List of town tramway systems in Chile

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Chile by Región. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Regiones of Chile are arranged geographically, from north to south.

1 XV Arica-Parinacota
2 I Tarapacá
3 II Antofagasta
4 III Atacama
5 IV Coquimbo
6 V Valparaíso
7 RM Región Metropolitana de Santiago
8 VI O'Higgins
9 VII Maule
10 VIII Bío-Bío
11 IX Araucanía
12 X Los Lagos
13 XII Magallanes y Antártica Chilena
14 References
15 See also

[edit] XV Arica-Parinacota

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Arica	?	?	?	see note.

Note for Arica: Morrison (1992) [1] states that old postcards show rails in the streets of this town, but no other evidence of a town tramway could be found.

[edit] I Tarapacá

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Iquique	Horse	1885	192_	[2]
	Accumulator (storage battery)	1916 (or 1917	?	[3]
	Petrol (gasoline)	?	1930	[4] Heritage tramway opened 24 October 2004.
Pisagua	Horse	1889	1917	[5]

[edit] II Antofagasta

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Antofagasta	Horse	1893	1914	[6]
	Tocopilla	Horse	1904	1909 (?)	[7]

[edit] III Atacama

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Copiapó	Horse	1890	1904 (?)	[8]

[edit] IV Coquimbo

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Coquimbo	Horse	?	?	[9]
	La Serena	Horse	?	1922 (?)	[10]

[edit] V Valparaíso

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Cartagena	Horse	1909	ca. 1935	[11]
Los Andes	Horse	1889	?	[12]
Limache	Horse	1884	193_	[13]
Quillota	Horse	1884 (?)	1923 (?)	[14]
San Antonio	Horse	188_	?	[15]
	Steam	?	?	[16]
	Petrol (gasoline)	?	193_	[17]
San Felipe	Horse	1886	1933 (?)	[18]
Valparaíso	Horse	4 Mar 1863	1907	[19]
Valparaíso	Electric	26 Dec 1904	30 Dec 1952	[20]
♦ Viña del Mar	Horse	1888	1906	[21]
♦ Viña del Mar	Electric	see Valparaíso - Viña del Mar		[22]
♦ Valparaíso - Viña del Mar	Electric	28 Jan 1906	1947	(Morrison (1992, page 33) [23] states that horse trams worked much of the service until full electric operation began on 11 Nov 1906).

[edit] RM Región Metropolitana de Santiago

Neighboring and suburban tramway systems in the Santiago region, arranged anti- (counter-) clockwise, northwest to east.

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Santiago (de Chile)	Horse	10 Jun 1858 1920	1912 1942	[24].
	Petrol (gasoline)	1922	1940	[25].
	Electric	2 Sep 1900	21 Feb 1959	[26].
	Electric	11 Jan 1902	30 Apr 1910	[27] Electric rack tramway, on Cerro Santa Lucía hill.
Renca	Horse	?	?	[28].
Batuco	Horse	194_	ca. 1975	Horse tramway operation on branch of Santiago - Valparaíso railway (Morrison (1992, page 54)) [29].
♦ Santiago - Pudahuel	Horse, Steam	1903	192_
♦ Santiago - Pudahuel	Petrol (gasoline)	192_	1934	[30] Part of line electrified in 1934; remainder of line to Pudahuel and branches to Cerro Navia and Resbalón. Electrified segment closed 1951
♦ Quinta Normal	Horse	1904	1929	[31].
♦ Quinta Normal	Electric	1929	after 1965	[32].
♦ Maipú	Horse	1910 (?)	193_	[33]
♦ Malloco - Peñaflor	Horse	1915 (?)	after 1936	[34].
♦ Melipilla	Horse	1915	1932	[35].
♦ Santiago - San Bernardo	Horse	1901	1907 (?)
♦ Santiago - San Bernardo	Electric	9 Feb 1907	1945 (?)	[36], [37].
♦ La Cisterna - La Granja	Horse	1907	1942	[38].
♦ Nos - Santa Inés	Horse	1890	1940	[39].
♦ Santiago - Puente Alto	Electric	1925	195_ (by 1963)	[40].
♦ Buin - Santa Rita	Horse	?	1938 (?)	[41].
♦ Buin - Maipo	Horse	1918 (?)	?	[42].
♦ Puente Alto	Electric	1925	195_ (by 1963)	[43].
♦ Chacarilla	Horse	?	1923 (?)	[44].

[edit] VI O'Higgins

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Graneros	Horse	1920	after 1934 (?)	[45]
Rancagua	Horse	Jul 1905	1918	[46]
Rancagua	Electric	8 Jul 1918	1930	Morrison [47] describes unsuccessful efforts to find photographs of the Rancagua tramway.
Rengo	Horse	1872	1918 (?)	[48]
	Electric	14 Mar 1918	1923	[49]
	Petrol (gasoline)	1923	ca. 1927	Morrison [50] states that no photographs of the Rengo tramway could be found.

[edit] VII Maule

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Cauquenes	Horse	1900	1915 (?)	[51]
Constitución	Horse	ca. 1915	1934	[52]
Molina	Horse	by 1915	1927	[53]
Parral	Horse	ca. 1911	1928	[54]
San Javier	Horse	1906	1927	[55]
Talca	Horse	ca. 1884	1916	[56]
Talca	Electric	1916	1933	[57] Operation suspended 1 Dec 1928 because of damage caused by earthquake. Part of system restored 25 Dec 1928.
Villa Alegre	Electric	29 Aug 1915	26 Nov 1926	[58] Closed Oct 1923, reopened Sep 1925 by a new undertaking.
Villa Alegre	Petrol (gasoline)	1926	1931	[59] Horse traction also used during 1926 - 1931.

Curicó Morrison [60] states that Chilean government statistics reported an animal-powered tramway in Curicó Province, but that histories of Curicó town state that no tramway was built.

[edit] VIII Bío-Bío

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Chillán	Horse	1877 (or 1884)	194_	[61]
Chillán	Electric	1921	1936	[62]
Concepción	Horse	1886	1910	[63]
Concepción	Electric	4 Jul 1908	21 Nov 1941	[64] See note.
♦ Concepción - Talcahuano	Electric	4 Jul 1908	21 Nov 1941	[65] See note.
♦ Talcahuano	Horse	1898	1928	[66] Connected Talcahuano and San Vicente.
♦ Talcahuano	Electric	1908	21 Nov 1941	[67] See note.
Pemuco	Horse	1909	192_	[68]
San Carlos	Horse	1894	1928	[69]

Non-public tramway:

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Lebu	Electric	1914	?	[70]

Note for Concepción, Concepción - Talcahuano and Talcahuano: Operation suspended 24 Jan 1939 - Feb 1939 because of damage caused by earthquake.

[edit] IX Araucanía

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Curacautín	Horse (?)	192_ (?)	192_ (?)	[71]
Temuco	Horse	1881	1920	[72]
Temuco	Electric	Mar 1919	1936	[73] Southernmost electric tramway system in South America.
Traiguén	Electric	1903	1929	Passenger service on electric goods (freight) railway (Morrison [74]).

Collipulli: Morrison [75] states that the tramway listed here in Chilean government statistics was in fact a goods (freight) railway, worked by electric traction.

[edit] X Los Lagos

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Puerto Montt	Horse	1927	1931	[76]

[edit] XII Magallanes y Antártica Chilena

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Ferrocarril Mina Loreto	Punta Arenas	Horse	29 Jan 1902	1950	[77] Passenger service on railway, connecting docks to coal mine, with part of line built in streets.

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