisco ] ], [ [ new orleans ] ], [ [ pittsburgh ] ], [ [ cleveland ] ], canadian [ [ toronto ] ] and [ [ mexico city ] ] still retained trams. this situation occurred in italy and netherlands, too. there are preserved system in [ [ milan ] ], [ [ rome ] ], [ [ naples ] ], [ [ turin ] ], [ [ ritten ] ] and between [ [ trieste – opicina tramway | trieste and opicina ] ], and in [ [ amsterdam ] ], [ [ rotterdam ] ] and [ [ the hague ] ]. on the other hand, tram systems were generally retained or modernized in most [ [ communism | communist ] ] countries, as well as switzerland, west germany, austria, belgium, norway, portugal, sweden, japan etc. though cuts and closures of entire systems also happened there as the example of hamburg shows. in france, only the networks in [ [ lille ] ], [ [ saint - etienne ] ] and [ [ marseille ] ], survive from this period, but they all suffered significant reduction from their original size. in great britain, only the [ [ blackpool tramway ] ] kept the faith, with an extensive system which includes some street running in blackpool, and a long stretch of segregated track to nearby fleetwood. < eod > < sod > tram networks disappeared almost completely from france, the uk, and altogether from ireland, denmark, spain, as well as others being completely removed from cities such as [ [ trams in sydney | sydney ] ], which had one of the largest networks in the world with route length { { convert | 291 | mi | km | abbr = on } } and [ [ trams in brisbane | brisbane ] ]. the vast majority of tram networks also disappeared in [ [ north america ] ], but american cities [ [ boston ] ], [ [ philadelphia ] ], [ [ newark, new jersey | newark ] ], [ [ san francisco ] ], [ [ new orleans ] ], [ [ pittsburgh ] ], [ [ cleveland ] ], canadian [ [ toronto ] ] and [ [ mexico city ] ] still retained trams. this situation occurred in italy and netherlands, too. there are preserved system in [ [ milan ] ], [ [ rome ] ], [ [ naples ] ], [ [ turin ] ], [ [ ritten ] ] and between [ [ trieste – opicina tramway | trieste and opicina ] ], and in [ [ amsterdam ] ], [ [ rotterdam ] ] and [ [ the hague ] ]. on the other hand, tram systems were generally retained or modernized in most [ [ communism | communist ] ] countries, as well as switzerland, west germany, austria, belgium, norway, portugal, sweden, japan etc. though cuts and closures of entire systems also happened there as the example of hamburg shows. in france, only the networks in [ [ lille ] ], [ [ saint - etienne ] ] and [ [ marseille ] ], survive from this period, but they all suffered significant reduction from their original size. in great britain, only the [ [ blackpool tramway ] ] kept running, with an extensive system which includes some street running in blackpool, and a long stretch of segregated track to nearby fleetwood. < eod >']