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==={{flagicon|Mendoza Province}} [[Mendoza Province|Mendoza]]===
==={{flagicon|Mendoza Province}} [[Mendoza Province|Mendoza]]===
==={{flagicon|San Juan Province (Argentina)}} [[San Juan Province (Argentina)|San Juan]]===
*[[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]] - Electric traction, [[1 October]] [[1912]] - November [[1965]].

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==={{flagicon|Salta Province}} [[Salta Province|Salta]]===
==={{flagicon|Salta Province}} [[Salta Province|Salta]]===

Revision as of 02:14, 12 July 2007

This is a list of cities and towns in Central and South America that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. Other geographic regions:

Sources, references and external links:

See also: List of light-rail transit systems, List of metro systems, List of rapid transit systems, List of trolleybus systems.

Central America

Costa Rica Costa Rica

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Cartago Animal ? ?  
Diesel ? ?  
  Guácimo Animal ? ?  
Diesel ? ?  
  Limón Animal ? ?  
  Penshurst Animal ? ?  
  San José Animal ? ?  
Electric 9 Apr 1899 1 Aug 1950  

El Salvador El Salvador

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  San Salvador Horse ? ?  
Accumulator (storage battery) ? ?  
  ♦ San Salvador - Santa Tecla Accumulator (storage battery) 15 Oct 1920 1925 (?)  
  Sonsonate Horse ? ?  

Guatemala Guatemala

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción / Guatamela City Horse ? 1917  
Petrol (gasoline) 1918 ?  
Ferrocarril de los Altos San Felipe - Quetzaltenango Electric 30 Mar 1930 - Sep 1933    

Honduras Honduras

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Puerto Cortés Petrol (gasoline) ? ?  

Nicaragua Nicaragua

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bluefields Horse ? ?  
  Corinto Horse ? ?  
  Granada Horse ? ?  
  Rivas Horse ? ?  
  San Juan del Norte Horse ? ? Now San Juan de Nicaragua.

Panama Panama

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Colón Horse ? ?  
Accumulator (storage battery) ? ?  
  Ciudad de Panamá /Panama City Electric 1 Oct 1893

1 Aug 1913

1898

31 May 1941

 

South America

Argentina Argentina (by Provincia )

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bahía Blanca Horse ? ?  
Steam 1904 1910  
"Naptha" 1906 1910  
Electric 2 Mar 1910 11 Dec 1938  
  Chivilcoy Horse 1895 ?  
  Dolores Horse 1888 192_  
  Magdalena Horse (?) ? ? An Argentine source states that the existence of this tramway is not confirmed [1].
  Mar del Plata Horse 1888 1923 (?)  
Steam 1915 ?  
Electric 30 Dec 1922 Sep 1954  
  Necochea Steam 1913 1914  
Electric 1914 30 Mar 1952  
  San Nicolás (de los Arroyos) Horse 1889 193_  

Buenos Aires Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Buenos Aires Horse 1863 2925  
Steam ? ?  
Electric 22 Apr 1897

27 Aug 1987

20 Feb 1963

-

Heritage tramway (Tramway Histórico) opened 15 Nov 1980. New tramway (premetro) line (E2) opened 1987.

Neighboring and suburban tramway systems in Buenos Aires Province, arranged anti- (counter-) clockwise, northwest to southeast.

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  ♦ San Isidro Horse 1913 ?  
"Naptha" ? ?  
  ♦ Tigre Horse ? ?  
"Ferrocarril Tranway Rural ♦ Horse ? ? Connected Buenos Aires with San Martín, Empalme, San Andrés de Giles, Zárate, and San Antonio de Areco. Rebuilt as a railway.
  ♦ Ituzaingó Horse 1914 1926  
"Naptha" 1926 1942  
  ♦ General Rodríguez Horse ? ?  
  ♦ Luján Horse 1888 192_  
  ♦ Temperley - Turdera Horse ? ?  
  ♦ (José) Mármol - Claypole Horse ? ?  
"Naptha" ? ?  
  ♦ Adrogué - San Vicente Horse 1898 1920  
"Naptha" 1920 1928  
  ♦ Lanús Horse by 1884 ?  
Electric 1904 31 Dec 1964 Connected Avellaneda and Lanús.
  ♦ Lomas de Zamora Steam ? ?  
Horse ? ?  
"Naptha" ? ?  
Electric 1910 1948 Connected Avellaneda and Lomas de Zamora.
  ♦ Quilmes Electric 1913 (or 1918) 28 Apr 1957  
  ♦ La Plata Horse 1884 1910  
Steam 1909 ?  
"Naptha" ? ?  
Electric 22 Oct 1892

3 January3 Jan 1910

?

