List of town tramway systems in Argentina

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Argentina by Provincia. It includes all tram systems, past and present.

Contents 1 Provincia de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Province) 2 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires) 3 Catamarca 4 Chaco 5 Córdoba 6 Corrientes 7 Entre Ríos 8 La Pampa 9 Mendoza 10 Salta 11 San Juan 12 Santa Fe 13 Tucumán 14 References 15 See also

[edit] Provincia de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Province)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bahía Blanca	Horse	?	?
		Steam	1904	1910
		"Naptha"	1906	1910
		Electric	2 Mar 1910	11 Dec 1938
	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	30 Dec 1922	Sep 1954
	Necochea	Steam	1913	1914
		Electric	1914	30 Mar 1952
	San Nicolás (de los Arroyos)	Horse	1889	193_

[edit] Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Buenos Aires	Horse	1863	1925
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	22 Apr 1897 27 Aug 1987 15 Jul 2007	20 Feb 1963	Heritage tramway (Tramway Histórico) opened 15 Nov 1980. New modern tramway (premetro) line (E2) opened 1987. Another separate modern tramway (Tranvía del Este) opened in 2007

Neighboring and suburban tramway systems in Buenos Aires Province, arranged anti- (counter-) clockwise, northwest to southeast.

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	♦ San Isidro	Horse	1913	?
		"Naptha"	?	?
	♦ Tigre	Horse	?	?
Ferrocarril Tranway Rural	♦	Horse	?	?	Connected Buenos Aires with San Martín, Empalme, San Andrés de Giles, Zárate, and San Antonio de Areco. Rebuilt as a railway.
	♦ Ituzaingó	Horse	1914	1926
		"Naptha"	1926	1942
	♦ General Rodríguez	Horse	?	?
	♦ Luján	Horse	1888	192_
	♦ Temperley - Turdera	Horse	?	?
	♦ (José) Mármol - Claypole	Horse	?	?
		"Naptha"	?	?
	♦ Adrogué - San Vicente	Horse	1898	1920
		"Naptha"	1920	1928
	♦ Lanús	Horse	by 1884	?
		Electric	1904	31 Dec 1964	Connected Avellaneda and Lanús.
	♦ Lomas de Zamora	Steam	?	?
		Horse	?	?
		"Naptha"	?	?
		Electric	1910	1948	Connected Avellaneda and Lomas de Zamora.
	♦ Quilmes	Electric	1913 (or 1918)	28 Apr 1957
	♦ La Plata	Horse	1884	1910
		Steam	1909	?
		"Naptha"	?	?
		Electric	22 Oct 1892 3 Jan 1910	? 25 December 1966	Tramway connected La Plata with Ensenada and Berisso.
	♦♦ Berisso	Horse	?	?
		Electric	?	?
	♦♦ Ensenada	Horse	?	?
	♦♦ La Plata - Esteban Echeverría	Steam	?	?

[edit] Catamarca

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	(San Fernando del Valle de) Catamarca	Horse	1887	1930

[edit] Chaco

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Puerto Tirol	Steam	?	?
	Resistencia	Steam	1903	?	Connected Resistencia and Barranqueras.

[edit] Córdoba

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bell Ville	Horse	1901	1910
	Córdoba	Horse	1879	1925
		Electric	22 Aug 1909	1963
	Río Cuarto	Horse	1885	1902
	Villa María	Horse	1887	1891	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 [2]

[edit] Corrientes

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Corrientes	Horse	1890	1908 (or 1925)
		Steam	1901	1908
		Electric	22 Jan 1913	1930
	♦ Corrientes - San Luis	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	?

[edit] Entre Ríos

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Concordia	Horse	1880	1885
		Electric	1 May 1928	Mar 1963
	Gualeguaychú	Horse	1890	1910
	Paraná	Horse	1873	1929
		Electric	20 May 1921	1962

[edit] La Pampa

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Telén	Horse	?	?

[edit] Mendoza

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Mendoza	Horse	1885	1911
		Electric	1 Oct 1912	1964 (or Nov 1965)

[edit] Salta

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Salta	Horse	1894	1913
		Electric	20 Feb 1913	1935

[edit] San Juan

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	San Juan	Horse	1888	?	Connected San Juan, Desamparados, Trinidad and Concepción.

[edit] Santa Fe

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Esperanza	Horse	1885	before 1902
	Rafaela	Horse	?	after 1902
	Roldán	Horse	ca. 1915	?
	Rosario	Horse	1872	1910
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	31 Oct 1906	1962
	Santa Fe	Horse	1885	1914
		Electric	25 Mar 1914	30 Apr 1961

[edit] Tucumán

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	(San Miguel de) Tucumán	Horse	25 Dec 1882 25 Dec 1905	1904 Dec 1910
		Electric	22 Oct 1909 (or 1 Jan 1910)	12 Oct 1965
		Steam	1916	1929	Connected Tucumán and Yerba Buena

[edit] References

• Books, Periodicals and External Links

[edit] See also

• List of town tramway systems
• List of town tramway systems in Central and South America
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of trolleybus systems