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 19041910  
Naptha 19061910  
electric 1910-Mar-021938-Dec-11  
Chivilcoy   Horse 1895?  
Dolores   Horse 1888192_  
Magdalena   Horse (?) ?? An Argentine source states that the existence of this tramway is not confirmed .
Mar del Plata   Horse 18881923 (?)  
Steam 1915?  
electric 1922-12-30[1] 1954-Sep 
Necochea   Steam 19131914  
electric 19141952-03-30  
San Nicolás (de los Arroyos)   Horse 1889193_  

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires)

Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Buenos Aires   Horse 18631925  
Steam ??  
electric 1897-04-22[2] 1963-02-20[2]  
"Pre-metro" line E2 1435 electric 1987-04-28[3]    
Tranvía del Este 1435electric 2007-07-152012-10-10 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 18881965 ? Ran on exclusive right-of-way. Rebuilt as a railway, today Línea Urquiza
♦ Ituzaingó   Horse 19141926  
"Naptha" 19261942  
♦ General Rodríguez   Horse ??  
♦ Luján   Horse 1888192_  
♦ Temperley - Turdera   Horse ??  
♦ (José) Mármol - Claypole   Horse ??  
"Naptha" ??  
♦ Adrogué - San Vicente   Horse 18981920  
"Naptha" 19201928  
♦ Lanús   Horse 1884 by?  
electric 19041964-12-31[2] Connected Avellaneda and Lanús.
♦ Lomas de Zamora   Steam ??  
Horse ??  
"Naptha" ??  
electric 19101948 Connected Avellaneda and Lomas de Zamora.
♦ Quilmes   electric 1913 (or 1918)1957-04-28  
♦ La Plata   Horse 18841910  
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 18871930  

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 19011910  
Córdoba   Horse 18791925  
electric 1909-08-221963  
Río Cuarto   Horse 18851902  
Valle Hermoso     Electric 6 Mar 1998 Encompasses various scientific, botanical and environmental exhibits, including a planetarium.
Villa María   Horse 18871891 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 18901908 (or 1925)  
Steam 19011908  
electric 1913-01-221930  
♦ 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 18801885  
electric 1928-May-011963-Mar  
Gualeguaychú   Horse 18901910  
Paraná   Horse 18731929  
electric 1921-05-201962  

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 18851911  
electric 1912-Oct-011965-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 18941913  
electric 1913-02-201935  

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

Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Esperanza   Horse 18851902 (before )  
Rafaela   Horse ?1902 (after)  
Roldán   Horse 1915 ca.?  
Rosario   Horse 18721910  
Steam ??  
electric 1906-10-311963-02-11  Being re-activated as the Rosario Tramway
Santa Fe   Horse 18851914  
electric 1914-03-251961-04-30  

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 19161929 Connected 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". Tramways & Urban Transit, pp. 136–137. UK: Light Rail Transit Association/Ian Allan Publishing.
  4. ↑ Morrison (1996), p. 173. Bonde Press.

See also

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