25 December 1966

Tramway connected La Plata with Ensenada and Berisso.
  ♦♦ Berisso Horse ? ?  
Electric ? ?  
  ♦♦ Ensenada Horse ? ?  
  ♦♦ La Plata - Esteban Echeverría Steam ? ?  

Template:Country data Catamarca Province Catamarca

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  (San Fernando del Valle de) Catamarca Horse ? ?  

Template:Country data Chaco Province Chaco

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Puerto Tirol Steam ? ?  
  Resistencia Steam ? ? Connected Resistencia and Barranqueras.

Template:Country data Córdoba Province (Argentina) Córdoba

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bell Ville Horse ? ?  


Template:Country data Corrientes Province Corrientes

Template:Country data Entre Ríos Province Entre Ríos

Template:Country data Mendoza Province Mendoza

Template:Country data San Juan Province (Argentina) San Juan

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Mendoza Electric 1 Oct 1912 Nov 1965  

Template:Country data Salta Province Salta

Template:Country data San Juan Province (Argentina) San Juan

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  San Juan Horse ? ?  

Template:Country data Santa Fe Province Santa Fe

Template:Country data Tucumán Province Tucumán

Bolivia Bolivia

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Cochabamba Horse 1902 ? [2]
Electric 1914

1941

Jul 1939

30 May 1948

[3]
  ♦ Cochabamba - Quillacollo - Vinto Electric 13 Sep 1910

1941

Jul 1939

1943

[4]
  (Nuestra Señora de) La Paz Electric 16 Jul 1909 1950 [5]
  ♦ La Paz - El Alto Electric 1 Dec 1905 May 1977 [6]
  Oruro Horse 9 Jul 1907 30 Jun 1914 [7]
  Potosí Horse ? ? [8]
Electric 1917 (?) 1918 (?) [9] see note.

Note for Potosí: System built and (according to one source) inaugurated. Not known whether public service was operated.

Brazil Brazil (by Estado )

Alagoas Alagoas

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Maceió Steam 23 Mar 1868 ? [10]
Horse 25 Dec 1871 ? [11]
Electric 12 Jun 1914 ca. 1956 [12]
  Penedo Horse 1 Jan 1909 31 Dec 1936 [13]

Template:Country data Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazonas

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Manaus Steam ca. 1895 ca. 1898 [14]
Electric 1 Aug 1899 28 Feb 1957 [15] Operation suspended 1954 - 1956.

Bahia Bahia

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Alagoinhas Horse ? ?  
  Cachoeira Horse 30 Oct 1872 1921 [16]
  Ilhéus Horse ? ?  
  Nazaré Horse ? ?  
Steam ? ?  
  Salvador Horse 1860 ? [17]
Steam 12 May 1869 ? [18]
Electric 14 Mar 1897 Sep 1961 [19]
  Santo Amaro Horse 1 Jan 1874 1962 [20]

Ceará Ceará

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Fortaleza Horse 25 Apr 1880 (or ca. 1875) ? [21]
Electric 9 Oct 1913 19 May 1947 [22]
  Sobral Horse 1894 1918 [23]
  • Aracati - Horse traction (?). Morrison (1989, page 43) [24] states that an 1873 brochure issued by the Brazilian government mentions a tramway project in this town; it is not known whether the tramway was built.

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Cachoeiro de Itapemirim Electric 25 Dec 1924 4 Jun 1938 [25]
  Vila Velha Electric 12 Apr 1912 15 Dec 1967 [26] Connected Paul (ferry terminal for Vitória) and Vila Velha.
  Vitória Horse 11 Jul 1907 by 1913 [27]
Electric 21 Jul 1911 23 May 1963 [28]

Goiás Goiás

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Goiás Horse ? ?  

