List of town tramway systems in Argentina

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Argentina by Province. It includes all tram systems, past and present.

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Buenos Aires Province

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Bahía Blanca  Horse ? ? 
Steam19041910 
Naptha19061910 
electric1910-Mar-021938-Dec-11 
Chivilcoy  Horse1895 ? 
Dolores  Horse1888192_ 
Magdalena  Horse (?) ? ?An Argentine source states that the existence of this tramway is not confirmed .
Mar del Plata  Horse18881923 (?) 
Steam1915 ? 
electric1922-12-30 [1] 1954-Sep 
Necochea  Steam19131914 
electric19141952-03-30 
San Nicolás (de los Arroyos)  Horse1889193_ 

Buenos Aires City

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Buenos Aires  Horse18631925 
Steam ? ? 
electric1897-04-22 [2] 1963-02-20 [2]  
"Pre-metro" line E2 1435electric1987-04-28 [3]   
Tranvía del Este 1435electric2007-07-152012-10-10using just one loaned tram (two in first year)

Also: Heritage tramway in the Caballito district (Buenos Aires Historic Tramway  [ es ]) opened 15 Nov 1980.

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

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
♦ San Isidro  Horse1913 ? 
"Naptha" ? ? 
♦ Tigre  Horse ? ? 
Connected Buenos Aires with San Martín, Empalme, San Andrés de Giles, Zárate, and San Antonio de Areco. Tramway Rural Horse/electric18881965 ?Ran on exclusive right-of-way. Rebuilt as a railway, today Línea Urquiza
♦ Ituzaingó  Horse19141926 
"Naptha"19261942 
♦ General Rodríguez  Horse ? ? 
♦ Luján  Horse1888192_ 
♦ Temperley - Turdera  Horse ? ? 
♦ (José) Mármol - Claypole  Horse ? ? 
"Naptha" ? ? 
♦ Adrogué - San Vicente  Horse18981920 
"Naptha"19201928 
♦ Lanús  Horse1884 by ? 
electric19041964-12-31 [2] Connected Avellaneda and Lanús.
♦ Lomas de Zamora  Steam ? ? 
Horse ? ? 
"Naptha" ? ? 
electric19101948Connected Avellaneda and Lomas de Zamora.
♦ Quilmes  electric1913 (or 1918)1957-04-28 
♦ La Plata  Horse18841910 
Steam1909 ? 
"Naptha" ? ? 
electric1892-10-22
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

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
(San Fernando del Valle de) Catamarca  Horse18871930 

Chaco

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Puerto Tirol  Steam ? ? 
Resistencia  Steam1903 ?Connected Resistencia and Barranqueras.

Córdoba

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Bell Ville  Horse19011910 
Córdoba  Horse18791925 
electric1909-08-221963 
Río Cuarto  Horse18851902 
Valle Hermoso   Electric6 Mar 1998Encompasses various scientific, botanical and environmental exhibits, including a planetarium.
Villa María  Horse18871891Connected Villa María and Villa Nueva.
(Petrol (gasoline))  see note.

Corrientes

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Corrientes  Horse18901908 (or 1925) 
Steam19011908 
electric1913-01-221930 
♦ Corrientes - San Luis  Steam ? ? 
electric ? ? 

Entre Ríos

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Concordia  Horse18801885 
electric1928-May-011963-Mar 
Gualeguaychú  Horse18901910 
Paraná  Horse18731929 
electric1921-05-201962 

La Pampa

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Telén  Horse ? ? 

Mendoza

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Mendoza  Horse18851911 
electric1912-Oct-011965-Nov [4] Reintroduced 2012 in the form of light rail,
Metrotranvía Mendoza 1435electric2012-Oct-08 Tramways & Urban Transit , p. 451. LRTA Publishing. ISSN   1460-8324.

Salta

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Salta  Horse18941913 
electric1913-02-201935 

San Juan

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
San Juan  Horse1888 ?Connected San Juan, Desamparados, Trinidad and Concepción.

Santa Fe

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
Esperanza  Horse18851902 (before ) 
Rafaela  Horse ?1902 (after) 
Roldán  Horse1915 ca. ? 
Rosario  Horse18721910 
Steam ? ? 
electric1906-10-311963-02-11 Being re-activated as the Rosario Tramway
Santa Fe  Horse18851914 
electric1914-03-251961-04-30 

Tucumán

LocationArticleGauge
(mm)		Traction
Type		Date (from)
(year-month-day)		Date (to)
(year-month-day)		Notes
(San Miguel de) Tucumán  Horse1882-12-25
1905-12-25		1904
1910-Dec		 
electric1909-10-22 (or 1910-01-01)1965-Oct-12 
Steam19161929Connected Tucumán and Yerba Buena

References

  1. ↑ Morrison (1996), p. 180. Bonde Press.
  2. 1 2 3 Morrison, Allen (1996). Latin America by Streetcar. New York: Bonde Press. pp. 143, 157. ISBN   0-9622348-3-4.
  3. ↑ Cross, Barry (April 2001). "Buenos Aires: Brand new pre-Metro line" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine . Tramways & Urban Transit , pp. 136–137. UK: Light Rail Transit Association/Ian Allan Publishing.
  4. ↑ Morrison (1996), p. 173. Bonde Press.

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