List of town tramway systems in Central America
This is a list of cities and towns in Central America that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. Other geographic regions:
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 April 1899 | 1 August 1950 | |||
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 October 1920 | 1925 (?) | ||
| Sonsonate | Horse | ? | ? | ||
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 March 1930 | September 1933 | |
Honduras
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Cortés | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
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
Main article: Trams in Panama
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colón | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | Construction started ca. 1910, not completed. | ||||
| United Electric Tramways (1893–ca. 1900)
Panama Tramways (1913–1917) |
Ciudad de Panamá (Panama City) |
Electric | 1 October 1893
1 August 1913 |
ca. 1900
31 May 1941 |
[1] |
References
Inline citations
- ↑ Morrison, Allen (1 February 2008). "The Tramways of Panama City". tramz.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
Bibliography
See also
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