Maranhão Maranhão

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Caxias Horse ? ?  
  Dom Pedro Horse ? ?  
  São Luís Horse ca. 1872 ? [29]
Electric 15 Sep 1924 Dec 1966 [30]
  ♦ Tirirical Electric 26 Oct 1978 1983 [31]

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Cuiabá Mule 30 Apr 1891 1935 [32]

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Além Paraíba Mule 1895 1925 (?) [33]
Electric 15 Nov 1925 25 Jul 1939 [34] Closed following an accident.
  Belo Horizonte Steam 7 Sep 1895 ? [35]
Horse 16 Feb 1899 ? [36]
Electric 2 Sep 1902 30 Jun 1963 [37]
  Bom Sucesso Electric 21 Sep 1930 1950 (?). [38]
  Campanha Mule 1911 ? [39]
Steam 1911 (?) ? [40]
Petrol (gasoline) (?)     [41]
Electric (?)     [42] see note.
  Cataguases Horse 25 Nov 1910

10 Aug 1915

1914

24 Mar 1918

[43]
  Caxambu Horse 1911 1925 [44]
  Guarará Mule 1895 1923 [45]
  Juiz de Fora Horse 7 Sep 1889 ? [46]
Electric 6 Jun 1906 14 Apr 1969 [47]
  Lavras Electric 21 Oct 1911 8 Nov 1967 [48]
  Mar de Espanha Horse (?)     [49] see note.
  Nova Lima - Rapopos Electric 3 Apr 1913 ca. 1970 [50]
  Ouro Preto Mule 1 Dec 1888 ca. 1891 [51]
  Pedro Leopoldo Mule 1907 1930 [52]
  Sacramento - Cipó Electric 15 Nov 1913 Oct 1937 [53]
  São Lourenço Horse 1905 1932 [54]
  Telófilo Otoni Horse Sep 1918 May 1938 [55]
  Ubá Mule 1895 1922 [56]

Note for Campanha: Morrison (1989, page 87) [57] describes conflicting information on whether the tramway was electrified, and when it closed.

Note for Mar de Espanha: Morrison (1989, page 79) [58] states that one source (dated 1889) mentions a tramway in this town, but no other information could be located.

Pará Pará

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Belém Steam 1 Sep 1869 ? [59]
Mule 1870 21 Jul 1908 [60]
Electric 15 Aug 1907 27 Apr 1947 [61]
  Mosqueiro Horse ca. 1913 (?) ? [62]
  San Antônio do Prata Horse 1907 1914 [63] Replaced by railway branch line.

Paraíba Paraíba

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Itabaiana Horse 1914 1929 [64]
  João Pessoa Horse 6 Jun 1896 ? [65]
Steam 21 Oct 1906 1919 [66]
Petrol (gasoline) 15 Feb 1911 1919 [67]
Electric 19 Feb 1914 1958 [68]

Template:Country data Paraná (state) Paraná

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Curitiba Mule 8 Nov 1887 1913 [69]
Electric 7 Jan 1913 Jun 1952 [70]
  Paranaguá Steam 7 Dec 1893 1938 [71]
Mule ? 1938 [72]
Petrol (gasoline) ? 1938 [73]

Pernambuco Pernambuco

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Afogados da Ingazeira Horse 1895 ca. 1914 [74]
  Arcoverde Horse ? ? [75] See Carpina (below).
  Carpina Horse ? ? [76] Morrison (1989, page 55) cites a Recife historian who states that this town had a tramway.
  Caruaru Horse ? ? [77] See Carpina (above).
  Limoeiro Horse ? ? [78]
Petrol (gasoline) ? 1952 [79]
  Palmares Horse ? ? [80] See Carpina (above).
  Pesqueira Horse 191_ 193_ [81]
  Recife Steam 5 Jan 1867 1922 [82]
Mule 22 Sep 1871 ? [83]
Electric 13 May 1914 Mar 1954. [84] Service (one daily return trip, worked by a single car) resumed because of court action by the local authority, and continued to 1960.
  Timbaúba Horse 10 Oct 1915 193_ [85]
  Triunfo Horse ? ? [86] See Carpina (above).
  • Garanhuns - Diesel traction [87]. Test operations conducted with a former Recife tramcar, equipped with a diesel engine, in 1968 over a (then recently-closed) railway branch. The engine, overloaded by large numbers of passengers seeking to ride on opening day, failed. Public service was not attempted thereafter.
  • Goiana - Horse traction (?). Morrison (1989, page 55) [88] states that an 1873 brochure issued by the Brazilian government mentions a tramway project in this town; it is not known whether the tramway was built.

