List of town tramway systems in Argentina explained

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	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Bahía Blanca		align=right		Horse	?	?
		align=right		Steam	1904	1910
		align=right		Naptha	1906	1910
		align=right		electric	1910-Mar-02	1938-Dec-11
Chivilcoy		align=right		Horse	1895	?
Dolores		align=right		Horse	1888	192_
Magdalena		align=right		Horse (?)	?	?	An Argentine source states that the existence of this tramway is not confirmed http://www.argentour.com/local-cgi/ToForo/index.cgi?msg=1239.
Mar del Plata		align=right		Horse	1888	1923 (?)
		align=right		Steam	1915	?
		align=right		electric	1922-12-30^[1]	1954-Sep
Necochea		align=right		Steam	1913	1914
		align=right		electric	1914	1952-03-30
San Nicolás (de los Arroyos)		align=right		Horse	1889	193_

Buenos Aires City

See main article: Trams in Buenos Aires.

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Buenos Aires		align=right		Horse	1863	1925
align=right			Steam	?	?
align=right			electric	1897-04-22^[2]	1963-02-20
"Pre-metro" line E2	1435	electric	1987-04-28^[3]
Tranvía del Este	align=right	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	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
♦ San Isidro		align=right		Horse	1913	?
		align=right		"Naptha"	?	?
♦ Tigre		align=right		Horse	?	?
Connected Buenos Aires with San Martín, Empalme, San Andrés de Giles, Zárate, and San Antonio de Areco.	Tramway Rural	align=right		Horse/electric	1888	1965 ?	Ran on exclusive right-of-way. Rebuilt as a railway, today Línea Urquiza
♦ Ituzaingó		align=right		Horse	1914	1926
		align=right		"Naptha"	1926	1942
♦ General Rodríguez		align=right		Horse	?	?
♦ Luján		align=right		Horse	1888	192_
♦ Temperley - Turdera		align=right		Horse	?	?
♦ (José) Mármol - Claypole		align=right		Horse	?	?
		align=right		"Naptha"	?	?
♦ Adrogué - San Vicente		align=right		Horse	1898	1920
		align=right		"Naptha"	1920	1928
♦ Lanús		align=right		Horse	1884 by	?
		align=right		electric	1904	1964-12-31	Connected Avellaneda and Lanús.
♦ Lomas de Zamora		align=right		Steam	?	?
		align=right		Horse	?	?
		align=right		"Naptha"	?	?
		align=right		electric	1910	1948	Connected Avellaneda and Lomas de Zamora.
♦ Quilmes		align=right		electric	1913 (or 1918)	1957-04-28
♦ La Plata		align=right		Horse	1884	1910
		align=right		Steam	1909	?
		align=right		"Naptha"	?	?
		align=right		electric	1892-10-22 1910-Jan-03	? 1966-12-25	Tramway connected La Plata with Ensenada and Berisso.
♦♦ Berisso		align=right		Horse	?	?
		align=right		electric	?	?
♦♦ Ensenada		align=right		Horse	?	?
♦♦ La Plata - Esteban Echeverría		align=right		Steam	?	?

Catamarca

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
(San Fernando del Valle de) Catamarca		align=right		Horse	1887	1930

Chaco

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Puerto Tirol		align=right		Steam	?	?
Resistencia		align=right		Steam	1903	?	Connected Resistencia and Barranqueras.

Córdoba

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Bell Ville		align=right		Horse	1901	1910
Córdoba		align=right		Horse	1879	1925
		align=right		electric	1909-08-22	1963
Río Cuarto		align=right		Horse	1885	1902
Valle Hermoso			Electric	6 Mar 1998		Encompasses various scientific, botanical and environmental exhibits, including a planetarium.
Villa María		align=right		Horse	1887	1891	Connected Villa María and Villa Nueva.
		align=right		(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 http://www.argentour.com/local-cgi/ToForo/index.cgi?msg=1239

Corrientes

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Corrientes		align=right		Horse	1890	1908 (or 1925)
		align=right		Steam	1901	1908
		align=right		electric	1913-01-22	1930
♦ Corrientes - San Luis		align=right		Steam	?	?
		align=right		electric	?	?

Entre Ríos

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Concordia		align=right		Horse	1880	1885
		align=right		electric	1928-May-01	1963-Mar
Gualeguaychú		align=right		Horse	1890	1910
		align=right		Horse	1873	1929
		align=right		electric	1921-05-20	1962

La Pampa

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Telén		align=right		Horse	?	?

Mendoza

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Mendoza		align=right		Horse	1885	1911
align=right			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. .

Salta

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Salta		align=right		Horse	1894	1913
		align=right		electric	1913-02-20	1935

San Juan

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
San Juan		align=right		Horse	1888	?	Connected San Juan, Desamparados, Trinidad and Concepción.

Santa Fe

See also: Trams in Rosario.

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
Esperanza		align=right		Horse	1885	1902 (before)
Rafaela		align=right		Horse	?	1902 (after)
Roldán		align=right		Horse	1915 ca.	?
Rosario		align=right		Horse	1872	1910
		align=right		Steam	?	?
		align=right		electric	1906-10-31	1963-02-11	Being re-activated as the Rosario Tramway
Santa Fe		align=right		Horse	1885	1914
		align=right		electric	1914-03-25	1961-04-30

Tucumán

Location	Article	Gauge (mm)	Traction Type	width=80px	Date (from) (year-month-day)	width=80px	Date (to) (year-month-day)	Notes
(San Miguel de) Tucumán		align=right		Horse	1882-12-25 1905-12-25	1904 1910-Dec
		align=right		electric	1909-10-22 (or 1910-01-01)	1965-Oct-12
		align=right		Steam	1916	1929	Connected Tucumán and Yerba Buena

References

• Books, Periodicals and External Links

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

Notes and References

1. Morrison (1996), p. 180. Bonde Press.
2. Book: Morrison, Allen. Latin America by Streetcar. 1996. Bonde Press. New York . 0-9622348-3-4 . 143, 157.
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.