List of town tramway systems in South America explained

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.

Argentina

See main article: List of town tramway systems in Argentina.

Bolivia

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
	Cochabamba	Horse	1902	?	http://www.tramz.com/bo/co/co.html
		Electric	1914 1941	Jul 1939 May 30, 1948	http://www.tramz.com/bo/co/co.html
	♦ Cochabamba – Quillacollo – Vinto	Electric	September 13, 1910 1941	Jul 1939 1943	http://www.tramz.com/bo/co/co.html
	(Nuestra Señora de) La Paz	Electric	July 16, 1909	1950	http://www.tramz.com/bo/lp/lp.html
	♦ La Paz – El Alto	Electric	December 1, 1905	May 1977	http://www.tramz.com/bo/lp/lp.html
	Oruro	Horse	July 9, 1907	June 30, 1914	http://www.tramz.com/bo/op/op.html
	Potosí	Horse	?	?	http://www.tramz.com/bo/op/op.html
		Electric	1917 (?)	1918 (?)	http://www.tramz.com/bo/op/op.html see note.

• Note for Potosí: System built and (according to one source) inaugurated. Not known whether public service was operated.

Brazil

See main article: List of town tramway systems in Brazil.

Chile

See main article: List of town tramway systems in Chile.

Colombia

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
	Barranquilla	Horse	?	1929
	(Santa Fe de) Bogotá	Horse	December 24, 1884	1921	See: Trams in Bogotá.^[1]
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	March 7, 1910	June 30, 1951	See: Trams in Bogotá. (Picture during Bogotazo.)
		Accumulator (storage battery)	April 14, 1918	?
	(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 (?)

Ecuador

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
	(Santiago de) Guayquil	Horse	1873	?
		Electric	January 15, 1910	1951
	(San Francisco de) Quito	Electric	October 8, 1914	ca. 1948	http://www.tramz.com/ec/q/qe.html
	♦ Quito – Cotocollao	Petrol (gasoline)	June 22, 1923	1928	http://www.tramz.com/ec/q/qe.html

Guyana

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
	Georgetown	Horse	1880	?
		Electric	February 25, 1901	February 28, 1930

Paraguay

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
	(Nuestra Señora Santa María de la) Asunción	Horse	1872	?	http://www.tramz.com/py/as.html. See Trams in Asunción.
		Steam	1894	1932	http://www.tramz.com/py/as.html. See Trams in Asunción.
		Electric	July 10, 1913 1975	1973 Jun (?) 1995	http://www.tramz.com/py/as.html Operated on occasion for private hire (charter) service to Nov 1997. See Trams in Asunción.
	Concepción	Animal	?	?

Peru

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
	Arequipa	Horse	March 14, 1875	?	http://www.tramz.com/pe/aq/aq00.html.
		Electric	July 18, 1913	January 9, 1966	http://www.tramz.com/pe/aq/aq00.html.
	Catacaos	Horse	?	?	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
	Chiclayo	Horse	ca. 1890	1930	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
	Cusco	Horse	191_	1946	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
	Huacho	Horse	December 4, 1890	?	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1922	1929	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
	Iquitos	Steam	1905	1935	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
Lima Tramway	Lima	Horse	March 24, 1878	?	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li00.html
		Electric	June 1, 1906	September 17, 1965	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li30.html, http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li60.html, heritage tram opened on August 22, 1997.
	♦ Callao	Horse	1864	?	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li00.html
	♦ Lima – Callao	Electric	July 27, 1904	September 17, 1965	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li00.html, http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li30.html, http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li60.html.
	♦ Magdalena (del Mar)	Horse	18__	18__	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li00.html
	♦ Lima – Magdalena	Electric	1909	September 17, 1965	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li30.html, http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li60.html.
	♦ Miraflores, Barranco and (San Pedro de los) Chorrillos	Horse	18__	18__	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li00.html
		Electric	191_	193_	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li30.html, http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li60.html. In Miraflores and Barranco.
	♦ Lima – Miraflores – Barranco – Chorillos	Horse	1904	?	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li00.html
		Electric	March 31, 1904	September 17, 1965	http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li00.html, http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li30.html, http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/li60.html.
	Paita	Horse	August 30, 1891	192_	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
	Pisco	Horse	187_	?	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
		Accumulator (storage battery)	Jan 1921	after 1935	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
	Piura	Horse	ca. 1890	193_	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
	San Pedro de Lloc	Horse	1880	?	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.
	Trujillo	Horse	189_	193_	http://www.tramz.com/pe/ot/ot00.html.

Suriname

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
Lawa Railway	Paramaribo	Steam	1905	1957

Trinidad and Tobago

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
	Port of Spain	Electric	June 26, 1895 July (or Aug) 1902	1902 (?)1956 (?)

Uruguay

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
	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

Venezuela

width=15%	Name of System	width=20%	Location	width=10%	Traction Type	width=15%	Date (From)	width=15%	Date (To)	width=25%	Notes
	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	http://www.tramz.com/ve/mb/mb.html.
		Steam	1891	1917 (?)	http://www.tramz.com/ve/mb/mb.html. Connected Maracaibo and Bella Vista.
		Accumulator (storage battery)	May 1915	1920 (?)	http://www.tramz.com/ve/mb/mb.html.
		Electric	May 18, 1917	1934	http://www.tramz.com/ve/mb/mb.html. Former steam tramway (electrified) was first electric tramway line.
	Nueva Valencia del Rey /Valencia	Horse	?	?
		Electric	11 (?) Jul 1915	1956

See also

• List of town tramway systems in Africa
• List of town tramway systems in Asia
• List of town tramway systems in Central America
• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of town tramway systems in North America
• List of town tramway systems
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems
• List of trolleybus systems

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morrison, Allen . The Tramways of Bogotá Colombia . tramz.com . 14 February 2007 . 2014-08-02.