This is a list of cities and towns in South America that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. Separate lists have been created for Argentina, Brazil and Chile to increase user-friendliness and reduce article size.
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Cochabamba | Horse | 1902 | ? | ||
Electric | 1914 1941 | Jul 1939 May 30, 1948 | |||
♦ Cochabamba – Quillacollo – Vinto | Electric | September 13, 1910 1941 | Jul 1939 1943 | ||
(Nuestra Señora de) La Paz | Electric | July 16, 1909 | 1950 | ||
♦ La Paz – El Alto | Electric | December 1, 1905 | May 1977 | ||
Oruro | Horse | July 9, 1907 | June 30, 1914 | ||
Potosí | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 1917 (?) | 1918 (?) | see note. | ||
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Barranquilla | Horse | ? | 1929 | ||
(Santa Fe de) Bogotá | Horse | December 24, 1884 | 1921 | See: Trams in Bogotá. [1] | |
Steam | ? | ? | [1] | ||
Electric | March 7, 1910 | June 30, 1951 | See: Trams in Bogotá. (Picture during Bogotazo. [1] ) | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | April 14, 1918 | ? | [1] | ||
(Santiago de) Cali | Steam | ? | 192_ | ||
Cartagena (de Indias) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Cúcuta | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Facatativá | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Medellín | Horse | 1886 | 1897 | ||
Electric | October 21, 1921 | Jul 1951 | |||
Ayacucho Tram | Electric | October 15, 2015 | Translohr | ||
Pereira | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | February 26, 1926 | 1956 (?) | |||
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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(Santiago de) Guayquil | Horse | 1873 | ? | ||
Electric | January 15, 1910 | 1951 | |||
(San Francisco de) Quito | Electric | October 8, 1914 | ca. 1948 | ||
♦ Quito – Cotocollao | Petrol (gasoline) | June 22, 1923 | 1928 | ||
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Georgetown | Horse | 1880 | ? | ||
Electric | February 25, 1901 | February 28, 1930 | |||
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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(Nuestra Señora Santa María de la) Asunción | Horse | 1872 | ? | . See Trams in Asunción. | |
Steam | 1894 | 1932 | . See Trams in Asunción. | ||
Electric | July 10, 1913 1975 | 1973 Jun (?) 1995 | Operated on occasion for private hire (charter) service to Nov 1997. See Trams in Asunción. | ||
Concepción | Animal | ? | ? | ||
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Arequipa | Horse | March 14, 1875 | ? | . | |
Electric | July 18, 1913 | January 9, 1966 | . | ||
Catacaos | Horse | ? | ? | . | |
Chiclayo | Horse | ca. 1890 | 1930 | . | |
Cusco | Horse | 191_ | 1946 | . | |
Huacho | Horse | December 4, 1890 | ? | . | |
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1922 | 1929 | . | ||
Iquitos | Steam | 1905 | 1935 | . | |
Lima Tramway | Lima | Horse | March 24, 1878 | ? | |
Electric | June 1, 1906 | September 17, 1965 | , , heritage tram opened on August 22, 1997. | ||
♦ Callao | Horse | 1864 | ? | ||
♦ Lima – Callao | Electric | July 27, 1904 | September 17, 1965 | , , . | |
♦ Magdalena (del Mar) | Horse | 18__ | 18__ | ||
♦ Lima – Magdalena | Electric | 1909 | September 17, 1965 | , . | |
♦ Miraflores, Barranco and (San Pedro de los) Chorrillos | Horse | 18__ | 18__ | ||
Electric | 191_ | 193_ | , . In Miraflores and Barranco. | ||
♦ Lima – Miraflores – Barranco – Chorillos | Horse | 1904 | ? | ||
Electric | March 31, 1904 | September 17, 1965 | , , . | ||
Paita | Horse | August 30, 1891 | 192_ | . | |
Pisco | Horse | 187_ | ? | . | |
Accumulator (storage battery) | Jan 1921 | after 1935 | . | ||
Piura | Horse | ca. 1890 | 193_ | . | |
San Pedro de Lloc | Horse | 1880 | ? | . | |
Trujillo | Horse | 189_ | 193_ | . | |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Lawa Railway | Paramaribo | Steam | 1905 | 1957 | |
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Port of Spain | Electric | June 26, 1895 July (or Aug) 1902 | 1902 (?) 1956 (?) | ||
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Colonia del Sacramento | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Fray Bentos | "Naptha" | ? | ? | ||
La Floresta | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Montevideo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | November 10, 1906 | April 14, 1957 | Heritage tramway, October 15, 1967 – April 28, 1974. | ||