Piauí Piauí

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Parnaíba Horse ? ?  
  Teresina Horse ? ? [89]

Template:Country data Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Barra do Piraí Mule ? ?  
  Campos (dos Goytacazes) Mule 19 Sep 1875 1916 [90]
Electric 14 Oct 1916

1923

15 Nov 1918

15 Nov 1964

[91]
Petrol (gasoline) 1918 1923 [92]
  Macaé Mule 29 Jun 1872 1932 [93]
  Magé Horse 4 Feb 1873 1 Nov 1896 [94] Temporary operation on planned railway route.
  Manuel Duarte Horse 1883 1911 [95] Connected Paraibuna and Manuel Duarte. Replaced by railway line.
  Mendes Mule 1889 ca. 1912 [96] See note.
  Nova Friburgo Mule 1883 1933 [97]
  Petrópolis Electric 13 Dec 1912 15 Jul 1939 [98]
  Riberão das Lajes Petrol (gasoline) 1906 1935 [99] Operated over former dam-construction railway from Nicanor Pereira.
  (São Sebastião do) Rio de Janeiro Horse 31 Jan 1859

9 Oct 1868

Sep 1862

26 Mar 1910

[100]
Steam Sep 1862

1882

28 Nov 1866

?

[101]
Electric 8 Oct 1892 21 Dec 1967 [102]
  ♦ Madureira Horse 28 Sep 1911 1928 [103]
Electric 12 Oct 1928 ? [104]
  ♦ Santa Teresa Horse 25 May 1875 Jun 1897 [105]
Electric 1 Sep 1896   [106]
  ♦ Campo Grande Electric 17 May 1917 31 Oct 1967 [107]
  ♦ Ilha do Governador Electric 4 Oct 1922 10 Apr 1965 [108]
  ♦ Santa Cruz Horse 1880 1911 [109]
  ♦ Niterói Horse 9 Oct 1871 15 Aug 1908 [110]
Accumulator (storage battery) 7 Oct 1883 after Feb 1885 [111]
Electric 31 Oct 1906 31 Jul 1964 [112]
  ♦♦ São Gonçalo Steam 5 Aug 1899 Feb 1917 [113] Connected Niterói (Neves) and Alcântara.
Petrol (gasoline) 15 Feb 1917 Jul 1925 [114] Connected Niterói (Neves) and Alcântara.
Electric 25 Aug 1910 31 Jul 1964 [115] Connected Niterói and Alcântara. See note.
  Teresópolis Horse ? ?  
  Vassouras Mule 11 Jul 1883 1914 [116]
  • Barra do Piraí - Peschkes (Part 1, 1980, page 45) lists a tramway (using animal traction) in this town. Morrison (1989, page 120) states that an 1888 government report describes three concessions for tramway construction, and a 1922 publication includes two photographs showing track and overhead wire in streets. However, he adds that a visit to the city "failed to produce any information about the existence of a passenger tramway."


Note for Mendes: Tramway extended from Humberto Antunes railway station. Electric traction (for goods) and petrol traction (for passengers), ca. 1912 - 1952. Unconnected line extended from Mendes railway station, horse traction, 1900 - 1932.

Note for Niterói: Niterói tramway undertaking extended to São Gonçalo from 25 Aug 1910 (electric traction). São Gonçalo tramway absorbed by Niterói undertaking from 1921.

Notes for Rio de Janeiro: Period of no tramway operation following closure of first line (to Tijuca, in 1866) and opening of the second line (to Largo do Machado) on 9 Oct 1868 (later extended to Jardim Botânico). Tijuca line reopened (by a new undertaking) on 19 Jan 1870. First tramway line in Zona Norte opened 29 Nov 1873.

