List of town tramway systems in Argentina
This is a list of town tramway systems in Argentina by Province. It includes all tram systems, past and present.
Provincia de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Province)
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahía Blanca | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Steam | 1904 | 1910 | ||||
| "Naptha" | 1906 | 1910 | ||||
| electric | 1910-Mar-02 | 1938-Dec-11 | ||||
| Chivilcoy | Horse | 1895 | ? | |||
| Dolores | Horse | 1888 | 192_ | |||
| Magdalena | Horse (?) | ? | ? | An Argentine source states that the existence of this tramway is not confirmed . | ||
| Mar del Plata | Horse | 1888 | 1923 (?) | |||
| Steam | 1915 | ? | ||||
| electric | 1922-12-30[1] | 1954-Sep | ||||
| Necochea | Steam | 1913 | 1914 | |||
| electric | 1914 | 1952-03-30 | ||||
| San Nicolás (de los Arroyos) | Horse | 1889 | 193_ | |||
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires)
Main article: Trams in Buenos Aires
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires | Horse | 1863 | 1925 | |||
| Steam | ? | ? | ||||
| electric | 1897-04-22[2] | 1963-02-20[2] | ||||
| "Pre-metro" line E2 | 1435 | electric | 1987-04-28[3] | |||
| Tranvía del Este | 1435 | electric | 2007-07-15 | 2012-10-10 | using just one loaned tram (two in first year) | |
Also: Heritage tramway in the Caballito district (Buenos Aires Historic Tramway) opened 15 Nov 1980.
Neighboring and suburban tramway systems in Buenos Aires Province, arranged anti- (counter-) clockwise, northwest to southeast.
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♦ San Isidro | Horse | 1913 | ? | |||
| "Naptha" | ? | ? | ||||
| ♦ Tigre | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Connected Buenos Aires with San Martín, Empalme, San Andrés de Giles, Zárate, and San Antonio de Areco. | Tramway Rural | Horse/electric | 1888 | 1965 ? | Ran on exclusive right-of-way. Rebuilt as a railway, today Línea Urquiza | |
| ♦ 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 | 1884 by | ? | |||
| electric | 1904 | 1964-12-31[2] | Connected Avellaneda and Lanús. | |||
| ♦ Lomas de Zamora | Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Horse | ? | ? | ||||
| "Naptha" | ? | ? | ||||
| electric | 1910 | 1948 | Connected Avellaneda and Lomas de Zamora. | |||
| ♦ Quilmes | electric | 1913 (or 1918) | 1957-04-28 | |||
| ♦ La Plata | Horse | 1884 | 1910 | |||
| Steam | 1909 | ? | ||||
| "Naptha" | ? | ? | ||||
| electric | 1892-10-22 1910-Jan-03 | ? 1966-12-25 |
Tramway connected La Plata with Ensenada and Berisso. | |||
| ♦♦ Berisso | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| electric | ? | ? | ||||
| ♦♦ Ensenada | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| ♦♦ La Plata - Esteban Echeverría | Steam | ? | ? | |||
Catamarca
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (San Fernando del Valle de) Catamarca | Horse | 1887 | 1930 | |||
Chaco
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Tirol | Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Resistencia | Steam | 1903 | ? | Connected Resistencia and Barranqueras. | ||
Córdoba
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Ville | Horse | 1901 | 1910 | |||
| Córdoba | Horse | 1879 | 1925 | |||
| electric | 1909-08-22 | 1963 | ||||
| Río Cuarto | Horse | 1885 | 1902 | |||
| Villa María | Horse | 1887 | 1891 | Connected Villa María and Villa Nueva. | ||
| (Petrol (gasoline)) | see note. | |||||
- Note for Villa María: Tramway constructed in 1911, using materials salvaged from closed system at Bell Ville and tramcars equipped with internal-combustion engines. Not opened because of construction deficiencies
Corrientes
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrientes | Horse | 1890 | 1908 (or 1925) | |||
| Steam | 1901 | 1908 | ||||
| electric | 1913-01-22 | 1930 | ||||
| ♦ Corrientes - San Luis | Steam | ? | ? | |||
| electric | ? | ? | ||||
Entre Ríos
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia | Horse | 1880 | 1885 | |||
| electric | 1928-May-01 | 1963-Mar | ||||
| Gualeguaychú | Horse | 1890 | 1910 | |||
| Paraná | Horse | 1873 | 1929 | |||
| electric | 1921-05-20 | 1962 | ||||
La Pampa
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telén | Horse | ? | ? | |||
Mendoza
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendoza | Horse | 1885 | 1911 | |||
| electric | 1912-Oct-01 | 1965-Nov [4] | Reintroduced 2012 in the form of light rail, | |||
| Metrotranvía Mendoza | 1435 | electric | 2012-Oct-08 | Tramways & Urban Transit, p. 451. LRTA Publishing. ISSN 1460-8324. | ||
Salta
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salta | Horse | 1894 | 1913 | |||
| electric | 1913-02-20 | 1935 | ||||
San Juan
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan | Horse | 1888 | ? | Connected San Juan, Desamparados, Trinidad and Concepción. | ||
Santa Fe
See also: Trams in Rosario
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esperanza | Horse | 1885 | 1902 (before ) | |||
| Rafaela | Horse | ? | 1902 (after) | |||
| Roldán | Horse | 1915 ca. | ? | |||
| Rosario | Horse | 1872 | 1910 | |||
| Steam | ? | ? | ||||
| electric | 1906-10-31 | 1962 | Being re-activated as the Rosario Tramway | |||
| Santa Fe | Horse | 1885 | 1914 | |||
| electric | 1914-03-25 | 1961-04-30 | ||||
Tucumán
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (San Miguel de) Tucumán | Horse | 1882-12-25 1905-12-25 | 1904 1910-Dec |
|||
| electric | 1909-10-22 (or 1910-01-01) | 1965-Oct-12 | ||||
| Steam | 1916 | 1929 | Connected Tucumán and Yerba Buena | |||
References
- ↑ Morrison (1996), p. 180. Bonde Press.
- 1 2 3 Morrison, Allen (1996). Latin America by Streetcar. New York: Bonde Press. pp. 143, 157. ISBN 0-9622348-3-4.
- ↑ Cross, Barry (April 2001). "Buenos Aires: Brand new pre-Metro line". Tramways & Urban Transit, pp. 136–137. UK: Light Rail Transit Association/Ian Allan Publishing.
- ↑ Morrison (1996), p. 173. Bonde Press.
See also
- Trams in Buenos Aires
- List of town tramway systems
- List of town tramway systems in South America
- List of light-rail transit systems
- List of rapid transit systems
- List of trolleybus systems
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