Paysandú | Horse | ? | ? | ||
"Naptha" | ? | ? | |||
Piriápolis | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Salto | Horse | ? | 1930 | ||
Name of System | Location | Traction Type | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Ciudad Bolívar | Horse | ? | ? | ||
(Santiago de León de) Caracas | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Electric | January 15, 1907 | August 13, 1947 | |||
♦ Caracas – La Guaira | Steam | ? | 1928 | ||
Electric | April 9, 1928 | 1952 | |||
Tranvías Eléctricos de Carúpano | Carúpano | Electric | January 9, 1916 | June 28, 1933 | |
Cumaná | Horse | 1878? | ? | ||
La Guaira – Macuto – Maiquetía | Steam | 1885 | 1914 | ||
Electric | May 9, 1914 | November 9, 1933 | |||
Maracaibo | Horse | October 5, 1884 | 1925 | . | |
Steam | 1891 | 1917 (?) | . Connected Maracaibo and Bella Vista. | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | May 1915 | 1920 (?) | . | ||
Electric | May 18, 1917 | 1934 | . Former steam tramway (electrified) was first electric tramway line. | ||
Nueva Valencia del Rey /Valencia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | 11 (?) Jul 1915 | 1956 | |||
A tram is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or tram networks operated as public transport are called tramways or simply trams/streetcars. Trams are commonly included in the wider term light rail, due to their close similarities, which also includes systems separated from other traffic.
The interurban is a type of electric railway, with tram-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between cities or towns. The term "interurban" is usually used in North America, with other terms used outside it. They were very prevalent in many parts of the world before the Second World War and were used primarily for passenger travel between cities and their surrounding suburban and rural communities. Interurban as a term encompassed the companies, their infrastructure, their cars that ran on the rails, and their service. In the United States, the early 1900s interurban was a valuable economic institution, when most roads between towns, many town streets were unpaved, and transportation and haulage was by horse-drawn carriages and carts.
The Douglas Bay Horse Tramway on the Isle of Man runs along the seafront promenade for approximately 1 mile (1.6 km), from the southern terminus at the Villa Marina, to Derby Castle station, the southern terminus of the Manx Electric Railway, where the workshops and sheds are located. It is a distinctive tourist attraction. However works have been underway to relay all of the track in 2019 and at present only a third is usable, with no published completion date for the works.
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The Mexborough & Swinton Tramways Company was a tramway system in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, founded in 1902 and which began services in 1907 linking Rotherham with the Old Toll Bar, Mexborough. Its routes served Manvers Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne and the towns of Rotherham, Rawmarsh, Swinton and Mexborough.
Although tram systems date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many old systems were closed during the mid-20th century because of the advent of automobile travel. This was especially the case in North America, but postwar reductions and shutdowns also occurred on British, French and other Western European urban rail networks. However, traditional tramway systems survived, and eventually even began to thrive from the late 20th century onward, some eventually operating as much as when they were first built over a century ago. Their numbers have been augmented by modern tramway or light rail systems in cities which had discarded this form of transport.
The Yass River railway bridge is a heritage-listed disused railway bridge that carried the Yass Town Tramway across the Yass River at Yass, Yass Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by engineer C. Fischer and NSW Government Tramways and built in 1892 by O. McMasters, North Sydney (fabrication) and McGill & Son (erection). It is also known as the Yass Town rail bridge over Yass River and the Yass Town Truss. It is owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.