Experiments with accumulator (storage battery) traction on 2 Jul 1887 and 16 Jul 1887.

Electric traction inaugurated in Zona Sul on 8 Oct 1892, and in Zona Norte on 1 Jul 1905. Last line in Zona Norte closed 21 May 1963. Only one line (in Zona Sul) remained in operation after 17 May 1965.

Alto da Boa Vista line retained as tourist line, but operation suspended because of storm damage 10 Jan 1966 - May 1966. Operation again suspended because of storm daage, 22 Jan 1967 - Mar 1967. Following a period of intermittent operation, the line was declared closed on 21 Dec 1967.

Note for Santa Cruz: Connected Santa Cruz and Itaguaí (1880 - 1907, replaced by railway branch), and Santa Cruz and Sepetiba (27 Jun 1884 - 1911).

Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Macau Horse ? ?  
  Mossoró Horse ? ?  
Steam ? ?  
  Natal Horse 7 Sep 1908 ? [117]
Electric 2 Oct 1911 May 1955 [118]

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bagé Horse (?) ? ? [119]
  Cassino Horse (?) ? ? [120]
  Passo Fundo Horse ? ?  
  Pelotas Horse 9 Nov 1873 ca. 1915 [121]
Electric 20 Oct 1915 Apr 1955 [122]
  Porto Alegre Mule 1 Nov 1864

4 Jan 1873

1872

1914

[123]
Electric 10 Mar 1908 8 Mar 1970 [124]
  Rio Grande Mule 5 Jul 1876 ca. 1912 [125]
Electric 15 Nov 1911 15 Jun 1967 [126]
  Santa Maria Horse ? ?  
  São Leopoldo Horse 29 Nov 1914 1915 [127]
  Uruguaiana Horse (?) ? ? [128]

Template:Country data Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Florianópolis Mule 6 Nov 1880

5 Jun 1909

1885

193_

[129]
  Joinville Mule 29 Jan 1911 10 Apr 1917 [130]

Template:Country data São Paulo (state) São Paulo

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Campinas Electric 24 Jun 1912 24 May 1968 [131] Heritage tramway opened 5 Nov 1972 (operates on Saturdays and Sundays, year round).
  ♦ Campinas - Joaquím Egido - Souzas - Cabras Steam 1894 1917 [132]
Electric 18 Mar 1917 10 Feb 1960 [133]
  ♦ Joaquím Egido - Doutor Lacerda Petrol (gasoline) 1919 1 Oct 1939 [134]
  Campos do Jordão Petrol (gasoline) 15 Nov 1914

