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.
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 [1]. | ||
| 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_ |
Buenos Aires City[]
| 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 () 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, , 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 | ||||
| ♦ | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| ♦ Luján | Horse | 1888 | 192_ | |||
| ♦ Temperley - | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| ♦ - 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 . | |||
| ♦♦ | 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 | |||
| Valle Hermoso | Electric | 6 Mar 1998 | Encompasses various scientific, botanical and environmental exhibits, including a planetarium. | |||
| Villa María | Horse | 1887 | 1891 | Connected Villa María and . | ||
| (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 [2]
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 - | 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, , and . |
Santa Fe[]
| 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 | 1963-02-11 | 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[]
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (April 2008) |
- ^ Morrison (1996), p. 180. Bonde Press.
- ^ a b c 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" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. 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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