21 Dec 1924

1916

1956

[135]
Electric 1956   [136]
  ♦ Pindamonhangaba - Campos do Jordão Petrol (gasoline) 15 Nov 1914 ca. 1916 [137] Goods trains worked by steam. Line not operated between ca. 1916 and 1924.
Electric 21 Dec 1924   [138] Operation suspended 1982 - Oct 1986.
  Guaratinguetá Mule 1898 ca. 1920 [139]
Electric 7 Mar 1914 ca. 1957 [140] Line connected Guaratinguetá and Aparecida.
  ♦ Aparecida Mule 1895 1913 [141]
Electric 8 Dec 1913 ca. 1957 [142]
  Jundiaí Mule 1893 1896 [143]
(Electric)     Morrison (1989, page 46) [144] states that an electric tramway project in 1914 was stopped because of the First World War.
  Lorena Mule 18 Oct 1886 1896 [145]
  Piracicaba Electric 15 Jan 1916 3 Oct 1969 [146]
  Piraju Electric 1 Aug 1915 1931 (or 2 Aug 1937) Morrison (1989, page 159) [147] describes conflicting information about the date of closure.
  ♦ Piraju - Sarutaiá Electric 15 Aug 1915 1931 (or 2 Aug 1937) Morrison (1989, page 159) [148] describes conflicting information about the date of closure.
  Ribeirão Preto (Electric)     Peschkes (Part 1, 1980, page 46) states that the tramway was constructed, but not opened.
  Santo André Horse ? ?  
  Santos Mule 8 Oct 1871 3 May 1912 [149]
Electric 28 Apr 1909 28 Feb 1971 [150] Heritage tramway, 10 Jun 1984 - Oct 1986.
  ♦ São Vicente Mule 24 Oct 1875 1909 [151]
Electric traction 28 Apr 1909 ? [152] Operated as part of Santos system.
  ♦ Guarujá - Itapema Steam 1893 1925 [153]
Electric 11 Jan 1925 13 Jul 1956 [154]
  São Carlos Horse 1895 1896 [155] Tramway closed because of yellow fever epidemic.
Electric 27 Dec 1914 16 Jun 1962 [[156]]
  São Paulo Mule 12 Oct 1872 1907 [157]
Steam 14 Mar 1886 1914 [158]
Electric 7 May 1900 27 Mar 1968 [159]
  ♦ São Bernardo do Campo Petrol (gasoline) 3 May 1923 5 Oct 1930 [160] Tramway connected São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano (do Sul).
  ♦ Tramway da Cantareira Steam ? 31 May 1965 [161] See note.
  Sorocaba Electric 30 Dec 1915 28 Feb 1959 [162]
  ♦ Sorocaba - Votorantim Electric 4 Feb 1922 1966 [163] Public passenger service withdrawn 1966, non-public passenger service withdrawn 1977.
  Taubaté Mule 27 May 1879 ca. 1910 [164]
Steam 1880 1920 [165] Connected Taubaté and Tremembê.

Non-public tramway:

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Itatinga Steam 1906 1958 [166]
Electric Jan 1958   [167]

Note for São Paulo - Tramway da Cantareira: Narrow-gauge light railway. Connected São Paulo, Cantareira, and Guarulhos. Electrification of Guarulhos line planned (ca. 1942, not carried out. Cantareira line closed 1957. Guarulhos line closed 31 May 1965.

Sergipe Sergipe

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Aracaju Mule 24 Oct 1908 ? [168]
Electric 2 Jun 1926 1955 [169]

Chile Chile (by Región )

I Tarapacá

  • Arica - Morrison (1992) states that old postcards show rails in the streets of this town, but no other evidence of a town tramway could be found.

II Antofagasta

III Atacama

IV Coquimbo

V Valparaíso

VI O'Higgins

VII Maule

VIII Bío-Bío

IX Araucanía

X Los Lagos

XI Aysen

XII Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena

RM Región Metropolitana de Santiago

Colombia Colombia

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Barranquilla Horse ? 1929  
  (Santa Fe de) Bogotá Horse ? 1921 [170]
Steam ? ? [171]
Electric 7 Mar 1910 30 Jun 1951 [172]
Accumulator (storage battery) 14 Apr 1918 ? [173]
  (Santiago de) Cali Steam ? 192_  
  Cartagena (de Indias) Horse ? ?  
  Cúcuta Horse ? ?  
  Facatativá Horse ? ?  
  Medellín Horse 1886 1897  
Electric 21 Oct 1921 Jul 1951  
  Pereira Horse ? ?  
Electric 26 Feb 1926 1956 (?)  

Ecuador Ecuador

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  (Santiago de) Guayquil Horse 1873 ?  
Electric 15 Jan 1910 1951  
  (San Francisco de) Quito Electric 8 Oct 1914 ca. 1948 [174]
  ♦ Quito - Cotocollao Petrol (gasoline) 22 Jun 1923 1928 [175]

Guyana Guyana

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Georgetown Horse 1880 ?  
Electric 25 Feb 1901 28 Feb 1930  

Paraguay Paraguay

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  (Nuestra Señora Santa María de la) Asunción Horse 1872 ? [176]
Steam 1894 1932 [177]
Electric 10 Jul 1913

1975

1973

Jun (?) 1995

[178] Operated on occasion for private hire (charter) service to Nov 1997.
  Concepción Animal ? ?  

Peru Peru

Suriname Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Port of Spain Electric 26 Jun 1895

July (or Aug) 1902

1902 (?)

1956 (?)

Uruguay Uruguay

Venezuela Venezuela

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